Enspec Power reaches milestone with 50th wind farm project

North East-based Enspec Power has secured its 50th wind farm project as demand from the wind energy sector soars.

In recent years, the family-owned business has emerged as one of the UK’s leading specialists in manufacturing equipment to help in grid code connection of wind farms.

The announcement of the project at the Boggeragh wind farm in Ireland comes at the end of the company’s 15th Anniversary year which has seen turnover increase by 25% and exporting extended to 17 countries.

Enspec director Dave Jones said: “Connecting wind farms to the national grid can be a complicated process. Every wind farm must comply with a ‘grid code’ to ensure stability of the grid.

“We design and manufacture reactive compensation and harmonic filtration equipment to help assist with grid code compliance. During 2013 we have been delighted to see a big increase in demand for our products in the UK and from overseas”.

The combined total maximum output of every wind farm Enspec has worked on now exceeds 1500MW which is enough power to supply 1.25 million average UK homes.

Dave added: “We provide energy-saving equipment for high energy users in many sectors including renewables, industrial, commercial and consultancy. All of our markets have shown steady growth during 2013 but we have seen the most significant increase in enquiries from the wind energy sector which is great news for businesses like ours. It enables us to create jobs and invest in our business”.

The company is already quoting on a number of further wind farm projects and hopes to make announcements on a new export market and a new renewables sector project early in 2014.