Specialist BESS Support
Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are playing an increasingly important role in the UK's transition to a low-carbon energy network. As development activity accelerates across England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland, developers must face challenges associated with planning, flood risk, drainage, environmental constraints and technical design.
Gondolin Land & Water provides specialist engineering and environmental services when provided Battery Energy Storage System consultancy throughout the UK. With extensive experience within the Onshore Renewables & Storage sector, We support our clients from the earliest stages of site appraisal through to planning consent, detailed design and construction.
Our Experience with Battery Energy Storage Systems
Our team has worked on over 150 BESS developments across the UK, delivering flood risk assessments, sustainable drainage strategies, hydrological studies and civil engineering support for projects adjacent to substations, within greenfield sites and on brownfield land.
Here are some of the developments we've helped secure planning permission:
500MW Redshaw Battery Energy Storage
Working alongside ITPEnergised (now SLR) and BayWa r.e., Gondolin provided a range of environmental and engineering assessments in support of the Section 36 application, including:
- Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Geology and Ground Conditions Environmental Appraisal
- Flood Risk and Drainage Assessment
- Firewater Management Plan
- Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystem (GWDTE) Assessment
- Outline Peat Management and Restoration Plan
- Preliminary Earthworks Design
Our Battery Energy Storage System Consultancy Services
With Battery Energy Storage System development, certain environmental and engineering considerations are common across almost all projects. Effective management of surface water, flood risk and potential firewater runoff is essential to ensure developments can be delivered safely, meet planning requirements and protect the surrounding environment.
We help developers understand existing flood risk and demonstrate that a proposed site will not increase flood risk elsewhere. Alongside this, drainage strategies are developed to manage surface water runoff, promote sustainable drainage practices and ensure compliance with local and national planning policy.
Robust firewater containment and management measures help safeguard nearby watercourses, groundwater and other sensitive environmental receptors in the unlikely event of an incident, providing confidence to both regulators and local stakeholders.
With an incredibly experienced senior team and an expanding staff of civil engineers, hydrologists and environmental specialists, we are able to offer a comprehensive list of services to support BESS developments, including:
Environmental
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Flood Risk Assessment
- Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE) Assessments
- Natural Flood Management Studies
- Nutrient Neutrality Assessments
- Peat Landslide Hazard Risk Assessments
- Peat Management & Restoration Plans
- Phase 1 Geo-Environmental Assessments
- Private Water Supply Risk Assessments
- Water Quality Monitoring
- Water Supply / Resource Studies
Civil Engineering
- Borrow Pit Design
- Construction Environmental Management Plans & Construction Method Statements
- Earthworks Design & 3D Terrain Modelling
- Flood Mitigation / Compensation Scheme Design
- Hydropower Studies
- Onshore Renewable Infrastructure Design
- River Engineering
- Road & Access Design
- Silt Management Plans
- Site Investigation
- SuDS & Surface Water Drainage Design
- Wastewater Treatment & Drainage Design
Why Developers Choose Gondolin Land & Water
Gondolin have an established network of repeat clients due to our forward thinking, friendly nature, direct approach and high standard of deliverables. Our Team have a wide-ranging understanding of regulatory, commercial, environmental and engineering applications within the renewables and energy storage sector.
We deliver consultancy services across the UK and Ireland and are able to provide support to BESS projects at all stages, such as Feasibility, Due Diligence, Planning & Environmental Impact Assessment, Post Consenting, Public Inquiries, Detail Design and Construction Phase.
"Gondolin provided invaluable expertise on a complex site. Their thorough assessments, high-quality design input, and practical approach ensured a smooth and efficient planning process, delivering excellent results which will add a great amount of value and certainty to the project's construction phase."
Gemma Hamilton
Head of Development Strategy & Origination
BayWa r.e.
"Gondolin always provide an exceptionally efficient service and have been pivotal to the speed in which we’ve been able to deliver projects to date. We trust their expert advice whole-heartedly and appreciate their refreshing pragmatism. We would never have an issue recommending their services."
Frances Nicholson
Head of Development
Harmony energy
"Gondolin continue to be approachable, helpful, as well as being technically very experienced and solution-driven in the post-windfarm consent consultancy services they are providing."
Kirsten Rae
Project Manager
Scottish power renewables
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Whether you are at the site selection stage, preparing a planning application or progressing a consented scheme into detailed design, we can provide the technical support required to move your project forward.