Robert Speht

Business development and project oversight for the construction supervision for fabrication of the Eolink floating wind prototype, pre-fabrication is at CIMC SOE in Qidong, China and final assembly and deployment will be in French waters in 2024.

Setting up the UK subsidiary for Steel Inspect, originally a German company that wanted to expand into the UK market. My role is to set up the UK branch, break in to the UK market and win UK offshore wind projects for Steel Inspect

Standardise, automate and serialise the assembly of floating offshore wind turbines

Responsible for the pre-construction due diligence representing Santander

Acquisition due diligence on 31 wind farms ScotsWind PNE portfolio for Brookfiled Renewables

Led the due diligence team that carried out the acquisition due diligence

Bard 1 Offshore Wind Farm, Germany - for Ocean Breeze GmbH Drafting HSE documentation for Bard 1 Offshore Wind Farm in German waters

An assessment of the project for EDPR and GDF Suez (now OW Ocean Winds)to enable them to price it correctly for the French offshore wind Round 2 competitive tender.

Gode Wind I Offshore Wind Farm, Germany – Adviser to potential Eur400 million for Plambeck Emirates

Huaneng (Wind Farm Portfolio) IPO, China - For the potential flotation on the Hong Kong stock exchange of the large Chinese wind power developer Huaneng New Energies, Mott MacDonald provided the services of independent engineer. Robert acted as Project Director for the team providing the independent verification of assets

Suvorovo Wind Farm, Bulgaria - for European Bank for Reconstruction & Development acted as the Project Director, leading the due diligence for financing the Suvorovo wind farm in Bulgaria. The role included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close

4 Offshore Wind Farms, Germany - For EnBW, a Germany utility company. The 4 offshore wind farms all in German waters - Baltic 1, Baltic 2, Kriegers Flak & Nordsee offshore wind farm. The role was as Project Director for the owners engineering services provided to EnBW for four offshore wind farms in German waters. Tasks include contract negotiation, design specification and many other owners engineering services.

Long Yuan (Wind Farm Portfolio) IPO, China / HK -For the flotation of the Long Yuan company on the Hong Kong stock exchange, China’s largest wind power developer. Weprovided the services of independent engineer. Robert led the wind team providing the independent verification of assets for the US$2.2billion flotation prospectus.

Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, Oregon, US - due diligence for GE Energy Financial Services worked on the largest wind farm in the world at the time of construction acted as the Project Director for the due diligence.

Cote d’Albatre Offshore Wind Farm, France – For NordLB, a German bank, led the due diligence for financing the Cote d’Albatre offshore wind farm in French waters - 1,000 MW

Beicheng Wind Farm, China - for HSBC acted as the Project Manager, leading the due diligence for financing the Beicheng wind farm in China. The role was as Project Manager and tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close

Orites Wind Farm, Cyprus - for Platina Partners / EIB. Robert led the LTA Services for the due diligence for financing the Orites wind farm in Cyprus. The role was as project manager and tasks included assistance in providing advice for the pre-construction due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.

Sandbank 24 Offshore Wind Farm, Germany - For ENBW, a German utility company led the due diligence for the potential acquisition of the German offshore wind farm, Sandbank 24. Tasks included assistance in providing advice as precursor to full due diligence including contract review and review of financial model inputs prior to financial close.