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Onshore wind farm and grid evidence before the layout is fixed.

Ground conditions, water, habitat and ground motion for onshore wind farms, substations and grid connections, read by the Vireo Neural Map on one grid before anyone goes to site, with peat depth wherever there is peat. Fix turbines, tracks and cable routes on evidence, and send your survey, ecology and ground investigation teams where they count.

£3,600 a siteSite Evidence Pack, launch price
£9,600 a corridorCorridor Evidence Pack, launch price
Every consenting stagePeat survey, PLHRA, peat management plan, BNG

Every enquiry is reviewed by the Vireo team. We reply within two working days.

Check my site or route

Three details to start. We confirm the site fits before you order.

We use your details to check the site and reply. Nothing is ordered until you confirm. Privacy notice

See it read a real site. Tap live peat, river, habitat and ground motion data before you send yours.

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Five evidence layers from one site stacked on one grid: water held, ground motion, surface change, condition and peat depth, with one cell read through every layer under a wind farm layout

Water held · Ground motion · Surface change · Condition · Peat depth. One cell read through every layer.

One site, every layer

Ground, water, habitat and peat on one 50 m grid, under every turbine, track and cable.

Your records and the public evidence for your ground are placed on one grid, so every layer answers the same question at the same place. These are real outputs from one upland site, location removed.

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    Signals on one 50 m gridDepth with a band, surface change from LiDAR, ground motion from radar, water held in the terrain.
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    Ways to read conditionWorking classes at 1 m, a satellite read at 10 m, and one harmonised score, side by side, with the cells where they disagree.
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    Plan for where to look nextThe cells to check first, and a probe or survey plan with its expected gain stated in advance.

From scoping to consent

Evidence for every consenting stage of a wind farm.

  1. Site selection and scoping

    Peat depth with its range, habitat and water across the whole search area, so turbines and tracks start on the strongest ground. See a live site read →

  2. Peat depth survey

    A probe plan aimed where the depth range is widest, matched to the two survey phases Scottish guidance expects. Peat survey guidance →

  3. Peat landslide hazard and risk

    Slope, depth and drainage read together, so the assessment team starts on the cells that matter. PLHRA guide →

  4. Peat management plan

    Excavation and reuse volumes that rest on depth evidence a reviewer can test. Peat management plan guide →

  5. Grid connection and cable route

    A 30 km corridor read on one grid: heritage, crossings, peat and ground motion, with 1,240 anomalies ranked to the first ten. See a corridor read →

  6. Biodiversity net gain

    Habitat baseline evidence for the statutory metric, on sites and on linear routes. BNG on linear routes →

Why this matters

Before anyone goes to site, someone has to decide where to focus. The records exist: probes in a spreadsheet, a habitat survey in a PDF, a boundary in a GIS file. The pack reads them together and answers the question.

Decision summary

What the evidence supports, and where to firm it up

Main findings, the key uncertainties, and the recommended next step, written for the person who has to sign off the budget.

Site evidence maps

Every layer on the same grid

Peat and soil, terrain and wetness, satellite condition, surface change and ground motion, water and catchment context, read on one 10 m grid, 1 m where LiDAR is held.

Your records, in context

What you supplied, how it was used

Each file checked for format, coverage, date, licence and relevance, then placed on the same grid as the public sources. Not an attachment at the back.

Evidence register

Source, date, licence, limitation

Every figure carries where it came from, when, under what licence and with what evidence tier, so it can be explained to colleagues, clients, funders or regulators.

Survey-priority plan

Where to look next, in order

The cells where the reads disagree, the gaps in your records, and a walkable plan for probing, monitoring or assessment, with the expected gain stated before anyone walks it.

Handover call

Thirty minutes on the findings

One factual-correction round and one call to walk through the pack and agree the next step.

What a site check looks like

Your site, read by the Vireo Neural Map.

Peat depth across a site, ground motion under turbine bases and tracks, slope for landslide hazard, and the cells where a survey earns most. Different questions, one method. Your pack carries the layers that matter for your layout.

Peat depth in centimetres across an upland site on one grid, with the site boundary
Peat depth across the siteDepth on every cell of the grid, with its band, so turbines and tracks start on the shallowest ground.
Vertical ground motion from satellite radar in millimetres a year across an upland site
Ground motion under the layoutSatellite radar, millimetres a year, on the same grid as the depth. Moving ground is flagged before ground investigation.
Slope read from 1 m terrain across an upland site
Slope for landslide hazardSlope from 1 m terrain, read with depth and drainage, so the hazard assessment starts on the cells that matter.
An upland site on 1 m terrain with the cells where two condition reads disagree highlighted
Where the survey earns mostThe cells where the reads disagree are where probes and walkovers pay. That is the survey plan.

Proof behind every figure

Declared before it is scored. Scored once. Published either way.

22.9 v 28.4 cmPeat depth error against the England Peat Map, 186 independent sitesSealed
18 of 18Held-out survey programmes where the map beat kriging on deep peatTested
0.36 to 0.64Stream water skill once neighbouring layers join, 870 unseen sitesSealed
31 testsEach declared before scoring and published whichever way it fallsRegister

Vireo sealed-test register, October 2026. See the blind-tested results

How it works

Send a boundary and your records. Get back a pack and a plan.

  1. Send a boundary and your decision

    One boundary, the decision you need to make, and a note of the records you hold. We confirm the site fits before you order.

  2. We read your records with the public evidence

    Up to ten of your files and the public evidence for that ground, placed on one grid and read together.

  3. Pack in your hands

    The pack, one factual-correction round and a 30-minute handover call on the findings and the next step.

Who it is for

Wind and solar developers

Fixing layouts and budgets on evidence before the environmental statement.

Grid and transmission teams

Screening substations, overhead lines and cable routes for peat, crossings and ground movement.

Environmental and geotechnical consultancies

Briefing peat, ecology and ground investigation fieldwork with a record that can be checked.

Launch offer

Ten sites at the launch price.

The pack supports, and does not replace, intrusive peat survey and peat landslide hazard assessment carried out to current national guidance.

£3,600£9,600Per qualifying site

Excluding VAT where applicable. The standard Site Evidence Pack price is £9,600 a site. The first three launch sites are delivered and reviewed before the remaining seven places open.

You pay £3,600 for the pack. You also receive a £3,600 credit towards a Vireo Site Assessment (£25,000), the calibrated read with sealed checks on your own probes, valid for 12 months from delivery of the pack.

Check my site
One site, one questionGive us one boundary and the decision it serves. The whole pack is built around that question. Several sites are quoted together.
Your data stays yoursYour files are used for your assessment only. Contributing them to research is your choice, under a separate agreement, and earns £500 credit.
We confirm your site firstWe check geography, coverage and size before you order, and tell you plainly whether it fits.

Questions

Prices exclude VAT where applicable. Example outputs are from one anonymised upland site and show the format of your pack.

What does Vireo provide for a wind farm?

A site read before survey: ground motion, water, habitat and peat depth with its range on one 50 m grid, an evidence register, and a survey-priority plan for ground investigation, ecology and peat probing.

Does it cover grid connections and cable routes?

Yes. The Corridor Evidence Pack reads a route on one grid, with heritage, crossings, peat and ground motion, and ranks anomalies so the walkover starts with the ones that matter. £9,600 for the first ten corridors.

How does it fit Scottish peat survey guidance?

It plans the survey. Guidance expects a grid of about 100 m across the site, then a 10 m grid at each turbine base and probes every 10 to 50 m along tracks. The pack shows where the depth range is widest, so probing starts there.

Can it support a peat landslide hazard and risk assessment?

Yes. Slope, peat depth and drainage are read together on one grid, so the assessment team starts on the cells that matter.

What does it cost?

£3,600 a site and £9,600 a corridor for launch customers, excluding VAT. Each pack is credited against the assessment that follows.

Does it work outside Scotland?

Yes. Vireo reads sites across the UK and Ireland, with peat, habitat, water and ground motion on one grid in every nation.

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