Hargreaves PLC (Rocpower)

Gemini has most recently been developing its ECO credentials working in partnership with Hargreaves PLC and their newly formed division of ROCPOWER.

The development of the Yorkshire Electricity Board site required complete site clearance, excavation and infrastructure. Gemini supplied all civil operations to the site in order for Rocpower to install their engines and begin production.

Encompassing a strict requirement for sound attenuation, ventilation and heat expulsion needed detailed planning and design paths to allow for a comfortable working environment.

Rocpower has been created to develop small biomass power plants that will use bio-fuels sourced and supplied by Rocfuel, using the full logistics expertise of parent company Hargreaves Services plc.

The main focus of the UK Government’s Energy White Paper (May 2007) was to reduce carbon emissions; the UK is already progressing from a dependence on energy derived exclusively from fossil fuels to a point where more of its energy mix is being supplied by a range of renewable fuels. The White Paper was particularly supportive towards the development of small Distributed Renewable Power Plants and it is this particular market sector where Rocpower will develop projects.

Rocpower specialises both in the construction and the commercial operation of small Distributed Generation Power Projects and our first site has been operating as a bio-fuel testing facility for over one year. The data and experience gained will lead – during 2009 and 2010 – to the construction of a number of other sites in various locations throughout the UK.