Laurel Hill Solar Farm 2017-2018

Laurel Hill is a 10MW solar PV farm based in Donaghcloney, Northern Ireland. The Omexom Renewables Business Unit, working under the EPC contractor Engie Fabricom, undertook full project scope for the electrical balance of plant; including design construction & installation, supervision of works and commissioning.
Laurel Hill is one of the last projects to be build under the NI Renewable Obligation Scheme. As such, the project had to be completed and energised under a set deadline of February 2018, before the closing of the NI ROC Scheme.

Customer: ENGIE FABRICOM Country: United Kingdom Site: Donaghcloney
Expertise: Operation & maintenance: Solar power plant monitoring
Engineering: PV studies, Mechanical & electrical studies, Grid integration studies
Construction: Civil works (buildings, foundations, fences, gates, roads…), Electrical works (HV / MV substations,inverters & string combiner boxes, video protection…), Mechanical works: mounting of metallic structures (fixed tilt or single axis trackers), Tests & commissioning)

Start date: 0 2/2017 Business units involved: Omexom UK Renewables End date: 02/2018