HM RenewAI was founded around a specific observation. The energy sector is going through its largest technology transformation in a generation. SCADA systems are being modernised, AI is becoming operational infrastructure, and OT and IT are converging. The people who can actually deliver this work are genuinely hard to find.
We built a specialist network to reach that talent — and a Tier-2 partner model to place it into delivery programmes without competing for the client.
HM RenewAI works as a Tier-2 specialist partner to the principal contractors and energy operators delivering the UK's Clean Power 2030 mission.
We don't compete for the client. We supply the talent that keeps your delivery on track.
The problem is almost never the technology.
According to McKinsey, 71% of energy AI initiatives are stuck at pilot. 68% of energy executives say legacy OT systems are their main barrier to AI deployment. 74% of energy sector employers cannot find the digital and data skills they need.
The professional who understands substation protection relay behaviour and can also build a modern cloud data pipeline on top of it is extraordinarily rare. Delivery programmes that need this profile cannot find it through standard channels.
The cause is almost never the model. It is the absence of specialists who can connect AI to live SCADA and OT systems, navigate Ofgem compliance requirements, and make the outputs explainable enough for a control-room operator to trust.
Active SCADA and DERMS integration engineers are not posting on LinkedIn. Most are still under contract at the utility or vendor where they shipped their last cutover. We find them through a different route.
From 41 GW to 125 GW between November 2024 and June 2025. Developers and project teams who want to move faster need better analytical tools and specialist support on their side.
A generation of operational technology engineers is leaving the workforce. The institutional knowledge they carry about how grid assets actually behave under fault conditions takes years to rebuild. AI systems can capture some of it — only if someone builds them correctly first.
IEC 61850. IEC 62443. NIS Regulations. Ofgem Ethical AI guidance. ISO 42001. NESO technical standards. Every one of these matters on a live energy delivery programme. Generalist technology contractors arrive unprepared for this environment.
Each of these services exists because the same gap kept appearing on energy programmes. The general technology market did not have the right people. We built the talent network to fill them.
The highest-premium capability in the UK energy market today: professionals who understand the physics of high-voltage protection and control systems and can architect the cloud, data, and AI pipelines that optimise them.
That's the talent we supply.
The UK grid is rewiring itself in real time. The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, grid decentralisation, the rise of distributed energy resources, and the combined regulatory weight of Ofgem and NESO create an environment where generic IT and AI talent simply does not survive contact. Our delivery teams bring depth measured in standards, not slogans: IEC 61850, IEC 62443, NIS Regulations, the GB Common Information Model, ISO 42001, the UK Energy Digitalisation Framework.
That's the difference between AI for the demo and AI for the grid.
Engagement models tuned to how principal contractors actually scope work. Flexible where you need it, fixed where you don't.
Flexible day rate for evolving programmes or urgent gaps. Scope adjusts as the programme moves. Daily rate agreed and transparent from day one. Most common for live delivery support and critical-path capability gaps.
Defined scope, fixed deliverables, predictable cost. Milestones agreed before we start. Best suited when the outcome is clear and you need budget certainty and a hard finish date.
A small, focused group of specialists working inside your programme for a defined period. For complex work that needs more than one person but does not need a full outsourced delivery function.
All engagements start remote. Onsite mobilisation available where the programme requires it. Specialists carry regulatory and technical fluency regardless of location.
Field notes from the UK energy transition.
Tell us the scope and we will come back with the right people and the right engagement model.
