Energy solutions for the NHS

In 2001, prior to the current instability in the economy and the energy market, the Government set mandatory targets for the NHS and other public sector bodies to reduce significantly their carbon emissions.  The target for the NHS is to achieve a 15% reduction in carbon emissions by March 2010.

The challenge for the public sector is to decrease energy dependency, increase energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and deliver all this with significant cost savings.  Increasingly, energy users are looking at Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology to achieve this. 

The installation of CHP technology is generally achieved by an outsourcing arrangement, following a PPP project structure, under which (as well as bearing the capital cost) the contractor guarantees savings against existing energy costs.  Such arrangements are contractually complex and involve elements not encountered in a normal PPP or PFI project. 

Hill Dickinson is the leading law firm in the country in the field of energy services projects involving CHP technology, and a long-standing provider of legal services to the NHS, and so we are ideally-placed to help the NHS and other public sector bodies to achieve these objectives.

We have worked on 13 energy services projects involving CHP technology, more than any other law firm, on behalf of public sector bodies, the majority in the NHS.  These projects have a combined capital value in excess of £50 million. Each of these projects has delivered energy facilities with significantly improved energy efficiency, generating a combined annual saving in excess of approximately £6 million, as well as reducing carbon emissions.

We are unparalleled in offering an established and nationally recognised team dedicated to energy services projects involving CHP technology.

We pride ourselves on delivering jargon-free solutions to meet your objectives – reducing energy costs and cutting CO2 emissions - by:

• Advising and leading on the delivery and development of energy services projects involving CHP technology
• Providing pragmatic legal guidance at every stage of the process, from initiation and procurement through to completion, commissioning and operation
• Drafting complex sets of agreements and contracts with private sector organisations relating to energy services projects involving CHP technology for:

- installation of new CHP plant and equipment
- delivery of electricity, steam, heat and cooling solutions
- energy management services.

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