Solar developer Anesco has launched a specialist consultancy arm designed to support investors and commercial customers to develop and optimize renewable energy strategies and asset performance.
Anesco Consulting will provide a comprehensive range of services from site identification, technical feasibility studies, licenses and connections, through to securing PPAs and handling long term asset management.
The service is being led by Anesco’s award-winning senior team, which is responsible for many of the U.K.’s most complex and best performing renewables assets. Feats include engineering the first subsidy-free solar farm in the country and being the only company permitted by energy regulator Ofgem to retrofit batteries to solar sites while retaining Renewables Obligation incentives.
Commenting on the launch, Steve Shine, Anesco executive chairman, said: “All renewables projects involve navigating a minefield of complex rules, regulations and policy. From feasibility to design, development and construction, it is a complicated process.
“Added to that is the confidence and certainty that investors and lenders require [help] to support such projects, and that remains a key challenge for the industry. We know that if the U.K. is to meet its zero emissions target then we need to be doing more to facilitate positive action on a large scale. Which is why we’ve introduced Anesco Consulting – to offer advice on a whole-life basis and that is rooted in data from existing assets, not just theory.”
Heading up Anesco Consulting is Sarah Hitchcox, who leads Anesco’s technical team. She is joined by Mike Ryan, formerly of National Grid and now Anesco asset management director; Lily Coles as commercial operations director; and Daniel Cohen, as operations director.
Sourced from PV Magazine