Renewable Energy, Sustainability And Planning Consultants
North Energy is a long established renewable energy and sustainability consultancy. From our offices in Northumberland and Yorkshire, our team has been delivering renewable energy and sustainability solutions to business, industry and commerce in the UK and beyond since 1992.
We can provide:
- Wind, biomass and solar energy feasibility studies
- Support with planning applications
- Life Cycle Assessment and carbon management services
- Community renewables
- Renewable energy and sustainability guidance for builders, civil engineers and architects
- Energy efficiency audits and Carbon Trust Footprint Expert™ carbon footprinting
- Education and training courses NEW courses for 2012!
And much more. Please browse our website or contact us to discuss your specific requirements.
Welcome to North Energy. We look forward to working with you.
Recent Projects
- Top 12 Energy Saving Tips for Your Office - North Energy's Top 12 Tips for energy saving in your office has been published on the 2 degrees website.
- SUNLIBB/CeProBIO Meeting - 20th-23rd March 2012, Maresias, Brazil - The project is about the sustainable production of liquid biofuels and other high value products from biomass refining. It particularly focuses on the composition and convertibility of lignocellulose in the C4 grasses, especially sugar cane, maize and miscanthus. This was the 4th workshop and attended by over 40 participants including two external reviewers and Brazilian researchers and students. North Energy, as the partner carrying out the life cycle assessments, was represented by Anna Evans. Anna gave a presentation on progress to date and also held a two hour workshop on life cycle assessment.
- Wind energy site screening and pre-planning work - North Energy is helping a wind developer to identify sites in industrial areas for the siting of wind turbines. The Feed in Tariff payments system has made smaller wind energy developments viable on sites with a good electrical load. North Energy’s wind planning expertise is coming to the fore.
- Integrated design for demonstration of efficient liquefaction of hydrogen (IDEALHY) - North Energy is taking part in a two year collaborative project supported by the European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). There are 9 partners drawn from industry and academia. The aim is to develop a generic process design, leading to a strategic plan, for a prospective large scale demonstration of efficient hydrogen liquefaction at a scale of 30-50 te/day. North Energy is carrying out a life cycle assessment of the process focusing on primary energy and three prominent greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide.
News
NORTH ENERGY’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE BIOENERGY STRATEGY
2012-05-15: Recent publication of the UK's Bioenergy Strategy by the Department of Energy and Climate Change was accompanied by the release of a substantial amount of supporting work. This included extensive and detailed contributions provided by North Energy in collaboration with Forest Research and ADAS UK Ltd on the carbon impacts of using biomass, from forests and energy crops, in bioenergy and other sectors. In particular, North Energy's life cycle assessment team evaluated the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) associated with the use of wood from UK managed conifer forests, and managed and restored broadleaf forests for energy generation and product manufacturing. Up to 283 different scenarios were modelled involving 7 different means of energy generation and 9 different wood products. The displacement of non-wood and wood fuel and products, from the UK and overseas, 7 different end-of-life disposal options, and 3 separate time horizons were taken into account. North Energy also provided estimates of total GHGs associated with energy generation from energy crops such as miscanthus, short rotation coppice and straw. Results are contained in reports available from www.decc.gov.uk.
New workshops to help individuals and businesses better understand Life Cycle Assessment
2012-04-26: Following the success of last year's Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) workshops, experts from NNFCC and North Energy bring you two new training workshops, providing you with insight into how LCAs work and how they can be used. To learn more about LCA or get some practical hands on experience using LCA, join our experienced life cycle assessment trainers who will guide you through the complexities of LCA. North Energy's Senior Consultant Anna Evans, has developed two workshops to take you through the whole process step-by-step. The first workshop (being held in York on 16 May 2012) covers the basic principles of LCA, requirements, problems and issues. The second (17 May) provides a "hands on" opportunity to learn to carry out an LCA. The workshops can be taken together or separately.
Three wind turbine planning applications submitted
2012-04-11: North Energy have recently submitted three planning applications for clients, on sites in Northumberland. The single medium scale turbines proposed are at Hexham Racecourse, Earth Balance near Bedlington, and Fergusons Business Park West in West Sleekburn. North Energy prepared the applications and managed the impact assessment process to ensure that all specialist studies were undertaken as agreed with Northumberland County Council. Public consultation was also undertaken with some expressions of support from the local community and relatively few objections received. Decisions on the applications are expected later in the spring.
Read more in our News Archive section.
