Omexom Ireland Near Completion of The Gorman 110/20kV Substation
Published 19 Jan 2021
Gorman Switchgear Control & Protection Room
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Article By Paul McCann, Project Manager | Renewables
Thorne & Derrick secured under competitive tender the order to supply the 33kV Termination & Jointing Materials Package for the medium voltage substation construction from Omexom – this included Size 1- 3 PFISTERER Connex Inner Cone Bushing Connectors and Nexans Euromold Interface C standard and piggy-back configuration Outer Cone Bushing Connectors. Previously, T&D had supplied the Omexom cable jointing teams with cable preparation tools for the safe and efficient stripping of medium voltage cables.Â
Gorman 110/20kV High Voltage substation
Omexom Ireland are finishing up work on the new Gorman 110/20kV substation. The substation is located 2km outside of Slane in county Meath, Ireland, with work starting in July 2021 and finalising by the end of January 2022. The €2.4M contract was awarded from Scottish Power Renewables for the complete design and build of the 110/20kV substation to enable the connection of a 50MW battery storage complex.
Omexom Ireland are finishing up work on the new Gorman 110/20kV substation. The substation is located 2km outside of Slane in county Meath, Ireland, with work starting in July 2021 and finalising by the end of January 2022.
The €2.4M contract was awarded from Scottish Power Renewables for the complete design & build of the 110/20kV substation to enable the connection of a 50MW battery storage complex. The project is part of a contestable works model introduced in Ireland recently meaning it had to comply with all the Eirgrid/ESBN construction standards.
The new Gorman substation was designed, constructed & commissioned by Omexom Ireland to the Local TSO operator’s specifications (Eirgrid/ESBN). Construction of the substation included: 110kV sealing ends; Current Transformers (CT) and Voltage Transformers (VT); Surge arrestors; a 60Mva transformer (110kV to 20kV); a complete switchgear control building as well as all the necessary auxiliary systems, complete with control & protection panels to operate and protect the 3 panel NX Plus 20kV switchgear supplying the 50MW battery storage complex including 7kM of 20kV cabling.
Once completed at the end of the month the Gorman 110/20kV substation will provide vital grid stability services to the Northern Dublin area.
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