Renewable Energy Systems

Renewable Energy Systems (known as RES) is a UK-based company specialising in developing commercial projects using renewable sources of energy. Owned by the Sir Robert McAlpine group, it has considerable experience in designing, constructing and operating wind farms internationally and is is now expanding into projects using other renewable energy sources and building design and consultancy.

Infobox Company
company_name = Renewable Energy Systems Limited
company_
company_type = limited company
foundation = 1982
location = Kings Langley, England
industry = Energy
products = Renewable Energy Systems
parent = Sir Robert McAlpine
homepage = http://www.res-group.com

History

Renewable Energy Systems started life in 1982 as part of the Sir Robert McAlpine group of engineering and construction companies. Its early years were spent in researching various designs for commercial wind turbines,including work on a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine (VAWT) model as well as the now more widely-used Horizontal Axis (HAWT) units. The company built its first commercial wind farm at Carland Cross in Cornwall in 1992, using 15 Vestas turbines, each of 400kw capacity. In December 1998 the company installed the first commercial 1MW wind turbine to be designed and built in the UK, at Slievenahanaghan, Co Antrim.

worldwide, at various stages of development.

Since the end of 2003 RES has been based at its award-winning, low carbon headquarters building at Beaufort Court [ [http://www.beaufortcourt.com Beaufort Court - low carbon building] ] , Kings Langley, Hertfordshire in the UK. This unique site, centred on the old 'Arts and Crafts' style Ovaltine Egg Farm building originally constructed in 1929, uses electricity supplied from its own 225KW wind turbine and from on-site photovoltaic panels. Heat comes from 170 m2 of solar thermal panels and from a biomass boiler with a miscanthus energy crop, whilst cooling is produced on demand using pumped ground water. Full information on the amount of energy being produced by these on-site systems is available at the Beaufort Court website.

The RES Group has offices across the UK, the rest of Europe, North America and Australasia. Within the Group, RES Heat and Power [ [http://www.res-hp.com RES Heat and Power - providing renewable energy solutions] ] is actively working with partner companies to provide a range of renewable energy solutions for on-site heat and power generation (including solar, biomass and ground source heat pumps), whilst Inbuilt [ [http://www.inbuilt.com Inbuilt :: Consultancy for sustainable design in the built environment] ] . provides a consultancy service for sustainable design in the built environment.

References

The following sites give further information on the Beaufort Court location, the RES Heat and Power operation and the Inbuilt consultancy.

External links

For Information On Wind Power

Environmental groups' site about wind power in the UK and what you can do to support it: http://www.yes2wind.com

The 2006 review of worldwide activity in wind power, from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) at http://www.gwec.net

Wind Power in the UK report, May 2005, from the Sustainable Development Commission: http://www.sd-commission.org.uk

Wind Power Monthly Magazine: http://www.windpower-monthly.com

For Information On Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy Association: http://www.r-e-a.net

Renewable Energy for Local Authorities: http://www.themertonrule.org