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, 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
Wed, October 19, 2011 – Property Manager – Pharmaceutical Consultants
Wed, October 19, 2011 – Property Manager – Pharmaceutical Consultants With an overheating Comms room becoming more and more common shentongroup provided us with a quick and efficient solution.
Tue, August 23, 2016 – Project Manager, M&E Company
Tue, August 23, 2016 – Project Manager, M&E Company Can you thank Steve for me for all his hard work to get Hastings completed successfully.
Fri, September 30th, 2016 – Project Manager, Infrastructure Company
I wanted to thank you for your collaborative and reactive approach throughout the ******* Generator Controller replacement project. I’d be grateful if you could also pass on myself and Peter’s thanks to the guys in the field who went out of their way to be flexible and help us fit in with ******* requirements and other … Continued
Manager – Engineering Services Company
Many Thanks Shirley. Excellent job all round
Mon, December 8, 2014 – Electrical Project Engineer, Leading Engineering Company
Mon, December 8, 2014 – Electrical Project Engineer, Leading Engineering Company The ***** ***** Test went very well without a hitch. The Client Commissioning Manager & External Consult we’re very impressed with your generator and its integration with the LV Panel. Your engineer Tom and the LV Switch Board engineer worked well together pre-test and gave confidence … Continued
Mon, August 18, 2014 – Group Operations Manager of Racing Circuit
Mon, August 18, 2014 – Group Operations Manager of Racing Circuit Thank you very much for helping us out of a hole a couple of weekends ago with supply of the emergency generator and please pass on my thanks to Doug as well. We had 300+ guests in the suites on the Sunday and all … Continued
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Director, Business Solutions Company
Tue, May 07, 2013 – Director, Business Solutions Company Thanks very much for the prompt service. Good as ever, please pass on our thanks to your management team and particularly for the work of yourself and your engineer.
Building Service Manager – M&E Company
Just so you know there wasn’t any issues with the generator and working with Alex was a pleasure. Found him very patient, understanding and helpful.
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Civil Contingencies Officer, Council
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Civil Contingencies Officer, Council The installation was successfully completed today, thanks to all concerned for your help, support, coorporation and coordination with this project.
Mon, February 9, 2015 – Telecommunications Officer, Major Aerospace Company
Mon, February 9, 2015 – Telecommunications Officer, Major Aerospace Company Good Morning David, I would just like to drop you a few lines of praise for the company. I am really impressed by the service we have received from, survey, to quote, delivery and installation of the above subject, overall a very satisfied customer and, … Continued
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Facilities Maintenance Contract Manager, County Council
Fri, April 26, 2013 – Facilities Maintenance Contract Manager, County Council Can you please give my thanks to the shentongroup engineers for successfully completing the generator panel modifications and testing of the system, I would like to thank Paul in particular for coping with the challenging situation under pressure, the shentongroup engineers performed excellently and … Continued
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