Ross Fairley
Burges Salmon LLP
Heading the renewable energy team and chairing the net zero service at Burges Salmon LLP, Ross Fairley is a key port of call for energy developers and operators, investors, and public sector clients on innovative and pathfinding projects and schemes.
Fairley is currently playing a key role in the growth of the UK’s green hydrogen sector. Acting for Wales and West Utilities, Fairley is providing regulatory advice and assisting in devising model contracts for the transport and usage of its 130km Hyline Cymru hydrogen pipeline, which will help provide a route-to-market for 4.5 GW of offshore wind in the Celtic Sea and deliver clean power to decarbonise industry in South Wales.
Owing to his longstanding expertise and leadership in the clean power space, Fairley chairs Renewable UK’s strategy forum. Fairley also helps spearhead the firm’s green energy thought leadership, where he hosts podcasts and videos into topics including asset repowering and renewables project lifecycles.