Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, recently completed technical support for the two wind farms of Tod Hill (11.4 MW) and Harthill (5.7 MW) located in Scotland. Tod Hill wind farm is situated near Larbert, Falkirk, and Harthill can be found at in North Lanarkshire. The projects add to SgurrEnergy’s rapidly growing portfolio in the renewable energy industry.
The extensive scope of work undertaken by SgurrEnergy included technical support of planning consent, technical review of documentation, project management and project planning, on site engineering and civil engineering support, CDM and health and safety advisory services.
SgurrEnergy’s engineers carried out wind turbine walk-downs and repair inspections across both sites and also provided commercial and milestone support to the client, Capital Dynamics. Under SgurrEnergy’s guidance, the balance of plant contractor completed concurrent construction of the two projects.
SgurrEnergy has been involved with these projects since 2012 and services have included energy yield predictions, acquisition due diligence for Capital Dynamics, development of balance of plant technical specifications and a turbine technology review.
Following the construction phase, SgurrEnergy will continue its strong relationship with the client providing operations and maintenance services for the wind farms.
SgurrEnergy’s project engineer, Stephen Corr, said: “We are delighted to have worked alongside Capital Dynamics in achieving commercial operation of the Tod Hill and Harthill wind farms. It is a pleasure to see the hard work and experience of our team come together with the project stakeholders to deliver the projects.
“We now look forward to continuing our support to these projects through the operations phase of the site and ensuring the wind farm produces as much clean energy as possible over its lifetime.”
Gregor Bryce, project manager for Capital Dynamics, said: “We are delighted that both Tod Hill and Harthill wind farms are now operational and the advice and support SgurrEnergy has given us has proved to be invaluable.”
SgurrEnergy is a leading renewable energy consultancy, providing engineering and technical advisory services in onshore and offshore wind, solar, wave and tidal and hydro projects.
Founded 13 years ago by technical director Ian Irvine and implementation director Steve McDonald, the company has been involved in more than 160GW of renewable energy projects in over 70 countries around the world.
Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, SgurrEnergy has over 230 staff in international offices in China (Beijing), Canada (Vancouver), India (Pune), France (Paris), Ireland (Dublin), the US (Portland, Austin and San Francisco), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Norway (Stavanger), Germany (Hamburg) and South Africa (Johannesburg). www.sgurrenergy.com
SgurrEnergy is a subsidiary business of Wood Group.
Wood Group is an international energy services company with over $7bn sales and operating in more than 50 countries. The Group is built on Core Values and has three businesses – Wood Group PSN, Wood Group Kenny and Wood Group Mustang – providing a range of engineering, production support and maintenance management services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com
