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 standby generators from 300kVA to 3200kVA, CHP systems, and 24/7 emergency response, engineered for the demands of water, gas, telecoms, and critical national infrastructure.
Whether you’re managing pumping stations, treatment plants, gas networks, or remote unmanned sites, our systems keep operations running, protect compliance, and keep 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:
Infrastructure and utility sites each carry distinct risk profiles and your existing case studies already prove this. Making the sub-sector split explicit helps both search relevance and AI extraction:
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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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
Sun, June 19, 2011 – Manufacturing Director
Sun, June 19, 2011 – Manufacturing Director We were recommended to shentongroup by our electrician and the company’s engineers carried out a very detailed survey.
Mon, March 27, 2017 – Manager, Data Management company
Good afternoon Terry, I just wanted to pay you an email to give out thanks for the work yourself and Shenton have done with regards to Saturday’s UPS install here at ***********. The Saturday works went ahead as planned and on schedule at 7am our side and by 8am Dan, Callum & Vic had the … Continued
Tue, July 30, 2013 – Service Sales Engineer, Contract Reseller Company
Tue, July 30, 2013 – Service Sales Engineer, Contract Reseller Company Our Client has emailed – he wants me to pass on a big thank you to James and everyone else involved in the Gene hire over the last week.
Sun, July 31, 2013 – Construction Project Manager for UK and Ireland at Large Retail Property Investment Company
Wed, July 31, 2013 – Construction Project Manager for UK and Ireland at Large Retail Property Investment Company I have had the chance to review the installation works on the new SO generator; and wanted to say that I am happy with the standard of works. Walking the installation, everything looks to be good and … Continued
Fri, July 22, 2011 – Contracts Manager – Telecomm FM provider.
Fri, July 22, 2011 – Contracts Manager – Telecomm FM provider. We went out to tender but chose shentongroup as we were particularly impressed with the fact they immediately understood what was required and took the time to understand how we wanted the contract to work. The company has national coverage and offers far more … Continued
Thu, September 29, 2011 – Projects Manager MOD Site
Thu, September 29, 2011 – Projects Manager MOD Site shentongroup site operatives were clean and tidy, courteous and professional in their conduct.
Wed, August 31, 2011 – 10:10:55 – General Manager – Hotel Group
Wed, August 31, 2011 – 10:10:55 – General Manager – Hotel Group The major powercut focused our minds on the need for additional power support ….
Wed, June 10, 2015 – Electrical Project Manager, Large Engineering Services Company
Wed, June 10, 2015 – Electrical Project Manager, Large Engineering Services Company …the technical liaison, proposed design, technical submittal, prompt reactions and quality of components and workmanship has been very good…The installation process dates when declared where adhered to and undertaken in a professional manner, under difficult circumstances with constant main contractor external works on-going around the access area … Continued
Tues, January 20, 2015 – Senior Electrical Engineer, University
Tues, January 20, 2015 – Senior Electrical Engineer, University Just to say the presenter Richard, was knowledgeable, humorous and pitched at the right pace. This was the best CPD I have attended in a few years.
Michael Edgley-Pyshorn – Private Home Owner
I wanted to express my appreciation and gratitude for the way that Roland Tayor dealt with my problem this morning. We purchased a M8 Helper generator from Scorpion Power Systems in 2003, and today I had an error code on the system that I did not understand. Thankfully Roland was able to dig into the … Continued
Tues, May 12, 2015 – Managing Director, Leading UK Data Centre
Tues, May 12, 2015 – Managing Director, Leading UK Data Centre Honestly it has been a pleasure working with Shenton. We have had several ‘bad ones’ in other contracts throughout our build but your guys have been on top form. We will be using you again for additional generator sets and maintenance in the future.
Wed, August 31, 2016 – Project Manager, M&E Company
Wed, August 31, 2016 – Project Manager, M&E Company Good morning thanks for all your efforts yesterday, our mutual client has expressed his thanks for a great response and I would like to thank everyone for the support I received in helping our client of 25 years plus. This response is one of the reasons why … Continued
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