Grid connection timing, not land, now decides which data centre schemes proceed. I advise councils, NHS trusts, landowners, operators and investors on what the network allows at a site, when it is likely to allow it, and what waiting costs.
The work draws on the same public registers and regulatory sources as the research published on this site. Each piece of work is a fixed fee for a defined scope, under an engagement letter.
Three stages, each a separate engagement. A client can stop after any of them.
Up to three sites checked against published network data: the supplying primary substation, bulk supply point and grid supply point; firm demand headroom in the target year; the queue ahead at the grid supply point; the likely connection route; and nearby gas.
One graded note per site, Green, Amber or Red, with confidence, risks and the questions to put to the network operator.
Also available for generation and storage sites, graded for export as well as demand.
Valid at its stated date.
A review of the client’s estate and of what already exists; verification with the network operator, carriers and landowner; and a connection outlook stated as optimistic, central and pessimistic years.
The decision report covers the cost of delay, whether to wait or bridge with on-site power, phasing, heat recovery and the commercial route: lease, disposal, joint venture or operator-funded.
Connection applications, bridge power specification and procurement, gas connection, permits and planning co-ordination.
A separate engagement, which the client may place with anyone. Specialist contractors are built into the quote.
Capped estimate per work package.
Start with the land and buildings you already control. Find out whether the grid makes a site worth taking to market before marketing it, and where heat from a data hall could serve a pool, leisure centre or hospital.
Screen many small and mid-scale sites quickly on grid position, including sub-5 MW and edge sites, where distribution headroom decides whether a scheme can proceed.
A connection outlook is a probability, not a date. A screen shows where to look and whom to ask; it is not confirmed capacity.
Firm or non-firm, Gate 2 or private wire: which route a project should take, and whether on-site power to bridge the gap costs less than waiting for the grid.
For developers and site owners at application or offer stage.
Who ultimately controls a project, a portfolio or the capacity queued at a connection point, traced through Companies House filings to the ultimate owner. Before an acquisition, sale, refinancing or land agreement.
The method behind the published ownership research on this site.
Desktop valuations of operating and consented renewable assets, support with their sale, and techno-economic models for energy projects.
Long-standing valuation work for an asset advisory firm; techno-economic modelling for an international development finance institution.
Calculation and recovery of subsidy claims, including RHI and ROC entitlements, and valuation of energy assets for insolvency practitioners.
Current instruction for liquidators of an energy company.
Commercial or development director on a part-time basis, for companies building or acquiring energy and data centre projects. The record includes about 600 MW of greenfield UK solar originated, and profit and loss responsibility in every operating role from 2001 to 2022. See the Profile.
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