RSK Group has anticipated the increasingly conspicuous green energy revolution by forming RSK Renewables, becoming the first UK environmental consultancy with the ability to design, supply and install renewable energy solutions.

Based at RSK Group’s Helsby headquarters, the company is headed up by Rav Chatha, a former sales director at leading energy consultants Heating Efficiency Services, and Alan Donnelly, a heating and ventilation expert with over 20 years' experience.

Mr. Chatha said:
“I saw a gap in RSK Group’s service provision. RSK Group companies currently make recommendations to developers about renewable energy and then walk away. Instead of walking away, let’s go out there and supply, design and install it and make these properties energy efficient. It’s a fantastic revenue stream that could be tapped into.”
RSK Renewables will complement a host of RSK Group companies, and collaborations with RSK Environment Health and Safety, Building Sciences, RSK Land & Development Engineering and RSK Carbon Management have been mooted.

RSK Group now finds itself as a potential renewable energy solutions leader just as the ambitious Climate Change and Energy Bills, which both received Royal Assent last November, are poised to catalyse the emergent market.

The Energy Bill, for example, includes legislation for a feed-in tariff to incentivise microgeneration – a strategy that has been very successful in countries like Germany, where the renewable energy industry is worth £20 billion and employs 250,000 people (compared to the UK’s 20,000).

A further, highly influential driver for renewable energy generation is the fact that the UK has agreed to participate in the EU Renewable Directive that calls for a EU-wide target of 20% renewable energy by 2020. This would mean the UK would have to increase its current production levels almost tenfold to 15% in order to meet its contributory target.

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For more information or to set up an interview contact Neil Jaques (njaques@rsk.co.uk, 0141 332 8440/07917 425212).

About RSK Group

RSK Group is one of Europe's fastest growing multi-disciplinary environmental consultancies with 950 staff across 46 strategic locations in the UK, Europe, the Gulf and Caspian regions. RSK offers clients a one-stop shop for environmental services and a peerless dedication to best practice, which includes maintaining certification to the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards for quality, environmental and health and safety management.
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