Our Company

J R Power was established in 2008 with the aim of providing high quality development expertise in the power generation industry.

We are a nimble and flexible organisation consisting of directors, associates and consultants with decades of experience in the power generation and environmental sectors. 

Our ambitions are to play a role in the future development of the UK’s power industry and to grow to one day build, own and operate small and large scale power generation facilities in the UK and overseas.

Our Team

We tailor our team to add the most value to each project that we work on.  The members of our team who are actively involved in projects at this time are shown below.

John Wearmouth

John is a co-founder of J R Power and has worked in the UK power industry for more than 30 years, helping to develop a number of power stations and renewable energy projects in the UK and overseas. Early in his career he became Chief Chemist for the Northern Gas Board, before moving to Merz and McLellan, an international power station engineering consultancy. At Merz and McLellan he held a number of roles culminating in being appointed UK Technical Director of the Environmental Engineering group. In this role he project managed and wrote some of the first Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and PPC Permit applications for power stations in the UK and overseas.  In 2000 he became an independent consultant, providing advice across the world to power station and water treatment clients.  John is also a director of Winlec Wind Energy and Wessex Solar Energy.

Michael Armstrong

Michael spent fourteen years with the AES Corporation where he served as Vice President and had regional responsibility for operating power generation businesses, plant construction and new business development across a European fleet of over 6,000 MW. Michael had responsibility for Drax, the largest power plant in Western Europe and oversaw the development of Cartagena, the largest independent greenfield project developed in Europe for a decade. Michael is an angel investor and on the board of OwnEnergy Inc which is a wind energy development company based in the US and has spent the last few years developing and advising on energy projects in Europe and Africa. He is also the founder and director of Debentures Limited, which sells Wimbledon Tickets, and is Vice President of Chyna LLC, which is developing an iron repletion product for human beings. He is a chartered engineer, has a degree from Cambridge University, and holds an MBA from Manchester Business School.  Michael is also a director of Winlec Wind Energy and Wessex Solar Energy.

Johnny Wearmouth

Johnny has project managed Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for numerous power generation projects, including CCGT, wind farms, biomass plants and diesel generators in the UK and overseas. He project managed the EIA and post-application works for the 1,320 MW Trafford Power CCGT, which was the first “carbon capture ready” power station to be awarded consent in the UK.  He has also undertaken Environmental Permitting work on behalf of clients for power generation and industrial projects.  Having a degree in Accounting he also has skills in financial and economic modelling and has been involved in strategic/economic planning work undertaken on behalf of organisations such as the Carbon Trust and National Grid Offshore Ltd. Johnny is also a director of Chester Energy.

Ronald Owen

Ron is a co-founder of J R Power and spent 20 years with ICI, starting on the design and commissioning of computerised chemical plant then moving into Safety, Health and Environment. On leaving ICI, he joined Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution (latterly becoming part of the Environment Agency) regulating major industries in Wales and the West of England as well as spending some time as the National Health and Safety Manager. Ron left the Agency in 2001 to set up his own S,H&E consultancy business, WISHES Ltd, advising a number of well-know companies in and around the Bristol area. Ron has a Degree in Applied Chemistry, a Masters Degree in Occupational Health and Safety, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Environmentalist, and a member of IOSH and IEMA. Ron is also a director of Winlec Wind Energy and Wessex Solar Energy.

Richard Wearmouth

Richard Wearmouth was Head of Renewable Energy for Europe, North Africa and the Middle East for consultant engineering firm PB Power before leaving his position to work with Wessex Solar Energy. He has a broad and extensive knowledge of the renewable energy sector having worked on many renewable energy projects during the course of the last decade including wind energy, solar, tidal stream, ocean thermal energy conversion and new build and biomass conversion projects totalling some 6 GW of capacity.  Richard is highly experienced in particular in the consenting and development of energy project, having led the consenting and permitting of many projects across the world.

Charlotte Peacock

Charlotte is an environmental consultant with experience of consents and permitting across many development sectors including aviation, highways and public and private sector buildings.  She has extensive experience in the power generation sector and has completed numerous Environmental Impact Assessments for installations in the UK. She has direct field experience in ecology, air quality, noise and contaminated land and has recently obtained a qualification as a CEEQUAL Assessor for civil engineering projects.  Charlotte has considerable experience of liaising with statutory and non-statutory consultees including public exhibitions when developing and assessing potential projects and also has experience of preparing evidence for Public Inquiries. Charlotte is also a director of Chester Energy and environmental consultancy firm Charlotte Peacock Associates.