Head Office/Registered Office
2411 London Road
Glasgow
G32 8XT

Tel: 0141 764 2411
Fax: 0141 764 2434

 

North Office
Strathpeffer Road
Dingwall
IV15 9XB

Tel: 01349 860000
Fax: 01349 860005
Energy

Glens of Foudland Wind Farm

Client

RES Ltd

 
Consultant

RES Ltd

 

Size

 

20 x 1.3MW 

 
Programme

18 Weeks (completed 2005)

 
Contract Form
 Turnkey Design and Build
   

The Company carried out the civil and ancillary works for this, the first windfarm project to be constructed in Aberdeenshire (7.5kn east of Huntly). The works comprise of the construction of 8km of site access road, 20 wind turbine foundations with associated crane hard-standing areas and sub-station control building. Each foundation consists of 140m3 of reinforced concrete, they extend to a depth of 2.6m and involve accurate setting of the holding down bolts that fix the 3.9m diameter wind turbine tower. The 26MW windfarm will supply enough pollution-free electricity to meet the annual needs of over 13,000 homes and will displace nearly 60,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide –the main greenhouse gas –every year. The turbines are 1.3MW models with a total height (to the blade tip) of 78 metres.

 

Principal Elements included:

2,700m3 Concrete
350 tonnes Reinforcement
20,000m3 Rock

 

Key Issues:

  • All earthworks, rock extraction and reinstatement executed in accordance with stringent planning requirements
  • The farm on which the works are located remains working throughout the duration of the contract
  • Working with the environmental constraint of badgers on site.