Yorkshire Water Bankable Wind Data Market Engagement
Summary
Yorkshire Water Services Limited published a preliminary market engagement notice via the UK Government's Find a Tender portal under the Procurement Act 2023. The utility seeks wind data specialists capable of providing bankable wind data for a planned deployment of 1-3 onshore wind turbines at 9 sites across England, without requiring traditional 12-month Met Mast or LiDAR measurement campaigns. Responses to the market engagement are due by 8 May 2026.
What changed
Yorkshire Water (YW) and Kelda are seeking to engage wind data analysts, modellers, and providers regarding their planned deployment of new onshore wind turbines. The programme involves deployments of 1-3 turbines at each of 7 sites initially, plus 2 repowering sites, with power directly offsetting grid-purchased electricity on YW operational land. Required deliverables include annual average wind speed at hub height, 50-year gust data, Weibull parameters, wind shear index, turbulence data, and P50/P90 yield projections.
Interested wind data specialists should email the YW Energy Commercial Team at FMandEnergyCommercialTeam@yorkshirewater.co.uk by the 8 May 2026 engagement deadline. While this notice initiates preliminary market engagement under the Procurement Act 2023 and does not constitute a formal procurement commitment, participation is the first step toward potential future contract awards. No financial penalties are specified for non-participation.
What to do next
- Email FMandEnergyCommercialTeam@yorkshirewater.co.uk by 8 May 2026 if interested in participating in this pre-market engagement
- Prepare capability statements demonstrating track record in securing project finance using modelled wind data without physical measurement campaigns
- Review required data specifications including P50/P90 yield analysis and IEC parameters if considering a response
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- YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-030057
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-067a1c
Published 31 March 2026, 8:58pm
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Description
Yorkshire Water (YW) and Kelda are seeking to engage the market to discuss their planned deployment of new on-shore wind turbines - specifically regarding bankable wind data without the requirement for 12 month Met Mast or LiDAR campaigns. Work done to date indicates deployments of 1-3 turbines at each location, with 7 sites under consideration initially plus 2 repowering sites. As YW and Kelda look to expand this programme, they anticipate a small scale wind development programme in addition.
The deployments would be on YW operational land and would directly power the adjacent operational site, offsetting grid purchased power.
The purpose of this notice is to open discussion with wind data analysts, modellers and providers. We would like to work with wind data specialists with a proven track record of securing wind turbine project finance having used modelled wind data, processed into a bankable format, without a 12 month LiDAR or Met Mast campaign. Data must include:
Annual Average(mean) wind speed (at hub height)
Once in 50 years 3 seconds maximum wind gust
Weibull Shape factor k
Wind shear index IEC alpha
Characteristic turbulence at 15m/s, or the full turbulence graph
Wind farm output at P50/P90 levels (gross and net yield)
The following can be provided:
Wind turbine locations
Wind turbines hub heights
Wind turbine makes and models
Any other relevant data
YW and Kelda are looking to partner with a single data provider who can provide bankable wind data which will be used for accurate financial modelling and securing project finance.
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027
- Possible extension to 30 June 2028
- 2 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
Wind surface observing apparatus
Weather-forecasting services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Engagement
Engagement deadline
8 May 2026
Engagement process description
If you are interested in taking part in this pre-market engagement please email FMandEnergyCommercialTeam@yorkshirewater.co.uk with the subject line "Bankable Wind Data PME"
In the email please include your company details and if possible examples of your data being used to securing project finance in the UK.
We may look to advance the PME by hold meetings to discuss what is available to us and the mechanics for delivery. This will update our market intelligence prior to any tendering activity however this is not guaranteed nor is there any guarantee of tendering activity post closure of this engagement period.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
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Utilities
Contracting authority
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED
- Companies House: 02366682
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PXGT-3622-WXBQ Western House
Bradford
BD6 2SZ
United Kingdom
Email: buyingteam@yorkshirewater.co.uk
Region: UKE41 - Bradford
Organisation type: Private utility
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