February 2022 VOLTS!
Published 28 Feb 2022
THORNE & DERRICK LV HV Jointing, Earthing, Substation & Electrical Eqpt
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Press Release
This month, Thorne & Derrick are delighted to have concluded a Preferred Distribution Agreement with P&B Weir Electrical Ltd.
The agreement is the culmination of discussions and strategy planning for the launch of our partnership – this arrangement is purposed to raise levels of operational and personal safety in the substation, distribution and transmission sectors of the electrical industry.
“I am personally pleased to have secured this valuable partnership and we are excited about introducing their combination of innovative and heritage engineered Electrical Safety Equipment up to 400kV to our clients. If you work on underground cables or overhead lines we look forward to discussing and supporting your project or personal safety requirements.”
“Down the trench or up the pylon, together we can protect workers against the daily hazards of working with electricity. We now look forward with ambition and commitment to implementing our business plan to achieve our shared business goals for 2022,” comments Chris Dodds, Thorne & Derrick. Read complete Press Release here.
pROJECTS & NEWS
Floating production storage and offloading Unit
This month we have been working on a project to supply electrical safety equipment to switchrooms on a floating production, storage and offloading platform (FPSO) located in the North Sea – a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil. Ship-shaped FPSOs are by far the most widely used type of floating production unit, accounting for over 100 deployments globally.
The customer required a replacement for their current insulating matting to be installed in their LV and HV switchrooms on board the FPSO. The replacement was required due to the age of the existing matting; showing typical wear and tear and no longer providing the correct level of safety or insulating protection to offshore workers.
The switchrooms on the vessel ranged from 1kV to 17.5kV, and required matting to meet the correct voltages. After careful project specification, Thorne & Derrick supplied the client with Class 2 insulating matting for the HV switchroom, plus Class 0 matting for the LV switchroom according to IEC6111. Each versatile roll was supplied at 10 x 1m wide, with the end user intending to cut the rolls to suit the individual requirements.
Thorne & Derrick supplied the materials in 3-4 days from stock – see also storage, use and care of insulating matting for further information.
➡ See our range of Electrical Insulating Matting for the protection of workers involved in electrical installations for voltages of 1,000 volts – 33kV.
Image Credit: Dana Petroleum | Western Isles FPSO – the Dana-operated Western Isles is producing from two oil fields called Harris and Barra in the Northern North Sea, 160km east of the Shetlands and 12km west of Tern field. It involves a subsea development of production and water injection wells tied back to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) with oil export using shuttle tankers.
improving access
A pair of new lifts has been installed at Meols station to improve accessibility for those travelling on the Merseyrail network.
The £2.2 million project was funded through the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Access for All programme and forms part of a wider project funded by both the DfT and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
The Access for All programme was introduced to make travelling more convenient for disabled passengers travelling by train across the country, and previous projects on the Merseyrail network include lift installations at Formby, Birkenhead North and Orrell Park.
To read more about the project click here.
Thorne & Derrick have supported this project by supplying GRP ground-fixed trough and fixings to their client Amco Giffen and manufactured by Wibe MITA – we are Approved Vendors to most of the Network Rail Principal Contractors and electrification framework providers and support troughing system scheme design, specification and supply.
PADS approved cable trough ensures protection of trackside power and S&T cables on the UK rail infrastructure – this includes LV copper and aluminium dc traction power and medium/high voltage (MV-HV) power cables supplying 11kV, 25kV and 33kV electricity distribution. We are proud to have worked with the Access for All program to protect infrastructure against accidental damage or vandalism whilst remaining easy to access if maintenance or a future electrification upgrade is required.
Thorne & Derrick | Approved Vendors to Network Rail
Rail News |Network Rail Full Acceptance for Nexans Tee Connectors & Bushings for 25kV Power Transformers
- Joints & Terminations for Network Rail 25kV Power Projects | PADS Approved
- Convex Cable Hangers | Supporting Rail Cables & Tunnel Wall Applications
- Jointers & Splicers Tents For Irish Rail | Protecting Cables Against Water & Weather
Protection of Rail Cables & Power Infrastructure Using Cable Troughing Systems | GRP
Pillar Power
Since 2010, we have been working with Lucy Zodion and their highly skilled and experienced in-house electrical design and engineering teams to provide high-quality power distribution solutions – contact us to discuss your requirements.
Thorne & Derrick continue to specify and supply the Fortress range of feeder pillars manufactured from the highest quality galvanised steel with optional internal electrical wiring to client specification – the Lucy Zodion’s wide selection of steel pillar shells come in a number of sizes, finishes and treatments to ensure they meet your power distribution requirements; single-door, single-door, triple-door and other variants available.
February projects included: C11 Cyber Security and Digital Innovation Centre, Network Rail Brookmans Park Station plus several electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations and mobile telephone sites throughout the UK for SSE. Here is an extract from our Scope of Work Specification for the EV Charging Points at Brunel University, London.
Pictured | The Walk-in WR2 | this is our double-door walk-in GRP Electric Enclosures handmade to the highest standard with stainless- steel hinges, secure lockable doors, IP55 dust and water protection and a UV stabilised gel coat finish. See the Specification.
From the largest UK stocks Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of feeder pillars for LV Power Distribution.
Building Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm
This month, Thorne & Derrick achieved Approved Vendor status with SSE Renewables, the renewable energy subsidiary of SSE plc which develops and operates onshore and offshore wind farms and hydro electric generation in the United Kingdom and Ireland. We are now working with their Project Managers & SAP’s to improve electrical site safety and outage response capabilities throughout their asset portfolio through the specification and supply of Joints, Terminations & Connectors for 33kV networks.
Supporting Seagreen
Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm project is located 27km off the coast of Angus in the North Sea. A joint venture between TotalEnergies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%), Seagreen will be Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest offshore wind farm when complete.
The Seagreen offshore wind farm was consented with permission granted to install 150 offshore wind turbines. 114 offshore wind turbines are currently under construction with an installed capacity of 1,075MW and will be fully operational by early 2023.
Seagreen is an offshore wind farm development owned by SSE Renewables (49%) and TotalEnergies (51%).
SSE Renewables is leading the development and construction of the joint venture project, supported by TotalEnergies, and will operate Seagreen on completion.
Substation | Seagreen is building a new substation at Tealing which will receive the electricity generated by the wind farm for conversion up to 400kV for onward transmission on the national electricity transmission system.
Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of MV HV Medium & High Voltage Cable Joints, Terminations & Connectors from manufacturers including 3M, Prysmian, Nexans Euromold, Elastimold, and Pfisterer CONNEX.
Let’s Meet
Throughout February, Thorne & Derrick continued to welcome their supply chain to our offices and we also conducted online meetings to ensure staff are up-to-date with product developments, discuss sales-marketing campaigns and strategy plan for 2022 with our team.
Last week, Thorne & Derrick welcomed Ian Joynson & Chris Thompson from CSD Sealing Systems to their offices for training and a live product demonstration of their market-leading NORFIRNO product – the NOFIRNO system is Type Approved for the harshest ratings for A, H and Jet Fire Class, and is also approved for watertight, gas-tight, blast and shock applications.
Thorne & Derrick are Approved Distributors for CSD Sealing Systems – we have specified and distributed their products across numerous onshore and offshore substation projects.
The half-day agenda covered developments and approvals within the UK DNO Utility sector, product conformance to ATEX Directive for hazardous areas and explosive atmosphere installations plus a round-up of our sales pipeline and current projects.
OFFSHORE NETWORKING & THE RENEWABLE REVOLUTION
Thorne & Derrick continue to support the Test & Termination requirements of High Voltage Engineering Services providers for cable tooling and installation materials – this includes Cold Shrink Caps & Mastic Tapes for sealing power and FO cable cores on inter-array cables, 33kV Jointers Tool Sets and Cable Heaters for the straightening of high voltage power cables prior to termination.
We stock 3M Cold Shrink terminations up to 66kV – this includes the 3M 96-EP720-2 for the Test & Termination of 66kV single core cables with XLPE insulation (120sqmm-1000sqmm).
Webinar – An Introduction to Dogger Bank Wind Farm
Our Key Account Sales Engineer, Jonathan Hewitt, enjoyed attending the webinar hosted by NOF this month – the well supported online event provided an introduction to the operations phase of this extensive offshore renewables project. Over 900 delegates joined the w
ebinar to learn and understand more about the North East based wind farm, the Tier 1 Contactors involved in the project and the opportunities for the supply chain. The presentation provided oversight of the supply-chain requirements from Wind Turbine to National Grid substation.
Dogger Bank Wind Farm is located more than 130km off the North-East coast of England and is being delivered by joint venture partners SSE Renewables, Equinor and Eni – in total the wind farm is expected to generate enough renewable electricity to supply 5% of the UK’s demand, equivalent to powering six million homes.
Thorne & Derrick look forward to working with our supply chain and clients to deliver support to the Dogger Bank development including Cable Termination, Jointing, Pull-in & Electrical Equipment up to 66kV.
Special thanks to Caroline Lofthouse (NOF Cluster Manager) for providing the Welcome and to Tom Nightingale (North East Stakeholder Manager) for a highly insightful and informative project overview. Following the event Thorne & Derrick have calendared further meetings with both DEME and GE Renewable Energy.
Building the world’s largest offshore wind farm | Located more than 130km off the North East coast of England, Dogger Bank Wind Farm will be capable of powering 6 million British homes – find out more.
Technical Tip
Watch Video | How to Remove Bonded Screens from MV Cables by Thibaut Rouyere (Marketing & Sales Director at Alroc)
Featured Jointer
Sector Spotlight | rail
Thorne & Derrick supply an extensive range of 400V-33kV Rail Cable Accessories & Power Distribution Sytems including feeder pillars to contractors undertaking Low Voltage Power Distribution, HV Electrification & Substations, DC Traction & Networks, OLE and Track Feeder Cable Renewals – a complete range of Network Rail PADS approved track terminations, cable joints, cable repair and connection products up to 25kV, including 3M Cold Shrink, Pfisterer CONNEX and Nexans Euromold products.
Full range of Cable Pulling Equipment & Products to ensure safe and efficient of rail cables in to cable ducts and containment infrastructure including cable troughs.
Transport for London Project
February Rail Project | Working with Ellis Patents we completed the specification and have now moved into manufacturing for our largest contract to date to supply TfL (London Underground) approved cable hangers across several depot modernisation projects.
Thorne & Derrick in consultation with the Asset Manager at Transport for London and their appointed Telecoms & Power contractor secured formal Authorisation & Approval for the Pegasus range of non-metallic cable support hangers. The product will provide safe cable management of the cable route within the Bridges & Structures category – over 1000 hangers with proven lifecycle performance and utilising the standard J-type design for support of multiple cable runs including single, 3-way and 5-way configurations are now scheduled for delivery.
Thorne & Derrick are Approved Vendors to both Network Rail and Transport for London.
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HV Cable Jointer
ICS Cymru – Division of Instrument & Control Services Ltd based in Caerphilly, South Wales, are an Electrical Contractor specialising in Electrical Transmission, Distribution and Generation systems.
You will be responsible for carrying out and overseeing the cable jointing and termination works involved within our projects, for voltages ranging from LV up to 33kV …see more.
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Thorne & Derrick distribute the most extensive range of Low & High Voltage Cable Installation & Electrical Distribution Equipment to the Power Transmission & Distribution industry in the onshore and offshore wind, solar, rail, oil/gas, data centre, battery storage and utility sectors – this includes Joints, Terminations & Connectors to enable the installation of low, medium and high voltage power cables into underground trench or duct.
Key Product Categories: Connectors, Joints & Terminations MV HV | Cable Preparation & Jointing Tools | Duct Seals | Cable Transits | Cable Cleats | Cable Glands | Electrical Safety | Arc Flash Clothing & Protection | Cable Pulling | Earthing & Lightning Protection | Feeder Pillars
Main UK Stockists for: 3M Electrical, PFISTERER Connex, Nexans Power Cable Accessories (Euromold), Alroc, Ellis Patents, ABB, Roxtec, Cembre & CATU Electrical.
