Renewables & Waste

Increasing demands on natural resources and has led to an increasing market in renewable energy, mineral extraction and waste processing. For example, energy companies are trying to benefit from renewable energy sources. We can offer our services in preparing solutions to access often isolated sites, particularly with abnormal loads in mind for transporting equipment to the site.

In the same way, minerals are usually extracted in isolated areas, while waste processing typically accounts for a large volume of HGV traffic being collected from a wide surrounding area. We can advise on the access solutions, including swept path assessments of large vehicles, and prepare transport reports to assess the impact of HGV traffic resulting from such proposals.

  • Maer Hills Wind Turbines

    Four wind turbines are being proposed at Maer Hills, North Staffordshire, that will be integrated into the National Grid. SCP were involved with preparing the transport section of the Environmental Assessment, assessing appropriate routes for delivery of the turbine equipment, designing internal access roads and developing mitigation measures to counter the impact of construction traffic.

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  • Fleetwood Power Station

    SCP has advised a number of energy companies, preparing transport chapters of an Environmental Statement and Route Access Studies for construction traffic on a range of schemes. SCP was involved with a new £650m power station at Fleetwood, preparing wide area traffic models, a detailed Transport Assessment and Construction Travel Plan. SCP provided advice to Welsh Power in negotiations with the Highways Agency and Local Authority, integrated within an Area Action Plan.

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  • Offshore Wind Farm, Brighton

    SCP has advised E.ON in relation to their offshore wind farm near Brighton. The proposal forms part of Round 3 of the Crown Estate offerings, providing up to 200 turbines. SCP has been involved with the assessment of the onshore cable route, covering a 25km corridor, for construction access and details of infrastructure crossings. SCP produced a route access study for construction traffic and a transport chapter for the Environmental Statement.

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  • Energy from Waste Plant, St Helens

    SCP prepared a Transport Assessment and input into an Environmental Assessment for a bio-energy plant capable of dealing with 200,000 tonnes of waste per annum. Our report detailed the number of movements expected from HGVs in and out of the site during operational hours.