Substations

Omexom Substations

Our Substation Business Unit provides Substation engineering, design, electrical and civil construction services to the UK & RoI Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). We cover 275kV, 132kV, 66kV and 33kV voltage levels to strategically selected customers that build alternative energy source electrical infrastructure. This includes Substations associated with both High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) and Energy Storage solutions for Enhanced Frequency Response major projects.

Our Mission

Substations is focused on addressing key areas in the electricity transmission and distribution sector, providing innovative and technical engineering solutions to regional, national and international electricity networks.
We are leading the transformation towards cleaner and more sustainable electricity networks, and advancing the future of energy with our customers. Our experience and expertise covers the whole electricity grid, providing safe, efficient, reliable and affordable power.
Our specialised Substation BU is one of the leading high voltage substation suppliers in the UK, and a reliable partner for complete planning and construction of customised, turnkey high voltage substations.
With comprehensive in-house knowledge in all aspects of power transmission, here in Substations we provide the entire range of services, component and technologies required for the successful design, construction, commissioning and operation of any high voltage substation, ensuring we help our customers improve their operating performance, grid reliability and productivity.

Products & Services

Substation commissioning
Engineering
Design
Electrical and civil construction services

Business Unit News

02/05/2024 Transmission

Omexom Taylor Woodrow (OTW) joint venture named as an Enterprise Delivery Partner on National Grid’s Great Grid Partnership.

Part of the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework, this major electricity transmission upgrade, required to move more clean energy across the country to help the UK achieve its net zero ambitions, is the largest overhaul of electricity grid in generations.

05/10/2023 Business Unit News, Renewables

Ballykeel Update

Sunny skies over on energisation day at Ballykeel wind farm in Larne, Northern Ireland. Our Renewables team were key in connecting the 7 turbine 16MW wind farm project to the grid after taking on the design, installation, and commissioning of the HV switchgear and switchboard as well as the control & protection and telecomms.

Business Unit News, Ireland

Lenalea Update

On the 3rd of August, Omexom Ireland successfully energised Lenalea 110kV/33kV substation in Co. Donegal, Ireland. The Lenalea windfarm project included a 4 bay 110kV AIS substation, 2 110kV OHL connection circuits, 110/33kV Transformer, 33kV switchgear and reactive power compensation.

14/02/2023 Business Unit News, Substations, Substations BU

Killin Update

Our Substations team have been hard at work up at the 132/33kV substation in Killin playing their part in SSEN's VISTA project. The team are converting and upgrading the existing outdoor bays to facilitate the new underground 132kV cable connections.

Business Unit News, Major Projects North

Kintore Update

Our Major Projects North team are working flat out to hit their goals before Christmas and it shows in their progress at Kintore.

12/01/2022 Ireland, Renewables, Substations, Substations

Omexom Ireland near completion of the Gorman 110/20kV 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 & build of the 110/20kV substation to enable the connection of a 50MW battery storage complex.

14/06/2021 Business Unit News, Major Projects North

OMEXOM AWARDED BY SSEN TRANSMISSION THE CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD’S FIRST 400KV GREEN GAS FOR GRID (G3) SUBSTATION.

In Scotland, Omexom UK Major Projects (part of VINCI Energies) was awarded by SSEN Transmission), the contract for the construction of a new 400kV (G3) substation at Kintore as part of the client’s plans to upgrade their network in the east of Scotland from 275kV to 400kV and facilitate the increasing levels of – renewable generation in the region.

23/03/2021 Business Unit News, Substations

Harker Substation

Who says construction work has to be 9-5? To ensure we meet our clients needs, Omexom works 24hrs a day with 2 shift patterns on the Fourstones/SSSC2 circuit at Harker Substation. Great work by our Power Solutions team who just keep delivering.

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