In infrastructure and utilities, power failure isn’t just disruptive—it can halt essential services, breach regulatory compliance, and impact thousands of customers. Shenton Group delivers robust backup power and CHP solutions that ensure maximum uptime, reduce energy costs, and support sustainability across complex, high-demand environments. Whether you’re managing pumping stations, treatment plants, or remote utility sites, our systems keep operations running smoothly and communities connected.
Utility and infrastructure providers face unique challenges when power fails:
We engineer and maintain power systems that meet the demands of this sector:
We’ve supported major utility providers and infrastructure projects with reliable power:
A major gas network provider was facing critical disruptions due to unreliable generator maintenance. We stepped in with a tailored solution to keep their operations running smoothly – 24/7.
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Location: NationwideClient: Leading National Fibre Network ProviderEnd User: Businesses and Consumers NationwideSector: Fibre Network Infrastructure Products/Services Used: Client Overview Our client is a leading national fibre network provider operating across 190+ sites. They deliver high-speed connectivity to businesses and consumers, relying on resilient power infrastructure to maintain continuous service availability. Their operations are critical to … Continued
Explore how Shenton Group powered one of the UK’s leading water utility companies with turnkey generator solutions – including generator for hire UK, standby generator supply, and nationwide generator servicing for utilities.
Along with offering a turnkey project where we would also remove the old equipment, the design we put forward negated the need for rental generators and reduced the amount of cable, which would save the client a quarter of a million pounds. This ultimately leads us to win the project.
BACKGROUND As the Royal Mail continue to invest in their infrastructure, Shenton Group were once again called upon to offer a resilient standby power solution to support one of their distribution centres. The project was progressing under tight deadlines, and a well-respected M&E contractor contracted Shenton Group to design, supply and install the generator package … Continued
BACKGROUND Having worked with many gas network providers over the years, Shenton Group was approached once again by a long-standing client to assist with their network role out. PROJECT OVERVIEW The requirement for this particular project was to install a natural gas generator at a remote site in Shalford just outside Guildford. These gas network … Continued
BACKGROUND Bentley Ings is a vital flood defence in Doncaster North and helps protect 1,670 properties from flooding by diverting water away from local areas such as Toll Bar, Arksey and Bentley. The defences were undergoing a significant upgrade, spanning over two years and costing £11m. The project was to replace the pumping stations 80-year-old … Continued
Location: UK Products/ Services BACKGROUND A new baggage substation was being developed and required a generator solution with a fast turn around. The initial power solution was originally designed around another manufacturer’s equipment who unexpectedly pulled out of the project. This left the Airport in a difficult situation, needing to find a supplier who could … Continued
OVERVIEW The ever-expanding world of IT depends one hundred percent on the availability of reliable continuous power supplies. When a major IT infrastructure company decided to relocate its headquarters, it entrusted its continuous power supplies to Shenton Group, which firstly provided a standby generator whilst managing the modification of an existing generator. This, alongside a … Continued
Client: Murrow AD Ltd, Somerset Farm Location: Murrow, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire Products/ Services BACKGROUND The Murrow AD team approached Shenton Group to help design the complete CHP and generator system. Due to the nature of all Gas to Grid sites, there was a requirement to power very large gas compressors and a biogas upgrading unit without incurring … Continued
When a leading construction and civil engineering company completed a major project to upgrade the fuel storage and delivery systems on a large number of standby diesel generators for Thames Water
Project Manager – Hospital
Generator picked up, thank you for all your help and support througout the hire, the generator has been a god send.
Fri, November 7, 2014 – Electrical Site Foreman, Building Services Company
Fri, November 7, 2014 – Electrical Site Foreman, Building Services Company I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your site team for the excellent service you provided for the recent generator hire at the hospital. Special thanks goes to Tom and Doug for their professional manner in conducting the initial site … Continued
Sat, October 01, 2011 – IT Manager, Lift Manufacturers
Sat, October 01, 2011 – IT Manager, Lift Manufacturers The installation of the air conditioning was completed on time and to our complete satisfaction.
Fri, June 13, 2014 – Financial Director of Award winning Butcher
Fri, June 13, 2014 – Financial Director of Award winning Butcher It’s been a pleasure working with your company and should you wish to use as a reference site in future, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Tue, September 18, 2012 – Facilities Manager – Retail Company
Tue, September 18, 2012 – Facilities Manager – Retail Company Following our recent power failure I would like to thank the shentongroup, in particular the Rental division for your help and assistance during that very difficult time. shentongroup showed a very high level of customer service which instilled confidence from the first point of contact … Continued
Mon, April 29, 2013 – Contractor Supervisor, FM Company
Mon, April 29, 2013 – Contractor Supervisor, FM Company Just to say a quick thank you to James Hawksworth who helped us out over the weekend. We are quick to moan at people but not so quick in complementing so well done shentongroup.
Thu, November 01, 2012 – Electrical Contractor
Thu, November 01, 2012 – Electrical Contractor Please thank your engineer for his assistance yesterday with rectifying the phase rotation fault. Thank you for all your efforts with the quick turnaround, the client is very happy and pleased with the response to their demands
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Electrical Reseller
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Electrical Reseller They were very impressed with Steve who serviced the genset today. They asked whether they could have him do the services all the time?
Account Manager, Generation
On the whole your company have done extremely well paying on time and when asked to do so. We thank you for this. On this basis and to make future trading easier between ourselves, I have set up a meeting with my Director to discuss increasing your credit limit (among other accounts). Once I have … Continued
Thurs, March 30, 2017 – PA & Team Secretary, M&E Company
I just wanted to send an email with the feedback from attendees for the Combined Heat & Power CPD yesterday. Staff have said it was an excellent example of what a CPD session should be (by all accounts they have had some rather poor one’s in the past) and they asked me to feed this … Continued
Wed, September 18, 2013 – Prepayment Operations & Client Manager for a Global Technology Company
Wed, September 18, 2013 – Prepayment Operations & Client Manager for a Global Technology Company Just to let you know that all went well and install is completed. Thanks for a strerling job once again. Pass my thanks onto Alex and Andrew.
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Quality Manager, FM Contractor Company
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Quality Manager, FM Contractor Company Thanks for being so efficient and making the process very smooth. We are very grateful and will look to use you in the future when required.
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