About GreenPower - the Company

GreenPower is an independent Scottish company, based in Alloa in Scotland . The company was formed in 2000 and is now one of the leading independent renewable energy developers in the UK , with a current portfolio of projects in development amounting to over 400 MW capacity. These projects range from the small scale (< 1 MW) to the large (>200 MW) . Our current focus is on the development of both wind and hydro projects.

Expertise in Project Development

The staff at GreenPower have substantial experience within the renewable energy sector and have the technical, management and financial skills to successfully bring projects to fruition. To enable us to do this we call upon the experience and resources of the business and also work with variety partners when the need arises. These range from multi national companies with which we have forged joint ventures on some of our larger projects to a number of independent and respected consultants that assist in project development.

GreenPower has comprehensive skills and expertise in the development of renewable energy projects from domestic scale applications to multi-megawatt, grid connected power plant. Our expertise is primarily in wind power and hydro-electricity, but we also have experience in solar thermal and solar photovoltaic. We maintain a flexible approach to project development, which permits us to employ these skills to maximise value in each individual project.

Key skills include:

site assessment and selection
negotiation of land and; access rights
resource measurement
energy yield projections
project design and layout
system optimisation
grid connection
electrical design
access and civil design
planning application
scoping and management of environmental impact assessment
visibility mapping
computer generated visualisations
geographical information systems and GI analysis
planning consultation
stakeholder consultation
project financial modelling

GreenPower works with a range of external consultancies and specialists to provide the additional skills required to develop projects, covering areas such as landscape and visual impact assessment, archaeology, ecology, hydrology, noise assessment and transport analysis.