Showcase

Expertise in Delivering Net Zero Infrastructure

Climate change, decarbonisation and ensuring national energy security are defining issues for our future.

The UK and Ireland have a legal obligation to be ‘net zero’ by 2050. Delivering new and upgraded infrastructure quickly and effectively is critical.

We have been advising our clients on renewable energy generation, storage and industrial decarbonisation  projects for over 40 years and we are ideally placed to support the industry as the necessary scale of change continues to increase exponentially.

Our offer

Working across the UK and Ireland and engaging with all relevant consenting regimes, including under the Town and Country Planning Act (UK), Planning Act (UK) and Planning and Development Act (Ireland), our projects have included:

• One of the first onshore wind farms to be promoted since removal of the de-facto ban in England.
• The first bio-ethanol production plant to be consented in the UK and Ireland.
• One of the first floating offshore wind farm projects in the UK and Ireland.
• Trailblazing projects associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS), including one of the first pilot projects for CCS at a conventional power station and one of the first projects to capture carbon emissions from an energy-from-waste facility.
• An EU funded research project for hydrogen production.
• The world’s first airport connected Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility.
• A key Infrastructure project connecting energy parks to the national grid. 

Our expertise in delivering Net Zero Infrastructure

As independent advisors, we have an extensive track record in securing relevant consents for Net Zero Infrastructure projects of scale and significance across the UK and Ireland. 

Our experience tells us that there are six interconnected services which lie at the core of successful infrastructure proposals

• Planning: Effective consenting strategy with support from key technical disciplines.
• EIA: Environmental leadership and full integration with design and permitting process.
• Strategic Communications: Effective engagement with consultees, politicians and communities, together with shaping locally responsive community benefits. 
• Sustainability and Energy Security: Clearly articulating the benefits to the climate emergency and quantifying the greenhouse gas savings.
• Heritage and Townscape: Appraisal of heritage and landscape context to inform project design evolution and to assess the potential impact of proposals on relevant receptors. 
• Economics: Provide robust economic and social evidence to articulate considerable positive economic and social benefits generated by a project, together with insight-led approach to community benefit which assesses socio-economic and demographic profiles. 

We have found this approach, integrated at the core and blended with our other services when appropriate, as visualised below, to be successful and effective across all development sectors, regardless of how new or controversial the project.

Securing consent across the development lifecycle

Different types of consent require bespoke approaches for success. As trusted advisors we proactively integrate relevant experience from across our service to navigate each stage of the development lifecycle, providing expert deliverables that secure consents for varied net zero projects.

This showcase features our latest insights and broad experience in the Net Zero Infrastructure sector. For advice or enquiries, please reach out to Nicola Riley who will connect you with our local experts across our services.

Download our Net Zero Infrastructure brochure below showcasing a snapshot of our recent major project experience and a selection of case studies.