UK power engineering company Smith Brothers has won the design and build contract for the 13.2MW Hallburn wind farm in Cumbria.
REG Power Management is constructing the six-turbine project on the former RAF Longtown base on the outskirts of Carlisle.
Smith Brothers is responsible for the diversion and underground cabling of 1.5km of overhead lines running across the site.
The company will also fit out the adoptable Electricity North West substation and supply the 33kV switchboard and control equipment.
Smith Brothers will additionally design and install a full site earthing system and cabling, including 2.5km of trenching and reinstatement works for interlinking earth, 33kV, fibre optic and multicore control cables.
Hallburn is expected to be energised by the close of 2017.
Smith Brothers director John Smith said: “This is the fourth contract we’ve delivered for REG in the past 12 months, and we’re excited to be able to help energise this site.”
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Hallburn hires build squad
Smith Brothers secures contract for work on 13.2MW wind farm in Cumbria
By EBS