Projects

Kelvin Energy were involved in the support for the seller in the disposal of 50% of the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm.  We appointed a project manager to represent Westermost Rough Limited in the property aspects of the sale who worked closely with the M&A and Projects teams on the due diligence requested by the investors. This transaction support role required a tremendous amount of hard work and expertise in all aspects of property due diligence.  Our surveyors and CAD designers also assisted in providing details cable route reports. The strong legal background of our appointed project manager , Manjit Kooner was seen as a real benefit to the project. The investors will each acquire a 25 per cent ownership share in Westermost Rough for a total cash consideration of approximately GBP 240 million

Kelvin Energy were employed by Powerteam Electrical services to provide Primary and civil design services for 2 new bays and to supply steel equipment support structures to complement those already installed in adjacent bays on site. Due to network operational issues, two new circuit breaker bays were required at Lovedean 132kV Substation. Some difficult ground conditions meant that the foundation solution needed careful consideration and this manifested into some bespoke arrangements for some of the major items of HV plant. With the first new bay complete, and the second under construction, this project is proof that there is a requirement for the designer to be flexible in their approach and that it is not always possible to just re-use existing designs, as ground conditions can vary locally across the same site.

The client on this project was Powerteam, a subsidiary company of Vinci Energies, appointed by SSE Power Distribution, Transmission Department The project involved the provision of Planning drawings, full Civil and Primary Electrical design and the Design and supply of all required Structures for a new 275/132kV Supergrid Open Busbar Substation in the Sutherland area of Scotland. The project was required to accommodate the new transmission connections from Strathy North and South Wind Farms and design was also to support future expansion of a further SGT and associated equipment to connect Strathy Wood Wind Farm. Civil design included the provision of Planning drawings, Ground Investigation, Plant and Equipment foundation design and full road, compound and drainage design. Civil design also involved a strong link with environmentalists to ensure protection of flora and fauna was optimised. Eco friendly solutions were also developed for the substantial peat retention bunds required Interface was required with 3rd Party designers, namely, the Substation Control Building designers and Transmission and Distribution Overhead line designers. These interfaces required compatible designs to be agreed for siting of building and cable installations to the Control Rooms and also Access roads, crane pads and piling platforms to be designed to accommodate the Transmission tower works. Primary Plant Layout and design was developed closely with Powerteam to accommodate their preferred, and SSE Issued plant and equipment. Design included, busbar and clamp design, fire pool studies, Safety clearance checks, earthing layout, multicore cable routes and design loadings Over 130 Aluminium 132kV and 275kV Support Structures were designed and supplied including single and three-phase structures, varying from 2.1m to 7.2m high and 2 No Double Bay 12m high Galvanised steel gantries to accommodate the incoming downleads from the new Transmission Tower connections. All structures were designed to accommodate the various earth connection points and equipment mounting interfaces specific for each item of equipment. Fabrication of the structures was to an agreed delivery programme with Powerteam. Due to a compressed programme of works, close contact was maintained with the Civil Contractor throughout the project to ensure specification and programme deliverables were met. All Structures were delivered and erected to meet Powerteam’s accelerated programme. All remaining primary works were completed on programme

This project was carried out for SSE Distribution Major Projects North under our recent Civil Consultancy North Framework agreement The project was for the provision of Civil and Structural design for a new 33kV indoor Switchroom at Milton of Craigie Substation, Dundee. This is required to replace the existing dated/redundant switchgear The provision of a Civil and Structural design for a 33kV Switchroom building with Integral cable basement. Including A survey of existing cable routes was available but a Site Investigation was required Civil and Structural design was based on the best functional and economic design to meet current SSE specifications. Due to the complex and numerous existing cable routes within the existing Substation, Kelvin undertook a cable route plan to identify, at the design stage, proposed new cable routes and termination points. This not only allows for an ordered approach to the cable laying and jointing but also provided the civil contractor with a comprehensive scope of works required. Design is complete and Civil works are starting. All parties reported positive feedback on both the quality of drawings and visibility of the scope of works.