Miles Thornton – Land Acquisition Manager
Miles has worked for several of the UKs largest investment funds specialising in land acquisition and development in the commercial and residential real estate sector. He brings a valuable skillset to ensure BSR Australia continues to grow its land pipeline for future renewable projects. Miles is passionate about building relationships with all the stakeholders involved in a renewable project, ensuring that every project BSR develops benefits not only the landowner but the wider community.
“We are on the precipice of an energy revolution. The Australian Energy Market Operator has estimated that up to 50 GW of renewable energy capacity will need to be installed by 2040 to replace Australia’s retiring coal-fired power stations. The total land required to support this solar generation would be approximately 120,000 hectares, which is equivalent of less than 0.016 per cent of Australia’s total land area.”