A Welsh civil engineering firm has been awarded the contract for a 13-turbine wind farm in Scotland - with Amazon to buy the power generated.
Brookfield Renewable 海角视频 Limited (BR海角视频) has engaged Jones Bros Civil Engineering 海角视频 to deliver Kennoxhead Phase 1, a 60 megawatt development near the village of Glespin in South Lanarkshire.
The North Wales based firm will design and construct the turbine foundations, a 24m bridge, the substation building and approximately 25km of trenches for cabling.
In addition, the civil engineering firm will upgrade 14km of existing and build 9km of new site tracks as well as provide temporary site offices and facilities.
Once complete, Amazon will buy-up the power produced after agreeing a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA).
Jones Bros, which employs more than 500 from its head office in Ruthin, has already added six local plant operatives to its 30-strong Scotland team, with the contractor likely to add to this number in the coming months.
Garod Evans, contracts director at Jones Bros, said: “We’re really pleased to have been appointed by Brookfield Renewable 海角视频 Limited.
“This will be our 18 wind farm in Scotland as well as countless others across the rest of the 海角视频. We have built a strong reputation in this sector.
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"It’s quite a tight programme as the turbine deliveries commence in August. We begin on site in the winter months, which is always a challenging time, but our team is confident of meeting the schedule.
“ As with all our projects, we will be aiming to support the local community and boost the area’s economy where possible.
"For example, we have already engaged a security firm and will be looking for a building contractor to deliver the substation as well as an aggregate supplier.”
Jones Bros is also taking steps to ensure sustainability is at the heart of its activities.
Garod added: "We will be batching our own concrete on site, which will significantly reduce vehicle movements to and from the wind farm.
“ We also plan to pre-cast the reinforced concrete bank seats for the new bridge structure, which again decreases construction traffic."
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Phase one of Kennoxhead, which is scheduled to complete in 2022, will consist of 13 Nordex 4.8MW turbines and will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 64,000 海角视频 homes.
Eoin O’Donovan, Head of Project Delivery for Brookfield Renewable said: "Getting works underway is always a major milestone for any project and we are excited to work with Jones Bros on the construction of Kennoxhead which represents the first of Brookfield Renewable 海角视频’s onshore wind development projects to commence construction in Scotland."