We understand the energy sector and its technologies, from traditional fossil-fuel generation, through to alternative and future technologies. We know the technologies, the supporting systems and the suppliers.
Offshore
Identifying the environmental constraints and choosing from four potential marine cable route options for a Round 3 offshore wind farm in the UK. This is just one recent example of where we have applied our expertise.
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Onshore Wind
From resource evaluations to technical constraints and transport assessments. Our focus on the commercial outcomes, as well as the technical, earned us particular praise from this client.
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Solar
We are determining the environmental impacts for what could be one of Africa’s largest CSP projects. And we’re managing the stakeholder consultation process which could be challenging given its change to the landscape.
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Bio-energy
Providing designs for a bio-energy plant that will enable Scotland’s largest distillery to replace 80% of the electricity and 98% of the natural gas that it buys whilst also reducing emissions by 60% - equivalent to taking 44,000 cars off of the road.
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Transmission
Providing representatives to the Pan-Alliance Technical Development working group to improve design standards across National Grid projects and providing design and environmental support to projects up and down the UK.
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Other Technologies
We have partnered with the developer of low cost alkaline fuel cell power stations to create a facility which will showcase the technology for generating electricity from hydrogen at almost twice the efficiency of combined heat and power plants.
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See also : WSP Industry
With our network of industry and energy experts, WSP offers global experience combined with a local presence. We have a strong track record of successful projects in many subsectors – pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and beverages, chemical, bioenergy, industrial energy efficiency and mining – and specialists in many countries around the world. Our wide-ranging client base includes large global organisations and niche or local industry or energy companies, and we can enable them to become both more efficient and more sustainable, whatever their field or the scale of their operations. Please visit www.wspgroup.com/industry