Solar Farm Maintenance

33kV Connected: 8MW Solar Farm Array
Industry Sector: Renewable Energy

Background

HV Renewable Energy Maintenance – The client decided to switch to using our services due to the locality of their constructed Solar Farm and also taking into account our rapid call out response times.

A maintenance strategy was then developed by SwaleK which included recommendations and suggested changes/actions to the maintenance plans in order to ensure a sustainable life cycle of the operational plant. SwaleK also demonstrated new ways of delivering economies to site which included providing enhanced non-intrusive maintenance checks. The suggested actions were included in the maintenance plan, resulting in improvements to both efficiency of the plant and further cost reduction.

Project Duration

36 Month Contract –Currently in its first year.

Technical Remit

1. Responsible for the maintenance and repair of 6 off 33kV Ozamabal circuit breakers
2. 11km of cable: Maintaining its operation, fault repair and control of excavation as defined in line with Swalek HV SMS.
3. The maintenance of battery tripping units.
4. The maintenance of a remote alarm panel.

Outcome

The client has been very satisfied with our successful delivery of the maintenance contract and as a result has continued to use our services. We have also been able to demonstrate that we have brought economies to site through reduced downtime, increased profits, a return on investment and safe operation of the network which has ultimately safeguarded the reliability of the site, resulting in increased network performance.

For more information about our range of high voltage electrical services or to discuss a particular project, please call us on +44 (0)7356 235353 or email: info@swalek.com