The Sterford Group Consortium has within it one of the UK’s premier, multi-disciplinary engineering and environmental consultancies, delivering both small and large-scale projects nationally and internationally. The company pioneered the fast track construction methods that have transformed the appearance of the City of London and many other towns and cities in the UK.
Projects range from small town centre shopping areas to some of the most prestigious building projects in the UK. Experience ranges from structural engineering to environmental sciences and from geographical regions as far apart as England or China. Successfully engineered projects include ingenious design solutions, which have been based on providing practical and cost-effective solutions to clients.
Their skills have widened progressively to cover the full range of engineering disciplines, as follows:
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Civil and Transportation |
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Environmental Consultancy |
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Health and Safety |
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Information Technology |
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Mechanical and Electrical |
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Outsourcing |
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Structural |
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Sustainable Energy |
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Waste Management |
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Environmental Impact Assessment |
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Sustainable Development |
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Solutions |
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Corporate, Social and Economic Responsibility
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One of our other Consortium partners is one of the largest EPC contractors in the World and specialises in bringing certainty to function, cost, and schedule for large, complex industrial projects, and are able to deliver overall value as a partner in such an exciting initiative.
As one of the top five largest EPC contractors in the world they bring major project and commercial strength for the long term, and have engineering experience, commercial experience and major project construction skills, together with:
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Centralized global sourcing and supply group for leveraged Procurement and Material management |
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Leverages on the full-service strengths of its global EPC organization |
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Influence and assistance with C,S & ER |
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Strongest financial rating in the EPC business |
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Ability and experience to provide a build, own, operate, and maintenance option for various projects including power |
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Track record of success on projects of major size and complexity on a global basis |
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Specialized power engineering and construction management resources
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Recognized expertise in construction and site logistics |
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Innovative leadership in modular and pre-assembly technique
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Via our Consortium, we are committed to excellence in providing innovative technologies to meet renewable energy challenges. Our portfolio extends from Research and Development through Service Performance to end of life and decommissioning. This allows us to operate in all the distributed generation supply chain at all stages in the process. We share our customer’s vision of distributed technologies, distributed development and distributed knowledge; we call it Distributed Asset Management.
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Wind Energy |
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Fuel Cells |
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Biomass, Bio-fuel (gas/oil) and waste energy converters |
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Wave and Tidal Power |
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Combined Energy Sources |
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Energy Storage |
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PV and Thermo Solar |
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CHP, mini and Micro-CHP |
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Small Scale Hydro |
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RE-powering |
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Unconventional/thermowind |
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Backup, Standby and Alternative Generation |
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Carbon Sequestration and Mass Balance
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Network capacity assessment |
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Network impact modelling (including DFIG) |
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Fault level management, impact modelling |
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Solutions for voltage control and local voltage management |
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Assessment of voltage and transient/sub-transient stability |
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Plant management (asset condition and performance inspection) |
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Power quality monitoring including control and decision making |
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Identification of barriers and solutions |
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Failure investigation consultancy on installations |
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Earthing and lightning monitoring, forecast and protection |
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Assessment of loss of mains and other protection relay performance |
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Metering settlement |
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Regulatory compliance |
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DNOs best practice |
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Safety and operational procedures |
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Site location / Resource assessment |
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Renewable Energy converters assessment and comparison |
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Power sources combination and optimisation |
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Demand side management/Demand side biding |
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SCADA design, integration and implementation |
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IT and MMI requirements identification |
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Valuation of renewable resources and technology |
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Training for engineers |
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Scheme finance and economic analysis |
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Assessment of strategic, commercial and IP issues
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A Helicopter High Resolution Inspection Service (HHRIS) which incorporates state-of-the-art digital photography techniques, together with stabilised zoom lenses, to provide factual images capable of documenting the condition of a asset in great detail. |
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The world leaders in Power asset Management Solutions has pioneered the Wind Turbine Helicopter Inspection Services to condition assess your wind farm sites from the air. |
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The full range of capabilities and expertise available to assist individual companies to respond to the challenges of carbon trading. |
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Lightning monitoring and warning – together with a SHUTDOWN Emergency Signal for Wind Farms After spending millions of pounds on wind farm projects, the last thing you want is loss of production due to storm damage.
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The ArrowBio process was developed to meet the problem of modern waste disposal. ArrowBio treats waste as a resource rather than a disposal problem. The ArrowBio process is not a static system. It is fully adaptable and flexible to meet a range of customer requirements. The system prevents the release of methane to atmosphere, preventing global warming and contributing to carbon reduction.
The ArrowBio process integrates a water based materials reclaimation facility and an anaerobic digestion based waste water treatment facility. The combination eliminates any need for prior separation of mixed waste streams.
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Municipal solid waste |
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Sorted or unsorted food waste |
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Garden Waste |
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Slaughterhouse or fish wastes |
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Sludge from sewage and water treatment plants |
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Industrial settling tank sludge |
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Manures and agricultural residues
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Following ten years of research and development, our partners have now released their first biomass generator. It produces 100kW electricity and 150kW-heat energy from totally renewable sources, saving c.600 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per unit per year when compared to conventional fossil fuel powered systems.
The unit burns a wide variety of biomass fuels including wood chips, coppiced willow and miscanthus (elephant grass). The first production unit has been installed at Harper Adams University College and is also being used to test the suitability of other agricultural residue fuels such as wheat straw. It has a unique design that harnesses the power of nature in a carbon neutral manner and has been designed to be ideally suited for rural use and easily transportable to areas where the fuel is cultivated or indeed grows naturally i.e. Invader Bush (Acacia). In operation the unit is totally automated including the fuel feed and is designed for continuous 24/7 operation with minimal service downtime. It will generate sufficient electricity for most farms and small townships providing hot water for domestic and other purposes. This also means that a significant diversification source of revenue is possible from the sale of electricity.
At the heart of the system is a micro turbine generator, which is adapted to a patented concept. The whole system other than the external fuel bunker is contained in two stacked shipping containers making transportation as easy as possible. On site installation is minimal since the units are factory assembled in the containers.
Ultimately these biomass systems will enable individuals and remote communities to reduce reliance upon fossil fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, whilst saving on fluctuating gas and oil prices.
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