- SgurrEnergy
SgurrEnergy is an
engineering consultancy specialising inrenewable energy projects. The company is based inGlasgow ,UK and also has an office inBeijing ,China . It was established in2002 by company directors Ian Irvine and Steve McDonald. The company specialises inwind farms , marine farms,bioenergy systems,hydro energy andsolar energy .SgurrEnergy was a supplier of technical advice to
Airtricity on theBraes of Doune wind farm inStirlingshire [ [http://www.scottishrenewables.com/MultimediaGallery/1df99f66-e5bd-4823-82c3-10f3f501d30d.pdf Scottish Renewables Economics Impact Report 2007, Case Study 8] , "Scottish Renewables."] . This wind farm is amilestone as it makes theUK the 8th country in the world to meet the target of having at least 2GW of installed wind energy capacity [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6344215.stm UK wind power reaches milestone] , "BBC news."] . SgurrEnergy personnel have given presentations on industry related matters at several conferences and workshops [ [http://www.bwea.com/pdf/trees/Sgurr.pdf The Effect of Forestry on Wind Regime and Energy Yield] , "British Wind Energy Association."] [ [http://www.all-energy.co.uk/Onshore_wind.html All Energy conference 2007] , "All Energy."] .SgurrEnergy personnel have provided ongoing technical support to
ScottishPower on the development ofEurope ’s largest onshore wind farm, Whitelee, located 10 miles south ofGlasgow and expected to become operational in 2008. SgurrEnergy provided technicaldue diligence on the wind resource at Q7 offshorewind park off the coast ofThe Netherlands . This project is the world’s first bank financedwind park [ [http://www.dexia.com/e/news/press-release-desc.php?id=3370&p=0 Dexia (European bank) press release] , "Dexia S.A."] . In addition SgurrEnergy provided lenders Dexia and Rabobank with technical advice on the €153M Thorntonbank offshore wind farm off the Belgian coast [ [http://www.energyengineering.co.uk/index.html Article (accessed June 2007)] , "Energy Engineering"] . They are also providing technical advice on the construction of the first Western-financedwind farm to be built inChina [ [http://www.sundayherald.com/business/businessnews/display.var.1510713.0.scots_put_wind_in_sails_of_chinese_turbine_project.php Scots put wind in the sails of Chinese turbine project] , "Sunday Herald"] .References
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