Technical Advisor

Princess Amalia (Q7), The world’s first project financed offshore wind farm

SgurrEnergy acted as technical advisor for this 120MW project, located off the coast of the Netherlands, on behalf of a consortium of lenders. We performed the energy yield due diligence and carried out a technology assessment. We also carried out an analysis of long term wind speed trends to get the long term picture for the life of the wind farm and concluded the work with a quantification of the risks. We are ideally suited to carry out these responsibilities as we are 100% independent and provide sound impartial advice based on many years experience.

Coomacheo 41.4 MW wind farm, Airtricity, Co. Cork, Ireland

SgurrEnergy acted as Technical Advisor at for Airtricity’s Coomacheo wind farm in Ireland. This critical role included design and documentation reviews, issuing technical queries and expediting their closure, valuation assessments, witnessing factory acceptance tests, witnessing key construction activities, providing a site presence for grid compliance tests amongst other tasks. Gavin Greene, Head of Electrical Engineering, SgurrEnergy commented, “We are ideally suited to this type of challenging project with our strong engineering background and significant experience in ensuring the successful, timely delivery of wind farm developments.”

Braes of Doune wind farm, 72MW, Airtricity - Milestone project for the UK

SgurrEnergy are the technical advisors for the turbines, mechanical, SCADA and communication systems for this 72MW wind farm developed by Airtricity in Stirlingshire, Scotland. SgurrEnergy are very proud to have supported this wind farm as it marks a milestone for the UK as becomes the 7th country in the world to install 2000MW of wind energy. The UK took 14 years to reach the 1000MW barrier but has reached the 2000MW barrier in less than an additional two years. With over 800MW now under construction in the UK hitting the 3000 MW milestone may be even quicker than two years. SgurrEnergy is pleased to continue to support the UK industry in achieving this goal with our high quality and highly responsive approach to delivering consultancy services. Ongoing technical advice is being provided for this project which came online in February 2007.

Paul McFarlane, Technical Services Manager, SgurrEnergy explained, "We have provided ongoing technical support to this project from the outset. We are delighted to see it through the construction and commissioning phase and into full operation providing clean green energy to the grid and supplying around 45,000 homes with sustainable renewable energy."

Cruach Mhor wind farm

SgurrEnergy acted as Technical Advisor to ScottishPower for the installation and commissioning phases (including SCADA) of the 30MW wind farm on the Cowal Peninsula in Scotland. We conducted the full Power Performance Assessment for this project which first supplying to the grid in July 2004.