Category Archives: Colbha Consulting News

A Month In Review

By maryjwalsh | Published: May 3, 2013

Right, in amongst all the philosophising about Margaret Thatcher, there was quite a lot going on for the Colbha team in April. So first things first, still lots going on at London Array which this month became the biggest windfarm in the world when the 175th turbine became operational.  This is quite the most amazing project and [...]

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The Unlikeliest Eco Warrior?

By maryjwalsh | Published: April 12, 2013

Ok, so it’s de rigueur this week to only speak of Thatcher following her death on Monday at the grand old age of 87.  Despite saturation coverage, if you can’t beat them… I have a peculiar set of paradoxical sentiments about Margaret Thatcher.  She was the first Prime Minister I can remember and I had [...]

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Hoping for the Best, Assuming the Worst – what is Plan B?

By maryjwalsh | Published: March 24, 2013

One of the biggest dilemmas facing anyone involved in project development of any kind or any major transaction is the fact that it’s just not possible to predict how things will turn out.  It doesn’t matter how many project plans you’ve written, how many Gantt charts there are, you just can’t depend on the other [...]

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There’s No Place Like Home

By maryjwalsh | Published: January 26, 2013

Even for those of us who studied law or history or politics can have a tough time trying to explain why the UK is how it is and how it functions in a governance sense.  It’s been made more complicated by devolution and the fact that Scotland’s version of devolution isn’t the same as Northern [...]

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Long Term Energy and Real Business Planning

By maryjwalsh | Published: January 16, 2013

While I’m loath to be a bearer of doom and have decided that we all need to be more optimistic in 2013, there have been a couple of reports in the paper last week that could quite easily turn into the classic “NOBODY PANIC” situation where of course everyone does the opposite.  OK, so we’re [...]

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2012 – A Year in Review

By maryjwalsh | Published: January 6, 2013

Before I kick off the new year with a resolution to blog a bit more than 2012 allowed, I thought it might be an interesting thing to reflect and review on the last 12 months.  It has been a hectic one for Colbha Consulting – we have had a great year working for clients as [...]

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Another Inspirational Ashden Year

By maryjwalsh | Published: June 3, 2012

A snapshot of this year’s Ashden winners and how Colbha Consulting has been working to support them

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A Post for Earth Day

By maryjwalsh | Published: April 22, 2012

This week has been a busy week in the world of energy – on the down side the government gave the green light to fracking, Greg Barker rang the death knell for onshore wind (and then tried to backtrack from the headlines), breaking election promises to give hidden subsidies to nuclear energy and figures showed that solar installations have [...]

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Stop Press – No Nuclear on the Horizon

By maryjwalsh | Published: March 29, 2012

Today, energy giants RWE and E.ON announced that they plan to sell their nuclear joint venture Horizon.  They had planned to develop new nuclear sites in Gloucestershire and Wales, but now aren’t willing to go ahead with the investment. There are a number of factors to the decision apparently.  Both companies took a hit when Germany elected [...]

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Budget Blows and Supreme Court Slapdowns

By maryjwalsh | Published: March 26, 2012

Last week was a curious week for renewable energy and a sustainable energy future for the UK. The reactionaries embedded within the Treasury had clearly gotten to George Osbourne again and the budget statement on Wednesday felt like a kick in the teeth for the green economy, quite the opposite of what one would have [...]

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