RES has won a contract to provide control point, balancing and asset monitoring services during commissioning and early operations at the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm.
The firm’s 24/7/365 Control Centre, based in Glasgow, will work as the interface between Moray East and National Grid to support the energisation of 100 turbines at the offshore wind farm.
RES said it will also act as the eyes and ears of the wind farm during early operations to monitor the performance of the project and escalate faults if they occur.
The contract to support the HV commissioning requires the control centre to react 24/7 to requests from National Grid and relay instructions directly to operations engineers working on the project, RES added.
Using live data from the wind farm operational controllers will also monitor the asset during early operations and use their knowledge and skills to escalate faults, helping to promptly bring turbines back online.
The centre will also provide control point services under the balancing mechanism for Moray East, where the first turbine was installed in January.
RES control centre manager Charles McLuckie said: “We’re really pleased to be partnering with Moray East Offshore Wind Farm on a contract that utilises the fast and dynamic responses provided by our control centre.
“The skills and experience of our Operational Controllers will not only ensure Moray East delivers full grid compliance, but we’ll also support the wind farm to transition to a fully operational asset as quickly as possible.”
Moray East project director Marcel Sunier added: “As Scotland’s largest infrastructure project under construction we are investing significantly in the local and national economy to support the Green Economic Recovery by providing low cost electricity.
“The continuous monitoring and 365/24/7 readiness to highlight any issues are a key element to secure power generation and this latest contract underlines our commitment to utilising competent Scottish and UK companies where we can.”