The U.K. government has set lofty goals for generators of electricity, asking them to ramp up energy supply while revolutionising where it comes from. The Energy Security Plan sets out ambitions to double electricity generation by the late 2030s, for the production of electricity to be fully decarbonised by 2035, and for that electricity to be the cheapest in Europe.
On the way to doing that, the U.K. has a target of plugging 50 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power into the grid by 2030, a hugely ambitious goal that will require considerable effort to achieve. All levels of the supply chain will need to be engaged if there is to be any chance of achieving this. Just as significantly, companies in the supply chain itself need to consider how they can set themselves up to deliver grid upgrades as efficiently as possible.
At Burns & McDonnell, we believe our way of working — smarter, bolder, leaner, faster — enables us to drive the improvements that will make net zero possible.
We strive to be smarter, using an engineering-led approach to come up with new solutions that improve the way projects are designed and delivered and that achieve more sustainable outcomes. This includes leveraging the company’s global reach and knowledge and learning from other major infrastructure projects. We aim to be bolder in our approach, challenging norms and using innovation to enable leaner and faster outcomes, maximising scarce resources in the U.K. and globally.
The entire electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) sector will need to become more agile without compromising quality or safety. That will require making the most of the entire supply chain experience globally.