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Balfour lands £192m substations job

Balfour Beatty has received a contract to construct a trio {of electrical} substations in Argyll, western Scotland, value £192m.

The contractor has been chosen by SSEN Transmission to construct the three new 275kV substations in Craig Murrail, An Suidhe, and Crarae.

The brand new substations kind a part of the consumer’s Argyll and Kintyre reinforcement technique and are designed to help an anticipated rise in renewable vitality manufacturing within the area.

It was awarded the challenge by way of the GIS2 RIIO T2 framework, to which it was appointed in 2022.

Balfour Beatty’s energy transmission and distribution managing director Tony Wilson mentioned the scheme was essential for enhancing substation infrastructure within the space.

He added: “Our experience in substation supply, coupled with our native expertise, make us the proper match to deal with the challenges forward, ship the challenge to the best of requirements and safe the provision of renewable vitality to houses and companies within the area.”

Primary building on the Argyll stations is because of begin later in the summertime, and round 200 individuals will likely be employed on the job at its peak, with at the very least 50 per cent to be employed from the native space.

Balfour Beatty just lately accomplished a substation at Peterhead for SSEN and last week was awarded a £32m contract from the consumer to design and develop the primary section of a 137km energy line from Fort Augustus to Edinbane, which can hyperlink Skye and the Western Isles to mainland Scotland.

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