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Power Procurement Strategies
Acquiring power isn't equivalent in value to identifying developable land because some sites take a long time to have power sources.
An increasingly scarce resource is power, and more especially, reliable access to power.
Program-busting delays may arise even when power is needed for site building or a minor initial phase of residential development.
To fully appreciate Utility management's resilience, we cooperate closely with them and their clients. To create a thorough power procurement strategy, we consider variables including load requirements, operational limitations, and future expansion plans.
Integrating sites to available capacity through reinforcement works may be a complex, competitive, and expensive undertaking.
Delaying the decision for connectivity security until a few months before site development starts is no longer feasible. Requesting power from the distribution network operators (DNO) must be made during the pre-planning phase. It can take up to four years, and in specific locations, up to eight years, to gain connectivity in the most restricted areas of the United Kingdom.
A distinct strategic strategy is needed for power acquisition or attaining power capacity. This is the area where our experts in energy and utility management help. Understanding your goals, evaluating potential locations and capacity, creating choices to increase your demands, determining when to file a request, assessing if prices and dates are negotiable, and investigating onsite generation and retention alternatives to mitigate peak demand are all important steps.
Sites are competing for the influence of the power grid. Even with sparse demand, significant advances in process for one site could mean years of waiting for grid access at another.
In addition, looking into onsite storage and generation possibilities to lessen peak demand. Organizations are vying for power. Even though other startups have very little demand, major upgrades being worked on could cause other premises to wait years for grid connection.
Our main goal is to map out your priorities. either on a single masterplan site or on a portfolio of sites.
Knowing your needs and deadlines, as well as the local competitive power market, reinforcement costs,and grid limits, is essential.
At the early stage of site feasibility, our main recommendation is to ascertain the available power connectivity. If you want to move forward with a site, we can assist you in submitting a connectivity request to the DNO as soon as possible, securing the capacity that most strategically fits your funding, program, and budget.
Sites lacking electricity or requiring expensive reinforcing will perpetually pose a risk.