With time comes change. The last 6 years has more or less seen a full life cycle in the farm scale renewable energy sector, epitomised by rapid deployment of Feed-in Tariff (FIT) and Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) driven schemes and the emergence of a vibrant industry in the UK stretching from the tip of Scotland to the depths of Cornwall. However, more recently, the withdrawal of political support, general uncertainty and severe cuts to subsidies have seen a swift demise of the prosperous industry. The phrase ‘boom and bust’ aptly applies.
For businesses involved in the renewable energy sector – be those technology manufacturers, suppliers or consultants such as ourselves – there has been a need to react. Some of the big players have chosen to turn their attention to overseas markets, some have liquidated leaving their customers with no one to turn to and void warranties, whereas others have taken a moment to step back, re-evaluate and re-focus their service offering for the benefit of their existing client base and others that may wish to join. Fisher German falls into the last category.
Heritage
As a business we have a history stretching back nearly 200 years and have been involved in the energy and renewables sector now for around 15 years. We have helped and advised literally thousands of customers with their renewable energy projects during this time, from the early wind farms to more recent and highly complex Combined Heat and Power plants. With the focus being taken off new generation from renewable technologies, opportunities to capitalise from energy based diversifications have without doubt dwindled in the short term, but there is a need to balance the supply of electricity into the regional and national grid network and this offers new hope and the prospect of the vibrant industry returning in the medium to long term.
Sustainable energy sector
That is why we have used this juncture to revise our brand and offering and with immediate effect we will be operating as the ‘Sustainable Energy Sector’.
So what does this mean?
It means the team at Fisher German will not only offer the same great services that it always has done to the renewable energy industry, but it will now be helping clients with new and emerging technologies required to serve the UK energy network, such as energy storage solutions and efficiency driven schemes.
It is important to react to change and adapt accordingly and the Fisher German Sustainable Energy team continue to be here to help you do exactly that.
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