Energy

We’re developing ways to meet energy demand through local and self-generation for heating, electricity and transportation. Our strategies aim to provide clean, secure and affordable energy, stabilising prices while helping to decarbonise industrial processes and logistics. 

We collaborate with academic and public authorities on all our projects – and they all form part of UK and Scottish Government funding programmes alongside securing RHI and RTFO certificates. They vary in scale, from contained industrial sites through to towns and cities.

Atholl Estates 

We worked with the University of St Andrews to develop a strategy to decarbonise heat for a rural settlement. This could be achieved through local production, alongside third-party sources, storage and distribution. 

As an integrated network, modelling involved scenarios based on dual fuel (biomethane and green hydrogen utilising estate hydroelectricity), CHP for heat and electrical use, with connection to a mobility hub on the A9 for the supply of green hydrogen to fuel HGVs.

 

A Smart Local Energy System (SLES) for Brechin, Angus

How to build a local energy neighbourhood? To find out, we conducted a feasibility study with the University of Dundee to explore the generation, storage, distribution and commercial model of local energy on land on the edge of Brechin. 

The study assessed the technology, equipment, network and regulatory parameters required to build a local network of clean, secure and affordable energy. The aim: to accelerate the decarbonisation of heat and transport.

 

Boquhan Biomethane Hub

We helped Graham’s process waste into clean fuel for their Glenfield facility. The innovative approach captures waste from food processing and uses it to produce biomethane from a central anaerobic digester hub based in Stirling – substituting fossil fuel gas for production heat. This project was delivered with funding from the Scottish Government’s Low Carbon Innovation Transition Fund.

 

Industrial Decarbonisation – Bridge of Allan Dairy

The Scottish Industrial Energy Transformation Fund supported the development of energy efficiency infrastructure at Bridge of Allan Dairy, near Stirling. This included sensors, insulation, and rapid heating and cooling generation to optimise steam production.

 

A Decarbonised Fleet for Grahams

All that dairy production means a lot of transportation. We ran early tests to decarbonise a logistics fleet though the production of bio Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and operation of a 32T CNG HGV unit, transporting products from production facilities to regional distribution centres in central Scotland.

 

Kippen Solar Farm

Kippen Solar Farm is a 15 MW solar farm and battery storage facility in Stirlingshire. It’s used for grid supply, thanks to a Power Purchase Agreement with energy-intensive production facilities in the local area.

 

Sectors

  • Industrial, warehousing and commercial

    We find better ways to integrate your real estate with production and logistics operations. Whether that means land and property acquisitions, permitting and infrastructure upgrades, or new energy and digital platforms.

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  • Mobility hubs

    Transport is crucial for both commercial logistics and the property interests of landowners. But it’s changing. Which is why we’re developing ways to support the decarbonisation of transport.

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  • Energy

    We’re developing ways to meet energy demand through local and self-generation for heating, electricity and transportation. Our strategies aim to provide clean vehicle fuel infrastructure, secure and affordable energy, stabilising prices while helping to decarbonise industrial processes and logistics.

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  • Tourism & Leisure

    We help you make the most of your land with tourism and leisure projects that unlock new revenue streams. Informed by market research and environmental analysis, our projects have mostly focused on retreats, wilderness and heritage.

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  • Research

    All our work is shaped by research. Most often carried out through deep collaboration with business, academia, and project partners.

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  • Residential

    We work with landowners to design, consult, and financially model residential projects – from individual plots to mixed-use city expansion schemes. At every step, we keep projects in line with your business strategy.

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