Civil engineers Jones Bros has kicked off concrete pours to construct turbine foundations for Innogy’s 96MW Clocaenog Forest wind farm in north Wales.
The foundation work, which requires an average of 600 cubic metres of concrete and 90 tonnes of reinforcement steel per unit, is scheduled to be wrapped up in October.
The 27-turbine scheme on a working forest managed by Natural Resources Wales will comprise Vestas V105-3.45 machines with tip heights of 145 metres.
“We have approximately 70 Jones Bros staff on site, including 15 apprentices and trainees,” said Jones Bros site agent Rhys Roberts.
“In addition to the construction of the turbine bases, we are continuing to upgrade existing and build new tracks, install crane pads, and build a new control building to manage the flow of electricity generated to the national grid.”
The Contract for Difference-backed wind farm is due to be completed by the end of 2019.
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Jones Bros pours over Clocaenog
By EBS