Expert solutions across Consulting, Projects, Engineering & Operations

Our team of engineers and experts provide early stage advice and services to your project to develop a credible design capable of being delivered. Our team will ensure that component parts do not conflict and that interfaces between elements and packages are carefully considered to remove risk from the project. This approach reduces risk and increases the ability of a project to satisfy the requirements of lenders and funders, and eases the process of engagement with technology suppliers.

We provide skilled and experienced engineers to support outages for combustion plants. This may incorporate inspections and work to optimise the process. Cobalt Energy prioritise safe working and engineers are well versed in the techniques required to work in difficult conditions, including confined space training, and the production of proper risk assessments and method statements

Cobalt’s engineers have the skills to turn around poorly performing assets. This means delivering the studies required to quickly and accurately identify bottlenecks and issues, and the skills to implement solutions reactively and rapidly, maximising value to our clients.

We offer due diligence services to help our clients mitigate regulatory, environmental and commercial risks to a project. This includes the assessment of the technical and commercial credentials of proposed technologies and the market availability of feedstocks through to the ability of a project to comply with regulations, both in force and upcoming. Our knowledge and expertise can help a project to the delivery phase, ensure that there is confidence in the proposed project and that the envisaged returns can be realised.

For over a decade Cobalt has been embedded within the waste and renewables sectors and our team has access to excellent data which can help to inform the business case and enhance the delivery of your project. Our team can interpret and explain publicly available datasets, ensuring that accurate and up-to-date information is used in the development of projects, giving confidence to investors.

Cobalt Energy have a wide network of contacts within the waste and biomass sectors and access to extensive data covering the feedstock market. As such, we are uniquely placed to provide advice and support on the sourcing and contracting of feedstock for waste and biomass projects in the UK.

Our team can offer advice and support at the planning phase of projects to ensure that the project is deliverable and successful. The planning permission for a project is fundamental to its success and ensuring that this is fit for purpose is vital to successful delivery.

Our experience in the industry and site operations has provided Cobalt with first-hand knowledge of the risks involved in the operation of process plant. We use this knowledge and experience to advise our clients in how to improve safety and ensure the health of employees when at work.

Cobalt has provided support to several clients on industrial relations for large energy from waste plants. This has enabled issues arising during delivery to be managed effectively and minimising he disruption to the projects. We also provide experts for public and community liaison, ensuring that communities affected by large schemes are provided with accurate and trustworthy information. 

Cobalt has extensive experience in the waste and renewables sectors and we are ideally placed as an independent advocate for clients in multiple sectors. Undertaking an OE/LE role means acting on behalf of the client to ensure both that contractors deliver and that problems are quickly identified and corrected. Our team can add value throughout the life of a project to ensure clients receive proper guidance from the planning stage through to delivery.

We have extensive experience in taking over and operating assets for our clients. This includes both Energy from Waste and Biomass facilities, and this knowledge can be applied to other assets, such as battery energy sites, Anaerobic Digestion facilities and other process plant. We operate facilities for both municipal and commercial clients, delivering efficient operations whilst maintaining and improving the performance of the asset.

The asset is the most important element of any operation and Cobalt’s philosophy is to ensure that this is protected during operations by delivering a motivated and safe workforce to the plant.

Cobalt Energy works with many providers of technology into the Waste and Biomass sectors and in other areas of renewable energy production and biomass processing. We have extensive experience in delivering the studies required to give assurance that a project is feasible, bankable and that robust and efficient technology is used.

Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies ensure that a project is efficient and robustly specified and aims to prevent issues arising at the interfaces between equipment. A robust and diligent FEED study reduces potential for problems during the delivery and operation of a project and removes risk for funders and owners.

Detailed design follows a FEED study and is the process of specifying all of the equipment in the detail required for construction and assembly. Designs may vary due to equipment selection and availability, and it is essential that technology selection and procurement is undertaken by a knowledgeable and experienced contractor.

Cobalt Energy has conducted numerous process and health and safety based studies for our clients. These are intended to ensure that the final design of the process plant has considered the major risks to employees and people and protects the equipment itself. HAZOP is an essential process to deliver a safe and effective plant.

Owners and Lenders Engineers act on behalf of the funders of the project to ensure that the project is delivered according to the agreed design and contract. The role protects the clients' interests from overrun and overspend and provides a conduit between the main contractors and the client.

As part of an EPCm delivery model or as a supplier to another project, Cobalt can deliver package management and engineering services to discrete parts of any project. Our team has experience of delivering packages from ash bunker dewatering for an Energy from Waste facility to the delivery of bespoke recycling lines for an MSW AD project among many others.

Commissioning is one of the most critical parts of any process build and it is essential to ensure that the programme is realistic and properly designed in order that any issues can be managed and corrected without leading to delays to the project. Cobalt Energy has delivered commissioning services to new build and revamped facilities in the Waste and Biomass sectors.

Recruiting and embedding an O&M team in a new facility can be an arduous task. Recruiting the right people and instilling a culture which provides the best outcomes for our clients is essential to the process.

We offer contracting services to ensure that your facility operates at maximum capacity and efficiency. Our team is skilled in the optimisation of processes at operational plants.

We can provide training programmes to cover a range of topics related to plant operations, regulation and management. We also have specialists in sustainability and carbon accounting who can meet your training needs.

Cobalt Energy staff are keen to share their knowledge and help you upskill your team through mentoring and training, and mentoring roles. Please contact us for more information on these services.

Risk identification and management is the core of any operational business. Our experience in plant operations and our wider knowledge of the UK market gives us a unique insight into the issues which can affect operations at process plant.

Lenders and owners of projects need a reliable and competent delivery partner. Cobalt Energy can provide expert project delivery via EPC and EPCM contract models, our experience in the sector includes the delivery of Energy from Waste and other process plant, and through work in the sector we have a keen understanding of the issues which can cause delay and complication to a project. Our skills and experience enable our clients to deliver their projects on time and budget. Our operational experience allows us to provide additional services and consider issues of operability during the design and build phase of a project.