Our sectors

Energy, Transport & Infrastructure

Meet our advisers and find out more about SEC Newgate's expertise across Energy, Transport and Infrastructure.

Sector Overview

Energy, Transport & Infrastructure

We provide deep expertise that comprehensively addresses your organisation’s needs.

Solar

We know the solar sector intimately and have worked on over 8GW of solar and storage projects across 90% of local planning authorities. Our specialist team understands the complexities of solar development and is dedicated to navigating both local and national planning consents efficiently.

Wind

Wind power is central to the UK’s ambitions to reaching clean power by 2030, as well as creating jobs across the country. This comes with challenges, from integrating electricity from new sources into the grid to responding to community concerns about local impacts. We’ve been managing the consultations for some of the first English onshore wind projects since the de-facto ban was lifted last summer.

Nuclear

Nuclear is an integral part of the country’s future energy mix. With recent planning reforms scrapping the set list of 8-sites and introducing Small Modular Reactors into planning legislation, we’ve been helping the industry prepare for the era of new nuclear.

Data Centres

Data centres are becoming essential infrastructure for the UK’s AI ambitions and wider digital economy. Delivering the capacity the country needs means confronting challenges around planning and public perception, while demonstrating tangible benefits for host communities. We’re supporting major data centre projects across the UK to navigate that increasingly complex landscape.

Waste, Resources & Circular Economy

From insight services which help our clients understand how consumers use energy through to engagement with regulators

Hydrogen and alternative fuels

From helping clients navigate the challenges of emerging regulation to building awareness of new technologies

Energy networks

SEC Newgate has deep experience supporting groups that come together to speak with one voice and advocate on behalf of a whole sector, raising the profile of shared challenges and offering common solutions.

Water

Utilities face a test. They must meet the needs of a changing population at the same time as adapting to the challenges posed by climate change...

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Transport

The transport sector is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advances in technology, legislative change, and public transport reform, including devolved local control of bus services and rail nationalisation.

Major Infrastructure Projects overview

Our energy and infrastructure team includes specialists in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

We have consistently led innovation in delivering NSIPs. Our approach, underpinned by social research, de-risks projects from the outset, providing in-depth insight early on, which helps streamline the planning process, reduce stakeholder pushback and avoid costly delays. Through our annual NSIP Research, presented at this year’s NSIP Forum, we’ve helped the industry identify what makes large-scale infrastructure acceptable or unacceptable for communities – and how developers can address this.