Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £35m contract for the design and construction of the 110MW Bhlaraidh and 110MW Beinneun wind farm connections near Fort Augustus in Scotland.
Balfour Beatty said the work for SSE’s transmission arm involves the design and construction of a new substation, refurbishment of two existing substations, the connection of a fourth substation built by a developer, the design and installation of a 7.5km 132kV underground cable and the refurbishment of 21km of overhead line.
Construction work is due to start in April and be completed in the spring of 2017. The company said that, at its peak, the project will employ 120 people.
Scottish Hydro Electric manager of major customer connection projects Keith Inglis said: “These works are being delivered to tight timescales and it is both challenging and exciting that SHE Transmission is introducing a new and innovative overhead line conductor to its network to help enable these connections.”
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Contractor to build grid link for Bhlaraidh and Beinneun wind farms
By EBS