Case Study: Power ­ Scottish Power St Asaphs 132kV Substation and…

  Case Study: Power ­ Scottish Power St Asaphs 132kV Substation and OHL works.


                                  Initial Situation
Background                                                                The design of the new substation
                                  St Asaphs substation is a major         was created in partnership with
Renewable energy is taking        substation in the North Wales area,     Scottish Power. Throughout the
an increasingly important         however it needed its twelve bay,       construction and testing phases
position on the agendas of        insulated building demolishing and      of the new infrastructure a
energy companies.                 rebuilding, as well as a connection     transparent and detailed project
                                  building to the Kinmel Bay wind         plan was followed and was
                                  farm.                                   available to all involved.
Scottish Power is no
different. Its wind farm in       This required the complete              The final phases, which are due
Kinmel bay, just off the coast    redesign, construction and testing      to take place in the summer of
of North Wales, needed to be      of the new infrastructure, the          2008, are the demolition of the
linked to main land               diversion of overhead lines and         old substation building and the
substations and power lines.      connections creating to the wind        construction of the final two
                                  farm.                                   bays.
Enterprise Power has been
working closely with Scottish     Key Customer Requirement
Power on this project to
ensure that the power             Scottish Power wanted a one-stop-
generated by the wind farm        shop approach to this project to
                                  enable the project to run more
is directed safely and
                                  efficiently and timely.
efficiently into the national
grid for use by local residents   Enterprise Power has been working
and businesses.                   on large scale substation rebuilding
                                  and OHL diversion projects for over
                                  18 years and therefore had all the
                                  necessary experience and
                                  expertise.

                                  Our Response

                                  Our turnkey service allows us to        Summary
                                  manage all design, (Electrical &
                                  Civil), construction, electrical        This flagship project for Scottish
                                  construction, testing and               Power is a demonstration of our
                                  commissioning of equipment and          capability as a complete turnkey
                                  infrastructure for the substation.      supplier.
                                  The overhead line diversion and         The services that Enterprise
                                  reconnection work of the 132KV          Power were able to provide has
                                  lines to the Kinmel Bay windfarm        made the project run effectively,
                                  was one of the major undertakings.      efficiently, on time and with cost
Enterprise Power Services
Metropoint
                                  Our in-house capability meant that      savings for the customer.
1A Chalk Lane                     we could design, plan and build
Cockfosters                       the necessary infrastructure quickly,   We look forward to completing
Herts                             ensuring that this phase did not        this exciting project and
EN4 9JQ                           delay the project.                      undertaking more such work for
                                                                          Scottish Power.
Tel: +44 (0)208 370 0800          Other work included the diversion
Fax: +44 (0)208 370 0888          of smaller, lower voltage cabling
www.enterprise.plc.uk             works.