Kilgallioch

The Opportunity

Due to Britain’s ageing electricity infrastructure, Iberdrola’s subsidiary Scottish Power are investing in a multi-Billion Pound scheme to upgrade the grid both in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. A good proportion of this investment is upgrading the existing Substations and the construction of new ones to link up new greener energy generation. Having manufactured Support Steelwork for many of these sites previously either directly to the client or via their EPC’s, the opportunity to install the support steelwork and also HV equipment that performs the key transmission role was also afforded to us based on our company credentials, the need for more specialist installation teams and the ideal size of this Project. The substation site directly serves 96 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 236 MW and also acts as a connector for the adjacent Markhill site, which features 28 turbines with a generating capacity of 56 MW.

Our cooperation with the successful EPC who recognised the need for a larger subcontractor for this work would provide the acknowledge and experience required for future collaborations with all EPC’s or direct work.