SES Projects
Projects

Completed Projects

Cowley / Didcot

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Cowley / Didcot 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Removal of existing protection panels at both Cowley and Didcot substations. Installation of new panels and associated multicore cables....

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Thornton / Creyke Beck

  • Clients

    ABB
  • Locations

    Thornton / Creyke Beck 400kV Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Removal of existing protection panels at both Thornton and Creyke Beck substations...

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Rochdale / Whitegate Cct 2

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Rochdale / Whitegate 275kV Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

NICAP protection change including High Frequency Earthing, Fibre Optic Installation, VT Marshalling kiosk replacement, TP144 Site Management and Scheme Commissioning....

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Rochdale / Whitegate Cct 1

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Rochdale / Whitegate 275kV Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

NICAP protection change including High Frequency Earthing, Fibre Optic Installation, VT Marshalling kiosk replacement, TP144 Site Management and Scheme Commissioning....

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Seabank

  • Clients

    AREVA
  • Locations

    Seabank 400/132kV Substation, Melksham, Cilfynydd & Whitson Remote ends
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Seabank is a fairly large project due to the 3 remote ends where work is also undertaken, these are Melksham 400kV, Cilfynydd 400kV and Whitson 400kV Substations, the main scope of work was the installation and commissioning of NICAP Protection panels...

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Indian Queens Circuit Breaker 2011/12

  • Clients

    South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Indian Queens 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

To remove and replace the circuit breaker, current transformers and capacitor voltage transformers. Removal and disposal of redundant equipment, installation of new equipment, multicore and terminations....

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Ludlow

  • Clients

    Atkins
  • Locations

    Ludlow 135kV Substation
  • End User

    Central Networks

Project Description

Ludlow is an outdoor 132/66/33/11kV substation in Shropshire, SES were chosen by Atkins for the substation reinforcement work. Two new GT transformers and a new132kV Bay are part of the project . . .

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Longannet Power Station

  • Clients

    SMIT
  • Locations

    Longannet Power Station - Scottland
  • End User

    Scottish Power

Project Description

Longannet Transformers

Longannet Power Station is located near to Kincardine Bridge, in Fife. SES have been awarded a project for Power Systems Partners to install three transformers into storage. All three of the transformers are water cooled, the biggest of the three is a 690MVA monster with a 13,530 Amp 17kV secondary winding with the primary being 275kV and 1400 Amps. . .

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Areva VSC

  • Clients

    AREVA
  • Locations

    AREVA's Main site - Stafford
  • End User

    AREVA

Project Description

This project is for the Installation of Areva’s new generation VSC Demonstrator at Areva’s works in Stafford. VSC stands for Voltage Source Converter, and is used for the conversion of Alternating Current (AC) to Direct Current (DC) which is used to link different electricity generating sources (The UK/France Cross Channel link uses this type of system). . .

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Taunton 2010

  • Clients

    SWA, South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Taunton 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Taunton 400kV Substation – Main scope of work is Circuit Breaker Replacement.
This includes Safe and planned off-loading and transport of the Circuit Breaker, CTs & CVTs within the substation boundary. . . .

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Thornton & Drax

  • Clients

    ABB
  • Locations

    Thornton & Drax 400Kv Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Line Trap At Thornton

• Installation of NICAP Protection Panels / multicore ( up to 2560 meters) / GPS Antenna
• Removal of redundant protection, control panels and associated items
• Installation of a J4A marshalling kiosk at Thornton . . .

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Whitfield

  • Clients

    Atkins
  • Locations

    Whitfield 132 / 33 / 11kV Substation
  • End User

    Central Networks

Project Description

Whitfield Substation

Whitfield 132 / 33 / 11kV Substation is our first project with Atkins. the site is located off Biddulph road in stoke on trent, the scope of work involves installing building services, demolition and removal of redundand equipment, HV & LLV Cabling ...

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Drax & Eggborough

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Drax & Eggborough 400kV Substations
  • End User

    National Grid



Project Description

Eggborough Power Station

This project was a NICAP Protection update which included Installation of new NICAP panels, high frequency earthing, GPS system, Multicore cabling etc.
The Drax—Eggborough circuit 2 NICAP works was successfully completed on time and the circuit successfully returned to service on Friday 25th June 2010.

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Taunton

  • Clients

    Mitsubishi/South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Taunton 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

This project was to replace the existing AT4ML circuit breakers at Taunton 400kV substation. Circuit breakers X105 and X205 (Alverdiscott - Indian Queens 1 and 2 circuits) will be replaced along with associated line CT's and CVT's.Read More

 

Greater Gabbard Wind Farm

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Greater Gabbard & Sizewell 132Kv Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Wind Farm Map

The Greater Gabbard offshore wind power plant is constructed in the sea near Suffolk. The power plant consists of 103 wind turbines each rated with a nominal power of 3.6MW. The scope of work comprises of a complete 132/33kV offshore substation installed on a platform at Gabbard equipped with three 180MVA three winding transformers ...

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Exeter

  • Clients

    Morrison Utility/South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Exeter 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Exeter is a 400kV double busbar substation, with one bus section, one bus coupler, six feeders and two 400/7.9kV static compensator transformers, SVC3 and SCT5, each feeding a +150 MVAR/-75MVAR SCT and two 400/132kV supergrid transformers SGT1 and SGT4...

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Ironbridge & Rugeley

  • Clients

    ABB
  • Locations

    Ironbridge 400kV Substation
    Rugeley 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Ironbridge and Rugeley are quite local to SES Ltd's head office in Stafford, the project was mainly a NICAP Protection Change, with the installation of the 1st and 2nd main cubicles, but also involved fiberoptic installation and High Frequency Earthing.

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Indian Queens

  • Clients

    South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Indian Queens 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Indian Queens

Indian Queens 400Kv and 132Kv Substation is located in inland Cornwall, the contract entailed the Installation of a new Mitsubishi 400kV deadtank circuit breaker, complete with integral ...

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Drakelow & Ratcliffe-on-Soar / Willington

  • Clients

    Siemens Transmission & Distribution
  • Locations

    Drakelow & Ratcliffe-on-Soar/Willington 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

The aim of the National Integrated Control and Protection Project (NICAP) is to continue the replacement of ageing light current equipment. At Drakelow 400kV substation this consists of the replacement of the existing feeder protection on the Cellarhead, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Rugeley and Willington East circuits.

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Chapelcross

  • Clients

    Siemens Transmission & Distribution
  • Locations

    Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

At Chapelcross 132kv Substation, SES Ltd were asked to be a part of the replacement of T1 & T2 Transformers, which is scheduled to take place in three phases. Phase 1 being the replacement of T2, Phase 2 being the replacement of T1, and Phase 3 the disconnection of the existing T3 transformer from the system in order to enable the creation of a clean interconnector between Chapelcross and Dumfries.

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Bramley

  • Clients

    Morrison Utility/Mitsubishi Services/South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Bramley 400kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Bramley 400/132kV substation is an outdoor AIS substation with a double busbar arrangement at 400kV. SES Ltd was selected to carry out the installation of two additional 400/132kV 240 MVA super grid transformers...

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Capenhurst

  • Clients

    GE Energy
  • Locations

    Capenhurst 132kV Substation
  • End User

    Scottish Power

Project Description

This project involved the phased construction of a new 132kV substation alongside the existing one at Capenhurst, transfer of the existing circuits to the new substation and then demolition of the old equipment associated with the transferred circuits in the existing substation (Capenhurst 'A').

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Chesterfield and High Marnham

  • Clients

    GE Energy
  • Locations

    Chesterfield & High Marnham 275kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Chesterfield and High Marnham are both 275kV open terminal 4-switch mesh substations with centralized relay rooms. SES Ltd were responsible for the delivery to site, construction, erection and assembly, site testing, commissioning and putting into service the Protection Front Sheets for the Chesterfield 2 275kV Feeder, the Protection Front Sheets for the High Marnham 2 275kV Feeder and additional Corona rings for line CVT's.

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Hinkley Point

  • Clients

    South West Alliance
  • Locations

    Hinkley Point 275kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Hinkley Point 275kV substation is an open terminal double busbar substation. Originally the substation was the Grid connection point for Hinkley "A" nuclear power station which is currently being decommissioned. However, the 275kV substation continues to provide station supplies to both the "A" and "B" nuclear sites. In addition there are 2 supergrid transformer connections to the 400kV substation, plus 2 Bridgewater circuits.

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Swansea

  • Clients

    GE Energy
  • Locations

    Swansea North Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Swansea North substation consists of two sites, a 400kV site and a 275kV/132kV site. The 400kV site is approximately half a mile from the 275kV/132kV site, and consists of a single switch substation with two feeders on each side of the switch: Pembroke and Interconnector 1 on Mesh Corner 1, Cilfynydd and Interconnector 2 on Mesh Corner 2.

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Cowley / Minety

  • Clients

    Siemens
  • Locations

    Cowley and Minety 400kV Substations
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

The Cowley and Minety project is another installation of a NICAP protection system, including Protection panels, Multicore cables and GPS antenna .... .

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Ormonde Wind Farm

  • Clients

    AREVA
  • Locations

    Heysham 132kV Substation
  • End User

    National Grid

Project Description

Heysham 132kV Substation is an outdoor site located 1.4.miles inland from the west coast and just south of Morecombe Bay. The projects stared on 20 September 2010 and ran for 14 weeks.... .

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