PROJECTS WE’VE
WORKED ON
Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm
In 2007 Grid Connection Consulting began working as Lead Grid Connection Engineers for Airtricity (now SSER) on the 504MW Greater Gabbard Offshore wind farm, the first ever offshore wind farm in the UK to connect to the transmission network.
Grid Connection Consulting were responsible for everything related to the Bilateral Connection Agreement (BCA) interface with NGESO throughout the project, and also worked closely with Siemens and Fluor to ensure all power system studies were carried out as required.
We lived with the project through design to construction and were present right at the end when the site achieved full GB Grid Code compliance.
The wind farm has been connected to the grid since 2012.
Galawhistle Wind Farm
In 2008 Grid Connection Consulting created an initial electrical design and lodged a grid application for the 66MW Galawhistle wind farm for Infinis (now Ventient).
As the wind farm progressed through design and construction, we were involved at every step ensuring the site was designed appropriately whilst meeting the GB Grid Code requirements.
This site was particularly complex with a requirement for extra reactive power capability and harmonic filtration, whilst ensuring compliance with Voltage Control and Frequency Response requirements.
The 22-turbine wind farm started operating in 2017, and via NGESO’s UDFS process is now considered fully Grid Code compliant thanks in part to Grid Connection Consulting.
Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm
In 2018 Grid Connection Consulting began working as Lead Power System Engineers for SSER on the 1075MW Seagreen Offshore wind farm, Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm.
Up until November 2022 we were responsible for the power system design interface between Linxon, Vestas and the grid (the SQSS and the Grid Code).
Studies overseen include examinations of: power and reactive power flow, short circuit, harmonics, insulation coordination, voltage control, frequency response, voltage fluctuation and control stability.
The wind farm has been connected to the grid since 2022.