Triton Knoll
OFF-SHORE WIND FARM
Sector: POWER & RENEWABLES
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Year: 2019
Scope
Triton Knoll is an 857MW windfarm which once operational will become a major source of home grown renewable energy in the UK.
It is being constructed onshore in Lincolnshire, and offshore 33km or 21 miles off the coast and features 90 state of the art MHI Vestas 9.5MW turbines.
Location
Lincolnshire, North Sea
England
Client
Contractor: Murphy Group
End Client: RWE/Innogy
Products We Supplied
- HDPE PE 100 ENATS 12-24 Class 1+
- Beadless SDR11 and SDR9 in ODs 250, 200, 225mm- 100km
- SDR11 coils 125 and 90mm – 20km
- Low friction Sub-duct ODs 63mm and 25mm – 200km
Project Overview
Triton Knoll is within the Greater Wash strategic area, located off the east coast of England, and is one of three ‘Round Two’ strategic areas around the coast of Great Britain, which were released for offshore wind development by The Crown Estate and the Government in 2003.
The project is owned by RWE (59%) and partners J-Power (25%) and to Kansai Electric Power (16%), with RWE leading construction on behalf of the partnership.
Once constructed, offshore and onshore electrical infrastructure will connect the wind farm to the electricity network. Sub-sea export cables from the offshore wind farm will make landfall just north of Anderby Creek, with the power entering the electricity network at Bicker Fen Substation, near Boston, via a network of underground cabling.
Onshore construction began in September, 2018 and offshore construction in 2020 which includes 90 x wind turbines, meteorological masts, offshore substations and the cables that link the wind turbines to the offshore substations.
Radius Systems collaborated with the main installation contractor Murphy Group for the Triton Knoll project to deliver large diameter Electricity Cable ducts direct to multiple sites.
Solutions
Radius CTS worked closely with the contractor to provide a range of electrical and telecom ducts from 25mm to 250mm OD to suit the various routes, installation techniques and cable sizes.
Radius supplied over 100km of HDPE SDR11 and SDR9 Class 1 ENATS duct in 200mm, 225mm and 250mm Beadless.
Beadless ducting features specialist internal chamfering designed to eliminate the time consuming process of debeading in welded joints. This maximises efficiency on the project and reduce installation costs.
In addition, Radius also supplied 20km of 63mm low friction ducting as well as 200km of 25/17mm heavy duty low friction sub-duct.
Radius worked closely with the contractor to follow a demanding delivery schedule over a 6 months period.
Project Results
The contractor was particularly complimentary about the strong service levels obtained from Radius. The project has resulted in a successful partnership between Radius and the main contractor and a successful on time completion of the Triton Knoll project.
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