Renewables First Ltd. services

The government’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme was set-up in 2009 to increase the number of small-scale renewable energy generators throughout the country.  If you have a suitable site, farm wind turbines can provide substantial amounts of energy to both reduce your electricity bill and in many cases produce a significant long-term income, without having any impact on your everyday farming activities.  Renewables First provide all of the services needed to deliver a successful project, from feasibility study all of the way to installation and ongoing support.

Renewables First provides all of the services required to give your wind turbine planning application the best chance of success.Key to a successful wind planning application is early consultations, good communication with stakeholders and provision of high quality and accurate information.The planning stages are broken down into three distinct parts. The aim is to establish the facts quickly before expensive surveys and modelling work are completed to make sure ‘risk’ money is minimised.

Taking a wind project from fully consented to fully installed requires multi-discipline engineering expertise, along with a working knowledge of heavy cranes and wind turbine installation logistics. Add project management capability and you have a Renewables First Wind Installation Engineer!The wind installation phase starts with the design work to produce the wind site layout. This requires a geotechnical survey to determine the ground conditions at the turbine location and an earthing survey to check the ground resistivity (required to design the electrical earth system). This information is then used to determine the location of the main items, such as the turbine centre, the wind turbine transformer and the high-voltage sub-station (if required). Once the locations of the main items are fixed the on-site electrical distribution can be designed and the cable trenches and routes specified.