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The substation will provide a new grid connection for Sunderland’s International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) – a hub aiming to create a world-class environment for advanced manufacturing and technology businesses including low carbon and electric vehicle sectors

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.  

Omexom, the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to infrastructure solutions in the generation, transmission and distribution of energy, has opened a new branch of its Omexom Institute in Castleford, West Yorkshire, for technicians working on overhead lines, substations and underground cables.

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.

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.

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.

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

A major project milestone has been reached in the ongoing tower removal work at Glen Falloch where the last of 13 electricity towers have been felled. This project is designed to improve the visual impact of transmission infrastructure in the area.

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.

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.