Lucy Hopwood has over 20 years’ experience as a consultant and adviser in bioenergy and anaerobic digestion (AD). She comes from an agricultural background, trained in crop management and originally specialised in feedstock supply to the bioeconomy, focussing on agricultural, forestry and waste production systems before moving her focus to associated treatment or conversion technologies.

Lucy is responsible for providing strategic advice, planning and technical support on bioenergy policies, technologies and markets with specific objectives to de-risk developers and investors decisions and to provide technical support to policy makers to help shape the future policy landscape.

Lucy has supported the energy and agricultural Departments in key policy decisions, has secured investment for a large number of sizeable bioenergy facilities, and has undertaken strategic reviews for public and private sector clients on the future role of bioenergy in the UK energy mix. Lucy’s team closely monitor bioenergy and more specifically the biogas market in the UK and overseas, reporting frequently on current and potential future deployment opportunities and constraints, as well as monitoring feedstock requirements and associated environmental, economic and social impacts and benefits. Lucy also works closely with DESNZ and Ofgem on the development and administration of support mechanisms, and works for clients to secure accreditation for conventional or more novel developments.

Lucy is widely recognised as an impartial expert in bioenergy and more specifically anaerobic digestion (AD); she is active in a number of expert industry groups and sits on the REA Green Gas Steering Group.

Before joining Alder BioInsights when the company formed in 2003, Lucy studied at Harper Adams University College and graduated in 2002 with a BSc (Hons) in Agriculture and Crop Management.