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Having successfully completed a seven-point assessment program, renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, is now part of the MEASNET Power Performance Expert Group. This group organizes and performs inter-comparison tests to achieve a unified understanding of the IEC 61400-12-1 standard. It also facilitates continuous exchange between experts in the field of wind turbine…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, attended the official opening ceremony of the 288-MW Butendiek offshore wind farm in Husum in early September. SgurrEnergy, a Wood Group company, has been involved in the German offshore wind farm since 2011 and has completed construction monitoring services on behalf of the project lenders. The Butendiek wind farm, located approximately…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has been appointed by Huaneng Renewables, a Chinese-based renewable energy company and one of the top utility companies in China, to undertake technical offshore wind energy research assessing the general site conditions of offshore wind projects in China. The new research will be conducted in partnership with Beijing-based Tsinghua University. The…

The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, recently witnessed a wind energy partnership deal for SgurrEnergy in Beijing, China. The First Minister arrived in Beijing for a group signing ceremony, organized by Scottish Development International. Involving six Scottish companies and their respective clients, the event celebrated innovation and success between the UK and China. The…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has expanded their Canadian base to include Montreal and Toronto, signaling a strategic move to build on growing business opportunities in Eastern Canada. This growth follows the recent expansion into San Francisco, California, earlier this year, and complements SgurrEnergy’s existing North American offices located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Austin, Texas and Portland,…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, were victorious at the British Renewable Energy Awards (BREA) this week, winning the top award category as the ‘Company of the Year’. The accolade recognized the efforts of the business, which has successfully driven the advancement of renewable energy in the UK during the previous year. Technical director, and joint founder…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, is adding a new string to its bow with the launch of an onshore renewables Site Manager Safety Training Scheme (SMSTS). The course, which is CITB approved, is the first of its kind to be designed specifically for renewables professionals in the UK and will be delivered by SgurrEnergy’s health and…

The UK’s largest community owned wind farm, Beinn Ghrideag on the Isle of Lewis, has successfully completed construction after technical advisory support from renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy. This significant milestone has seen three 3-MW Enercon wind turbines installed onsite, with first energy production expected to be achieved in early summer. Developed by Point and Sandwick…

Renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy, recently supported the Nordsee One offshore wind farm to financial close, providing technical advisory services to a consortium of international commercial lenders involved in the non-recourse financing. The 332-megawatt (MW) project, located around 40 kilometers North of the island of Juist in the German North Sea, is the first non-recourse financed …

SgurrEnergy’s North American arm is conducting lender’s independent engineer services on the Watts Wind II portfolio, which comprises three sites located in the Nova Scotia communities of New Glasgow (6.4 MW), Barrington (3.2 MW) and Wedgeport (1.8 MW).  The team supported National Bank of Canada, the lender, through a technical due diligence review, bank-grade energy…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, in partnership with work-at-height and rescue specialists, heightec, has developed the good practice guideline ‘Working at height in the offshore wind industry’ for the Energy Institute and G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association. The guideline, launched at a G9 event in central London in December, has been developed to reflect…

Renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, recently opened a new office in Austin, Texas, as part of a three-year expansion plan. Texas has the largest number of operational wind farms in North America, providing a key market for the delivery of SgurrEnergy’s expertise in optimization, risk management, and operational management, says the company. In addition, SgurrEnergy’s Galion…

Building on its significant technical advisory expertise, renewable-energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, has launched specialist risk advisory services, which uniquely join best practice risk management techniques with renewable-energy experience. With extensive sector knowledge gained from an established track record of exposure to all facets of the project lifecycle, SgurrEnergy will use its significant experience to advise clients…

A pioneering offshore wind measurement campaign by leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, has completed the first ever power performance assessment (PPA) using a scanning lidar deployed on the transition piece of an AREVA M5000 offshore wind turbine. This success has huge implications for the offshore wind industry as this study shows…

SgurrEnergy’s innovative remote sensing device, Galion Lidar, has been deployed by Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd, owned by leading international energy companies, Statoil and Statkraft, to undertake a wind measurement and analysis campaign to support the development of Dudgeon offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Norfolk in the UK. Two Galion G4000 Offshore wind…

Leading renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, a subsidiary of Wood Group, recently launched its Galion Toolbox software. The new software allows wind analysts to undertake complex and advanced wind surveys using data gathered from SgurrEnergy’s Galion Lidar remote sensing wind profiler. This new innovation further strengthens SgurrEnergy’s position as a leading provider of comprehensive wind resource…

Financial close was reached for project finance of Swedish wind farm, Maevaara, for which leading renewable engineering consultancy, SgurrEnergy, completed an independent energy yield prediction for Allianz Capital Partners.  The wind farm, developed by Nordic onshore wind developer O2, will provide power to Google’s Hamina data center in Finland for the next 10 years, through…

Cutting edge wind scanning device, Galion Lidar, has been deployed on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast to study the coastal wind resource in order to prospect for a potential offshore wind farm.  SgurrEnergy’s flagship measurement device has begun a nine-month deployment by Baryonyx Corporation, a company in the preliminary…

SgurrEnergy provided lenders’ engineer advisory services to a syndication of lead arranger financial institutions during the pre-financial close and construction monitoring phases of the £1 billion Lincs offshore wind farm, officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg in August. SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group, began working on the project in 2009 providing a review…

International renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy, is providing key wind monitoring and analysis services for the first phase of the 400MW wind farm development in Debre Birhan, 75 miles north of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Terra Global Energy Developers, LLC (Terra), who is the first US energy developer to enter Ethiopia’s wind industry, elected SgurrEnergy to support…