Energy

We have worked for about 20 years with renewable and new energies and have solved challenges across the wind, solar, hydrogen and large-scale storage industries. We are independent of major OEMs, we understand the risks and challenges of major renewable energy projects, and have the real-world experience to know what works, and what doesn’t. We’re here to help you solve your challenges.

Emergent Group can provide the key design & analysis to manage your project risks, supply enabling components, or help you optimise project outcomes and operations. We can help you with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and planning your Net Zero path.

Emergent group offers solutions and technology across the whole project lifecycle – from helping with the inputs to financial and feasibility models, technology selection and risk management, to project deployment and ongoing operation.

Offshore wind

• Floater, tower and restraint system mechanical and structural analysis and design
• Offshore wind resource and environmental data monitoring
• Lift and hoist system design, analysis and safety

Onshore wind

• Tower and footing structural analysis and design
• Vibration and condition monitoring for mechanical systems
• Acoustic noise monitoring
• Wind resource and environmental data monitoring
• Lift and hoist system design, analysis and safety
• Asset reliability and life extension
• Structural integrity inspections and condition assessment, including by remotely piloted aircraft

Solar

• System structural analysis and design
• Solar resource monitoring and solar irradiance forecasting
• Environmental impacts assessment

Energy Storage

• Hazard assessment & mitigation- particularly with regards to explosion and fire risk
• Advice on technology choice and battery cell longevity for various use cases
• Testing
• Enclosure design
• Operational analysis & design around electric-propulsion vehicles

Hydrogen

• Process design for hydrogen, ammonia and liquid fuel processes
• Safety and risk analysis
• Systems analysis with a particular view to metal embrittlement, leakage and other risks

• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Supply chain optimisation
• Environmental planning, assessment, compliance and monitoring
• Air quality impact assessments (odour and dust)
• Acoustics (noise and vibration) compliance, assessment, monitoring
• Project management including RFT development, tender facilitation, contract management
• Hazards analysis and dangerous goods assessment and functional safety and control systems analysis.

The Emergent Group team worked on the first largescale solar farm in Australia, managed the deployment of the first largescale lithium and flow battery solutions in the country, and have advised on major hydrogen, biofuels and solar thermal projects. Our clients range from investors to project developers and system designers.

Recent examples of our work include:

• Hazard Analysis for Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) – Our Electrical, Process and Risk and Functional Safety Engineers work together to comprehensively examine existing or proposed systems.
• Market entry of a solar forecasting product, that uses Novecom’s extensive experience in vision systems and environmental sensing to provide detailed solar output forecasts.
• Risk and hazard analysis for hydrogen, solar thermal and ammonia fuel systems.
• Investigation into transition pathways for the Alice Springs electricity grid to realise 50% renewable energy, with a particular focus on low-socioeconomic communities.
• Development of battery and renewable energy options for improving the energy resilience of end-users after natural disasters.
• Technology development supporting the zero-emissions utilisation of Australia’s bountiful fossil fuel endowment, such as direct-carbon fuel cell management systems.