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Putting communities and the Planet - First
Benefiting Our Clients
We ensure organisations buy energy better, reduce how much they use and stay compliant with legal and environmental objectives.
Willmott Dixon
“Over the past five years, working with your team has been a very positive and valuable partnership. Before engaging with you, we faced increasing challenges navigating a highly complex and volatile energy market. Securing competitive pricing while effectively managing risk was difficult, and we lacked the level of market insight needed to make confident, longer-term procurement decisions.
Your support has made a significant difference to our business. You have consistently provided clear, expert insight into market trends and the drivers behind price fluctuations, which has enabled us to take a more strategic and informed approach. Your proactive communication and tailored advice have been particularly valuable during periods of market uncertainty, giving us confidence in our decision-making.”
“As a result, we’ve seen improved cost management, greater budget certainty, and a more optimised purchasing strategy. Your ability to identify opportunities within a volatile market has helped us mitigate risk, while also reducing the internal time and resource required to monitor and interpret market movements ourselves.
We would absolutely recommend your services. Your combination of deep market expertise, responsiveness, and genuine partnership approach sets you apart. You’ve consistently demonstrated a clear understanding of our needs and have delivered tangible value over the long term, particularly in challenging market conditions.”
Jonathan Ayton, Principal Sustainability Manger, Willmott Dixon
Wates Group
Wates Group is one of the leading privately owned construction, development and property services companies in the UK.
Wates chose to procure electricity and gas through Planet First Energy, to meet their requirement to buy better value energy, supported by exceptional customer service for both their team and clients.
Importantly, Planet First Energy is committed to partnering with Wates to achieve 100% renewable electricity supplies by 2025.
Wates Group benefit from:
- Contract and refund savings of £1.1million
- Successful completion of 145 projects
- Secure 100% renewable energy contracts backed
by full REGO certification - Supply of Solar PV for sites and projects
- Development support of carbon strategy and
reporting
Project Focus: Renewable Energy Generation
Wates Construction partnered with Planet First Energy and Renewable Energy Co-Operative (R-ECO) to install renewable energy generation on site in Leeds.
This innovative project included installation of an 11kWp PV array on Wates welfare cabins at Wellington Place, engineered and delivered by the R-ECO team.
The system has a unique modular design so it can be re-configured as multiple smaller systems if required. Upon project completion, the PV array will be redeployed to one or more Wates sites in the region.
The objective of the project is to build up 100 kWp of PV assets in each region, enabling Wates to generate their own renewable energy on site, and reduce CO2 emissions.
Project benefits include:
- Remote monitoring and management to individual panels to ensure maximum yield
- Extensive sub-metering to identify areas of further energy reduction
Most importantly, the initiative is expected to save over £800,000 on energy costs, and reduce over 5,600 kg of CO2, during the project lifetime.
Luke Smith, Wates Group Sustainability Manager:
“We have increased the procurement of renewable energy by 70% since 2016. This partnership will support our goal to achieve 100% of our electricity supplies from REGO backed renewable sources by 2025”
PUTTING COMMUNITIES AND THE PLANET - FIRST
