The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the expansion of the firm’s business in Japan through new recruitment. Raizo Kobayashi joined RCG’s Tokyo office as an Associate.Mr Kobayashi has practical experience in data analytics, marine and terrestrial ecology, oceanography and hydrology. He is also practiced in working on environmental due diligence projects of a global scale. RCG has plans to expand the Asia Pacific region team to ten people by the end of the trading year, through a combination of local experts, and experienced European offshore wind expatriates, who have either already relocated to Japan, or will do so when travel restrictions are eased. RCG has been active in the Japan renewable energy sector for over three years. The firm established an office in Tokyo in 2018.