WELCOME TO HAWKSMOOR ENERGY
Delivering Value to Landowners
Looking to diversify your revenue and income streams from your land? Landowners can earn an additional £20, 000 - £100, 000 each year by leasing out as little as a few acres of land for 15-25 year leases. Developers working with the National Grid are looking to install a range of energy resources across the UK, however grid capacity is becoming scarce and if there is a viable site, it is important to secure it quickly.
We work to ensure landowners understand the value of their land in a professional approach. We work to ensure that your property earns the maximum rent, and that as a landowner you can secure the best possible deals for you.
After extensively reviewing the planning, grid connection and returns from different energy technologies, Hawksmoor Energy believes that solar, batteries and gas generators projects can deliver the best value for landowners in the quickest and most reliable way.
Call us today to maximise the revenue for your land.
ABOUT US
Experts Committed to Excellence
We are a team of energy professionals looking to help land owners maximise the returns from their land. We have delivered around 1,000MW across thousands of acres of land in the UK, Australia and America. Unlike other consultants or developers, we are technology neutral and are sufficiently well capitalised to progress developments to ensure landowners get the best possible rents for their land.
SITE ELIGIBILITY
Not all projects are equal....
To consider having an energy project on your land, your site needs to generally fulfill the following conditions:
- At least 1 acre in size.
- Have access to a main highway.
- Be within 5km of an 11, 33 or 132kV network
- Be primarily a flat area.
-Not be within:
+ an AONB
+ Green Belt
+ National Park
+ SSSI
+ Flood Risk Zone
- Best and Most Versatile Area/Brownfield
- Not feature a Scheduled Monument or Heritage Site
- Not benefit from the Higher Level Stewardship Scheme
TARGET TECHNOLOGIES
GAS GENERATORS
Gas Generators are reciprocating engines that burn gas to create electricity that is exported to the grid. A typical scheme requires around half an acre to two acres.
Gas Generators generate sound and typically need to ensure that they have no dwellings within 200-300 metres. Existing ambient noise from traffic or industrial activity mitigates the planning risk. In addition the network needs to have sufficient "fault current" headroom. Network Operators have to maintain the fault currents within statutory limits and gas generators contribute a higher fault current than other schemes
BATTERIES
A battery project will need to be close to the appropriate circuit or substation with sufficient capacity. Battery projects are not viable for all parts of the electrical network. Unlike gas generators and solar projects, there needs to be sufficient import capacity in the grid connection. Voltage step change issues can also prevent batteries being deployed
SOLAR
In conjunction with a battery or gas genset project, an unsubsidised solar project can share the grid connection. Landowners considering a solar lease should think about the current and future uses for the land. As considerably more land is required, there are more factors to consider such as access, wayleaves, visibility, landscape/habitat designations and flood risk.
HAWKSMOOR'S APPROACH
SITE ASSESSMENT
After you contact us, Hawksmoor Energy will assess the appropriate technology and project size for your land and outline the potential options that you face. We ensure that a site will have the appropriate grid connection rights, planning consents, lease terms, generation/demand profile, budget and return on investment. Our assessment establishes if a scheme is viable to ensure no time and effort is wasted by landlords on unviable sites. Hawksmoor Energy is technology neutral and we look to ensure that you get the most appropriate technology installed on your site.
CONNECTION APPLICATIONS
Hawksmoor Energy works with the landowners to ensure all necessary documentation to make an application to the local DNO or to secure a gas connection is completed. Our team will design a Single Line Diagram and complete an Energy Networks Association form for you. We ensure that the landowner is always in charge of the process and the grid connection.
LEASE AGREEMENTS
After the DNO has approved your application, we will present the site to multiple developers, looking to develop assets in your area. In this way, we can present landowners with multiple offers and help them understand what deals will maximise value for their property. In some cases, a large upfront fee can be made payable to the landowners upon receipt of the grid connection.
ONGOING SUPPORT
Throughout the development process, construction and operations of the energy project, Hawksmoor Energy will be available to answer any queries that you might have
CONTACT
Lets take the next steps and see if we can maximise the potential of your property. Fill out the the contact form below and lets begin!
0207 971 1429