ENE · Renewable energy
Renewable energy engineering and delivery
Solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, tidal and waste-to-energy — assessed honestly, engineered properly, and designed around the balance of plant that usually decides the outcome.
Overview
Overview
Glorinda works across the full renewable set — solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, tidal and wave, and waste-to-energy. The engineering discipline is the same in each: assess the resource honestly, select technology that suits the site and the people who will operate it, and design the balance of plant properly, because that is where projects usually underperform.
The utilisation of renewable and sustainable energy resources through optimised technologies, localised solutions, reasonable starting costs, short and long-term benefits, high efficiency and ecofriendliness has the greatest impact on preventing future economic, regional, financial, generational and environmental costs. In the markets we work in, that argument is increasingly made on cost alone.
Our involvement spans feasibility studies of the field and of the project, conceptual, basic and detailed engineering, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and management (EPCM), technical assistance in hardware testing, and testing, initial implementation and commissioning.
Detail
The technology set
Solar
Concentrated solar-thermal power (CSP) using molten salt for heat storage, and photovoltaic systems with fixed or mobile collectors, storing through hydrogen tanks and battery energy storage.
Read moreWind
Onshore wind farms and offshore wind power plants, with monopile and floating foundations, feasibility and licensing, metocean and wind resource assessment, mooring and dynamic cable analysis, turbine simulation and owner's engineering.
Read moreHydropower
Hydrodynamic screw, Francis, Kaplan and Pelton turbines, with EPC and EPCM delivery, technical assistance in hardware testing, and commissioning.
Read moreGeothermal
Dry steam, flash steam and binary cycle technologies for reliable, sustainable baseload generation.
Read moreTidal and wave
Special water turbines generating electricity from the mechanical energy of wave motion — a clean, never-ending, independent and continuous source.
Read moreWaste-to-energy
Waste separation technology, high-efficiency incineration, biogas production, waste heat recovery and gas flare recovery.
Read moreDetail
What we do on a renewable project
Feasibility
Feasibility studies of the field and of the specific project, cost and profitability calculation, licensing support, and — where the resource is the variable — metocean and wind resource assessment.
Engineering
Conceptual, basic and detailed engineering. Process design, turbine simulation, typical design, monopile and floating foundation design, and mooring and dynamic cable analysis for offshore work.
Execution
EPC and EPCM delivery, or owner's engineering where the client is contracting execution themselves. Construction and commissioning management on site.
Commissioning and handover
Technical assistance in hardware testing, testing, initial implementation and commissioning, operator training and after-sales technical support.
Detail
Storage is part of the design, not an afterthought
Renewable generation that cannot be dispatched is worth less than its nameplate suggests. Our storage scope covers hydrogen storage, thermal storage, battery energy storage systems, mechanical storage and pump-turbine storage — and for concentrated solar specifically, molten salt storage is what overcomes the greatest weakness of solar thermal systems.
Applications
Applications and challenges
Where it applies
- Greenfield renewable generation projects
- Repowering and capacity upgrades on existing sites
- Industrial self-generation and behind-the-meter schemes
- Municipal and utility-scale projects
- Hybrid generation with storage
- Off-grid and weak-grid supply
- Circular-economy projects converting waste to energy
Common challenges we are asked to solve
- A resource assessment that does not survive contact with the site
- Balance-of-plant scope falling between suppliers
- Grid connection constraints limiting what can be built
- Generation profile that does not match the load without storage
- Financing that requires a bankable technical case first
- Operators who will inherit a plant nobody trained them on
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which renewable technologies do you actually deliver?
Solar (CSP and PV), wind (onshore and offshore), hydropower, geothermal, tidal and wave, and waste-to-energy including biogas. Glorinda offers total solutions across these, from feasibility to commissioning.
Do you act as EPC contractor?
Where the scope suits our capability, yes — as EP, EPC or EPCM. We also frequently act as owner's engineer, which on renewable projects is often the more valuable role because it puts an independent technical authority on the client's side of the table.
Can you help with licensing and permitting?
Yes, as part of the feasibility and development scope. For wind specifically, our services include feasibility studies and licensing alongside metocean and wind resource assessment.
Is storage included?
It should be part of the design discussion from the start. We deliver hydrogen, thermal, battery, mechanical and pump-turbine storage, and for concentrated solar we use molten salt as the primary means of storing energy.
Evidence
Projects
Sample layout. Reference projects are being cleared for publication with the clients concerned. The structure below is final; the content is placeholder.
SampleWater reuse retrofit — sample card
Card layout for a completed water reuse project: stream data before and after, recovery achieved, scope Glorinda held, and the client's own words.
SampleZLD package — sample card
Card layout for a zero liquid discharge package: feed characterisation, evaporator type selected, solid output route, and commissioning duration.
SampleOwner's engineer mandate — sample card
Card layout for an advisory mandate: the client's decision, the options assessed, and what changed in the tender as a result.
Conversion
Take this further
Send us the stream data, the discharge limit or the equipment list you are working from. An engineer reads every enquiry and replies with the questions that actually decide the solution — not a brochure.
Contact
Talk it through with an engineer
Send the constraint you are designing around and we will tell you what is realistic before anyone writes a specification.