£Multi-million turbine contract signed for Chinese Wind Farm

SgurrEnergy, a leading independent renewable energy consultancy, has been appointed by Honiton Energy, China's fastest-growing foreign alternative energy provider to provide consultancy services on thousands of MWs of wind farms located in Inner Mongolia, China. On 28 April 2007 one of the key milestones of Honiton’s first project (Bailingmiao Phase 1 - 50MW) was achieved when the multi million pound wind turbine contract was signed at SgurrEnergy’s offices in Glasgow between Honiton Energy and Suzlon, Indian manufacturer of high performance wind turbines. Stewart Alexander, Chief Technical Officer, Honiton Energy, explained “SgurrEnergy’s consultants have been instrumental in pushing this project forward whilst ensuring the technical elements are sound.”

This is the first of a number of phases of the project where SgurrEnergy consultants are providing technical support to assist in the feasibility, design and development of this significant portfolio of wind farms in China. The extreme temperature conditions in Inner Mongolia called for special consideration when modelling energy yield from, and choosing, suitably robust turbines. This project itself presents considerable challenges not only of technical issues but the added obvious cultural and language differences. SgurrEnergy is ideally suited to share their experience and knowledge of the Chinese energy marketplace, grid infrastructure, local laws and construction regulations, to aid and smooth negotiations with Chinese contractors. SgurrEnergy has an office in Beijing, China and is an active member of the China Britain Business Council CBBC.

Steve Carroll, Renewable Energy Consultant, SgurrEnergy commented, “The rising demand for energy across China coupled with the implementation of a number of laws by the Chinese government that clearly set China on an energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable development path are supporting the rapid expansion of the renewable energy market. Knowledge and experience is being transferred from the mature UK market to China to aid this rapid development. We look forward to seeing this project successfully into the construction phase in the coming months.”

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