SgurrEnergy

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SgurrEnergy is an engineering consultancy specialising in renewable energy projects. The company is based in Glasgow, UK and also has an office in Beijing, China. It was established in 2002 by company directors Ian Irvine and Steve McDonald. The company specialises in wind farms, marine farms, bioenergy systems, hydro energy and solar energy.

SgurrEnergy was a supplier of technical advice to Airtricity on the Braes of Doune wind farm in Stirlingshire[1]. This wind farm is a milestone as it makes the UK the 8th country in the world to meet the target of having at least 2GW of installed wind energy capacity[2]. SgurrEnergy personnel have given presentations on industry related matters at several conferences and workshops[3][4].

SgurrEnergy personnel have provided ongoing technical support to ScottishPower on the development of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm, Whitelee, located 10 miles south of Glasgow and expected to become operational in 2008. SgurrEnergy provided technical due diligence on the wind resource at Q7 offshore wind park off the coast of The Netherlands. This project is the world’s first bank financed wind park[5]. In addition SgurrEnergy provided lenders Dexia and Rabobank with technical advice on the €153M Thorntonbank offshore wind farm off the Belgian coast[6]. They are also providing technical advice on the construction of the first Western-financed wind farm to be built in China[7].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scottish Renewables Economics Impact Report 2007, Case Study 8, Scottish Renewables.
  2. ^ UK wind power reaches milestone, BBC news.
  3. ^ The Effect of Forestry on Wind Regime and Energy Yield, British Wind Energy Association.
  4. ^ All Energy conference 2007, All Energy.
  5. ^ Dexia (European bank) press release, Dexia S.A.
  6. ^ Article (accessed June 2007), Energy Engineering
  7. ^ Scots put wind in the sails of Chinese turbine project, Sunday Herald