Renewables

As the pace of the energy transition continues, the investment in renewable power continues to lead to huge expansion of (mostly) wind, hydro and solar PV installations around the world.

This is in turn leads to manufacturers and developers pushing for grander projects, with bigger solar farms, larger wind turbines, and wind farms further out to sea. This all leads to the potential for new risks as the technology develops at a pace.

As well as these more modern machines, there will be the earlier generations of wind turbines coming to the end of their design life, and in doing so, will naturally become less reliable, with less support from their manufacturers. On the other hand, it is not unusual for hydrogeneration sites of over 100 years to continue to operate with the right levels of maintenance and investment.

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Geothermal power systems rely on the use of steam/hot water generated by the heat within the Earth’s crust and as such, the working media is significantly more aggressive than conventional steam systems. This results in more

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Hydro power generation was the first green renewable energy and battery storage facility. Hawkins forensic investigators have completed numerous investigation into hydro power plant

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Renewables

As the pace of the energy transition continues, the investment in renewable power continues to lead to huge expansion of (mostly) wind, hydro and solar PV installations around the world.

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