RES' growth recognised in Aberdeen Energy Supply Chain awards 

Gavin Shirley, Development Project Manager at RES - August 2024

Over the last 40 years, RES has evolved from a small innovative wind turbine engineering team into the world's largest independent renewable energy company. 

RES, a British company, has a vision to create a future where everyone has access to affordable zero carbon energy. The company employs over 4,500 passionate people across 24 countries and spans multiple technologies - delivering more than 27GW of projects globally.

Green business growth is at the heart of this journey and has been accelerated significantly over the last couple of years in particular through RES’ acquisition of Anemo Analytics, IM FutuRe and most recently, Ingeteam’s renewable service division. These acquisitions add to RES’ distinctive breadth of services to the solar, wind, BESS and green hydrogen industries and expand the company’s reach into 10 new markets adding Brazil, Mexico and Spain. As a result of these acquisitions RES is now the largest independent renewable energy services provider in the world, with over 41GW of Operation and Maintenance and Asset Management contracts globally.

The company’s extraordinary growth has led to RES being shortlisted for the Green Business Growth Award in the upcoming Scottish Green Energy Supply Chain Awards which take place in Aberdeen on 22 August.

Gavin Shirley, RES Senior Development Project Manager, added: “We’re delighted to have been shortlisted for these awards. The scale of our growth, together with our significant expertise and specialised services, will help accelerate the transition to the lowest cost forms of energy for consumers. The market for operational services in renewable energy is expanding rapidly and RES is leading the transition of energy and skills in this exciting industry.”

RES will couple its new scale with continued investment in its innovative technology-enabled ecosystems, data, analytics, machine learning and AI to further improve both maintenance and asset efficiency. These innovative technologies will also carry through to RES’ significant portfolio of renewables projects such as the Hill of Fare Wind Farm proposal near Banchory in Aberdeenshire. If consented, the project could provide a £150million economic boost to the local area and ofset the equivalent of 69,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

In addition to the Green Business Growth Award, RES has been shortlisted for the Green Energy Skills Award and the Diversity and Culture Award.