Renewable energy consultancy: solar

Local knowledge; global expertiseWe’re proud of our reputation for technical excellence.

SgurrEnergy is a globally respected, multidisciplinary renewable energy consultancy with a reputation for engineering and technical excellence.

Operating from a network of offices across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Africa, our global team of over 300 engineers and consultants has extensive international experience and an impressive track-record

- having assessed more than 160 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects in over 90 countries, spread across 6 continents, in all terrains and environments.

We are part of Wood Group, an international energy services company extensive experience across the global energy services sector.

We are dedicated to working in partnership with our clients, helping you reduce risk, plan, design, and operate your solar projects safely, profitably and with confidence.

This dedication, coupled with commercial acumen and regulatory knowledge, ensures our services are tailored to your needs - offering practical, informed and valuable advice no matter the stage of your solar project.

Successful project delivery is at the heart of all we do and our expert engineers and consultants provide full 360° solar project lifecycle engineering and consultancy services including:

Feasibility

• Site selection: proposed site identification, selection and screening studies

• Outline feasibility studies including:- Initial assessment of site energy resource- Investigation of key technical,

environmental and planning constraints- Construction of geographic information

system (GIS) based constraint maps- Identification of candidate technology (PV

modules; invertors; mounting and tracking systems, etc.) and initial layout design

- Full financial modelling- Recommendations for progressing

projects and requirements for more detailed feasibility work

• Detailed feasibility studies- Site visits- Detailed assessment of site solar

energy resource and bank energy yield prediction

- Detailed assessment of technical, environmental and planning constraints

- Consultation with potential stakeholders and planning authorities

- Project design and layout optimisation- Detailed financial modelling• Planning and environmental support- Preparation and submission of planning

documentation

Design and development services

• Project sizing and design optimisation• Technology assessment and equipment

specification• Robust pre-contract documentation,

specifications and negotiations • Financial modeling including capital

costs, power purchase agreement (PPA) and operational expenditure (OPEX)

• Planning application advice, guidance and completion

• Grid connection application and optimisation

Construction

• Technical advisor, owner’s engineer and independent engineer services

• Project and site management• Project design review• Quality assurance inspections and factory

acceptance tests• Electrical and control systems expertise• Built to specifications comparisons• Witnessing of commissioning, plant testing

and issuing of take-over certificates• Contract review and enforcement of

conditions including liquidated damages

Operation and maintenance consultancy

• Specification preparation and tender assessment

• Post investment appraisal of projects• Asset management, inspection and

monitoring

• Warranty and contract management including: end of manufacturer warranty inspections and audits

• Failure prediction and strategy/condition monitoring and analysis

• Site health & safety management and consultancy

Due diligence

• Independent technical and financial due diligence:

- Lender’s engineer/bank’s engineer provisions ongoing through construction

- Mergers and acquisitions- Initial public offering (IPO)• Strategic investment advice and guidance• Contracting and procurement strategies• Technical assessments of technologies

and their manufacturers and suppliers• Expert reports on established and

emerging technologies• Supply chain and supplier analysis

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ExperiencedWe’ve a proven track-record.

We have a wealth of experience and proven track-record of providing industry-leading technical and advisory services, working with leading developers, lenders, investors and operators on some of the world’s largest and most challenging solar sites whether off-grid or grid connected.

We help clients achieve project finance by providing due diligence of proposed power plants, and bankable energy yield studies with P50 and P90 confidence levels.

We have comprehensive knowledge of solar equipment, invertors and balance of plant, designing systems to overcome site constraints through consideration of topography, solar resource, planning requirements and correct component integration.

Indian solar guidebook and knowledge management

Client: International Finance Corporation (IFC)Location: IndiaCapacity: 5 MWpService: Production of a guidebook, market analysis, training and dissemination, construction monitoring and acceptance testing of demonstration plant

Contracted by IFC to provide knowledge management services for solar energy development in India, the project included:

• Development of a comprehensive guidebook for developers and investors of both photovoltaic (PV) and concentrating solar power plants

• Market analysis• Training and dissemination activities for

the development of solar power projects• Preparation of a global database of

companies involved in solar PV, CPV and concentrating solar thermal industry

The commission also included construction monitoring and acceptance testing of a 5 MWp PV plant with visual acceptance testing, availability tests, performance ratio tests and the independent monitoring of irradiation and key plant parameters using a mobile measurement station.

Rete Rinnovabile Investment

Client: Terra Firma Capital PartnersLocation: ItalyCapacity: 144 MWpService: Technical advisor

Commissioned as technical advisor, by private equity company Terra Firma Capital Partners, to assist with their €640m investment in Italy’s Terna Group subsidiary company Rete Rinnovabile - a solar PV generation business and portfolio of over 50 plants (all at different stages of development) with an installed peak generation capacity of 144 MW.

In our role as technical advisor we provided a wide range of services including:

• Project documentation review (including Italian documentation using our multi-lingual engineering team)

• Technical review of the developer’s approach to building out the portfolio

• Site visits and inspections of plants, both completed and in development

• Critical review of the EPC contracts employed by the Vendor across the portfolio

• Critical review of Vendor’s Acceptance Test Procedure to be employed across the portfolio

• Energy yield verification • Technology review of key module and

inverter suppliers• Review of operational data and appraisal

of plant performance• Advising on O&M terms for contract

negotiations, including solar irradiation measurement, performance guarantees and liquidated damages

Callian Solar Farm

Client: EneryoLocation: FranceCapacity: 7.5 MWpService: Solar energy yield assessment

Appointed by Eneryo to conduct an independent energy yield assessment of their proposed 7.5 MW solar PV plant in the south of France, our scope of work included:

• Project design review• Detailed solar resource study• Independent energy yield prediction• Uncertainty analysis

Portfolio of 31 roof top solar PV plants

Client: UrbasolarLocation: FranceCapacity: 13 MWpService: Technical due diligence

Chosen to conduct technical analysis of a portfolio of 31 proposed roof-mounted solar PV projects ranging from 50 kWp to 1.2 MWp, the portfolio included a selection of agricultural, industrial and public buildings and our scope of work included:

• Review of the module, inverter and support structures

• Detailed irradiation assessment for all sites

• Review of energy yield assessment for all projects

• Energy yield uncertainty analysis and P90 confidence calculations

SgurrEnergy’s assistance has been key when predicting the energy yield for our landmark 24 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Italy.

Claudio Vescovo Senior Associate - Clean Energy PartnersBNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners

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Contact usWe’d like to hear from you.

AccreditedWe’re committed to quality.

We hold triple certification in British quality standards and are committed to delivering the very highest standards of Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety Assurance. This commitment is demonstrated by our continued certification to OHSAS 18001 (Health & Safety Management), ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) standards.

Our technical skill set has also been accredited to UKAS ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard. This prestigious achievement reflects our ability to perform power curve analysis on wind turbines to the standard, IEC 61400-12-1 (Laboratory Testing), making us one of the few renewable consultancies in the UK to achieve this accreditation. This award compliments our triple accreditation and further emphasises our commitment to enhancing standards through continuous quality improvement practices and underlines our dedication to the provision of technical excellence.

We have been impressed with SgurrEnergy’s service. They delivered great consultancy services within budget and to tight timescales for our Callian project, assisting us with our energy yield predictions for landmark solar PV transactions. I would not hesitate to recommend their strong solar team and consultancy services.

Nadim NehméTechnical DirectorEneryo

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