Renewable Energy Insurance
Naturesave provides a specialist renewable energy insurance services for community energy groups and associated organisations
SPECIALIST RENEWABLE ENERGY COVER
A climate emergency has been declared and the technology has been developed. Now the challenge is to deploy renewables on a scale like never before to decarbonise our energy system. This much-needed expansion of renewable energy infrastructure requires the need for specialist insurance cover to bring about success. Naturesave brings experience, conviction and specialist knowledge to enable us to provide market leading insurance cover for most renewable energy technologies. Naturesave cover large or small scale projects across all technologies.
We work with diverse clients such as developers, asset managers and community energy groups, an area in which we are a market leader. Our home insurance offer also includes market leading cover for PV systems.
Awards and Accreditations
Ethical Consumer
Naturesave has been given the top ethical score by Ethical Consumer, and they have also awarded us Best Buy status.
Ethical Consumer is an independent, not-for-profit, multi-stakeholder co-operative founded in 1989. Their primary goal is to make businesses more sustainable through consumer pressure. Their mission includes the following:
- Help consumers to challenge corporate power by using their economic vote every time they go shopping.
- They have a fully transparent ranking system with all data available to subscribers.
Good with Money
We are in the top four ethical and eco-friendly UK home insurers in Good With Money, one of the UK's top directories for ethical consumers who want to "become Good with money while doing good with money".
The Good Shopping Guide
We are also highly rated by The Good Shopping Guide (GSG) achieving a perfect score of 100 out of 100. GSG wants to "encourage more companies in the insurance sector to follow Naturesave's example and adopt more ethical policies and practices."
Queen's Award
Naturesave is the only insurer to win a Queen's Award for Sustainable Development.
Renewables we Insure
- Wind turbines (onshore and offshore) – including anemometers, LIDARs and other wind measuring systems
- Combined heat and power (CHP) – biomass and wood chip boiler systems
- Solar Photo voltaic and active solar thermal systems
- Wave and tidal marine renewable systems
- Hydro-electric facilities
- Hydrogen fuel cell technologies
- Waste to energy systems
- Biogas – Landfill & anaerobic digestion
Types of Cover
- Construction risks (including testing and commissioning and advance loss of profits)
- Transit risks (including delay in start-up loss of profits)
- Engineering risks (operational machinery breakdown)
- Material damage
- Loss of revenue & business interruption
- Employers, Public & Products Liability
- Professional Indemnity
- Directors & Officers and Trustee Liability
- Lack of sun/wind bespoke package
What we insure
Hydro Insurance Cover
Depending on your needs, our hydro insurance products can offer the following cover:
- Construction risks at the site (including testing and commissioning and advance loss of profits)
- Transit risks to the intended site (including delay in start-up loss of profits)
- Engineering risks (operational machinery breakdown)
- Material damage
- Loss of revenue (from either material damage or mechanical breakdown)
- Employers, Public & Products liability
- Directors & Officers and Trustee Liability
Wind Turbine Insurance Cover
Depending on your needs, our wind energy insurance products may offer the following cover:
- Construction risks (including testing and commissioning and advance loss of profits)
- Transit risks (including delay in start-up loss of profits)
- Engineering risks (operational machinery breakdown)
- Material damage
- Loss of revenue (from either material damage or mechanical breakdown)
- Employers, Public & Products liability
- Directors & Officers and Trustee Liability
- Lack of wind / sun bespoke packages
Solar Insurance Cover
Depending on your needs, our solar insurance products may offer the following cover:
- Construction risks at the site (including testing and commissioning and advance loss of profits)
- Transit risks to the site (including delay in start-up loss of profits)
- Engineering risks (operational machinery breakdown)
- Material damage
- Loss of revenue & business interruption
- Employers, Public & Products liability
- Directors & Officers and Trustee Liability
- Lack of wind/sun bespoke package
We can provide cover for the following community renewable energy projects:
- Wind turbines (onshore and offshore) – including anemometers, LIDARs & other wind measuring systems.
- Combined heat and power (CHP) – biomass and wood chip boiler systems.
- Solar Photovoltaic and active solar thermal systems.
- Wave & tidal marine renewable systems.
- Hydro-electric facilities.
- Hydrogen fuel cell technologies.
- Waste to energy systems.
- Biogas – Landfill & anaerobic digestion.
- Lack of wind / sun bespoke packages.
Cover offered:
- Contractors’ Pollution Liability
- Contaminated Land Liability Insurance
- Operational Pollution Insurance
- Damage to Eco-systems
Why Choose Naturesave?
Ethical Insurance
- Sustainable and ethical approach to insurance
- Policy fees support The Naturesave Trust environmental funding
- Committed to sustainability and environmental protection
- Transparent policies and honest claims handling
Comprehensive Coverage
- Specialist coverage for renewable energy systems
- Material damage protection including storm, fire, and theft
- Business interruption coverage for lost revenue
- All systems covered: Solar panels, Heat pumps, Biomass boilers, and Micro-hydro systems
Award-Winning Service
- Top ethical score by Ethical Consumer
- Winner of Queen's Award for Sustainable Development
- Perfect score from The Good Shopping Guide
- Dedicated customer support from expert advisors
