Siemens has appointed engineering outfit BAM Nutall to tackle the bulk of civil engineering work on the onshore substation for Innogy’s 860MW Triton Knoll wind farm off Lincolnshire.
Work at the substation site at Bicker Fen has already started and there are currently has around 50 people working on the project, Siemens said.
Some 150 people will be employed when the building work hits top gear later this year.
BAM Nuttal’s scope of work includes foundations for the transformer, shunt reactor and AIS equipment as well as constructing the internal road, fence and internal drainage works.
A first phase of work including the build of a main access road substation platform has already been completed. Siemens said it is using local companies for minor civils work and archaeological supervision.
Triton Knoll project director Julian Garnsey said: “The construction of our extensive onshore electrical system is shaping up well, and I am delighted UK companies are very much at the heart of this activity.”
Triton Knoll will feature 90 MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbines and is due online in 2021.