Business Energy Team

Jonathan Buick is Chief Operating Officer in Action Renewables. He has over ten years experience in energy and environmental consultancy, waste management and renewable energy technologies. Jonathan is an authority on government support measures for renewable energy, such as the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation and the Feed-in Tariff in Great Britain. His technical and economic expertise in renewable energy spans all technologies, but particularly wind, anaerobic digestion and solar thermal and this expertise has led to him providing training and advice to a wide range of stakeholders, from the farming sector in Northern Ireland to the Government of Azerbaijan. Jonathan has a MSc in Environmental Management and Policy and is a Chartered Scientist.

With over 20 years’ experience in the energy industry in a range of roles, Mark works with clients who are interested in delivering energy savings and deploying renewable energy projects to achieve carbon reduction objectives.  Mark holds a BA (Hons) Business Studies and Master of Business Administration (MBA), and is a member of Chartered Management Institute.

As Head of Projects, William supports the delivery of renewable energy projects in the private and public sectors across electricity, transport and heat. He also delivers our flagship charitable project, the Action Renewables Solar PV Support Programme. William has been an Executive Director and company Secretary for Action Renewables Energy Trading limited since 2019.
He has worked with Action Renewables for 8 years and prior to that, spent 5 years working within the energy sector with a prominent electricity supplier. William represents Action Renewables at various stakeholder events and currently sits on the Energy Institute Committee, Northern Ireland branch and the SONI Grid Code Review Panel.

William holds an ILM Leadership and Development – Levels 2 & 4, Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) Training and ISO 14064-1 Greenhouse Gas Inventories Training and BSc Environmental Management.

James joined Action Renewables in March 2018 to lead and drive the company’s commercial expansion into GB as well as manage and grow our commercial activities in Northern Ireland. James has 15 years experience in Business Development with 11 years in the Renewables industry. James regularly attends stakeholder events in both Northern Ireland and GB.

David joined the Action Renewables team in 2022 as a Project Manager working within the Consultancy team. David has experience within project management in his previous role within the retail sector. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Planning from Queens University Belfast and a Master’s of Science in City, Planning and Design also from Queens University Belfast. As part of his MSc he completed a study that explored renewable development in Northern Ireland and the barriers associated with the implementation of policy development.

Ian initially joined Action Renewables in May 2017, working on the Microgeneration team and was then appointed Manager of the Action Renewables Energy Association (AREA) in October 2017, where he promotes and develops its membership through regular seminars and conferences. He encourages the increased uptake of Renewable Energy by liaising with Government Departments, local Councils and other public sector organisations.

Ian is also developing renewable commodity trading opportunities in Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs), Renewable Electricity Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) and Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (RTFCs) in Northern Ireland, the UK and Europe.

Ian had worked previously in Banking and Accounting.

Ellen McCarlie has been involved within Action renewables since 2021 as a placement student from Ulster University completing her course, BSc Hons in Energy where she was awarded a first-Class honour in 2023. Throughout her final years of university, she has worked alongside Action renewables within the Large-Scale Team where she now holds a full-time position working on numerous projects including Large Scale renewable Technologies under the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation (NIRO).

Kevin joined Action Renewables in April 2018 as part of the Microgeneration team and is currently Senior Project Manager with the Large scale generation team with responsibility for OFGEM audits and applications, compliance, grid connection applications, new renewable energy projects, portfolio management and RTFO’s. Kevin has over 5 years’ experience from Lloyds Banking Group in managing customer accounts, team management, customer service and sales.

Alyssa joined Action Renewables in 2022, as part of the Large-Scale Team during her placement year while pursuing a BSc Hons in Energy at Ulster University. She graduated with First Class Honours and a Diploma in Professional Practice with Distinction in 2024. After completing her studies, Alyssa re-joined Action Renewables in June 2024 as an Assistant Project manager, contributing her expertise to the Large-Scale Team.

Conor joined Action Renewables in 2021 as a placement student from Queen’s University Belfast, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Management with Professional Studies. At Action Renewables, he is part of the Large-Scale Generation Team, contributing to various projects such as renewable technology audit administration, NIE Grid Applications, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) scheme, and the NI Renewables Obligation (NIRO) scheme.

Tommy joined Action Renewables in June 2024 as a Project Manager within the Large-Scale Generation team. He graduated in 2016 with a Degree in Environmental planning from Queens University.

Previous experience includes working with renewable generation technologies, product procurement, logistics and Information technology.

At Action Renewables, he is part of the Large-Scale Generation Team, contributing to various projects related to the Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation (NIRO)