Collett delivers super-grid transformers to Neart na Gaoithe wind farm
UK: Following two 160 T shunt reactors at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, Collett delivers two 180 T super-grid transformers to the onshore substation.
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UK: Following two 160 T shunt reactors at Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, Collett delivers two 180 T super-grid transformers to the onshore substation.
As with the first stage of the project, Collett was appointed to provide a door-to-door service for both super grid transformers. Once again working with its trusted partners, Collett transported the load from the client’s factory to the port ahead of their journey to the UK.
Shipping in to the Port of Sunderland, the two transformers were discharged from the vessel using a 550 T strut crane and landed onto their 14-row flat top trailer with all works under Collett scope of responsibility.
Collett’s Projects Department chartered a Terra Marique ro/ro barge for the second stage of the transport project, a 20-hour voyage to the jetty at EDF UK’s Torness Power Station in East Lothain.
Having rolled the two transformers from the vessel on day 1 of this stage of the operation, both units were transported out of the power station on consecutive days for the 8-km trip to the onshore substation site.
Having delivered the super grid transformers to the substation site, both were offloaded and installed onto their respective bunds by Collett Heavy Lift, utilising specialist hydraulic jacking and skidding equipment and completing stage two of the project.
The Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, jointly owned by EDF Renewables and ESB, will feature up to 64 turbines and with a planned capacity of 450 MW, it will be capable of powering up to 391,000 homes.
Source: Collett & Sons Ltd.
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