
As part of the ongoing
engineering and environmental
consultancy agreement with
Munster Joinery, Fingleton
White were appointed to
oversee the technical and
commercial integration of 2 X 2
MW wind turbines into the
existing Ballydesmond
manufacturing and onsite
generation infrastructure.
The Fingleton White site team was
designated to liaise with, and represent the
interests of the manufacturing operations
to ensure the undisturbed operation of the
facility. This included coordinating the delivery
of the turbine sections along the local roads
within 2kms of the facility, and the task of
planning the routes to the designated areas
on site through the working plant.
The brief
also covered the design and construction
supervision of crane working platforms ahead
of turbine erection.

Design scope included routing and installation of
electrical cabling between the turbines and the MV
switchroom. Design of all the medium voltage
modifications and upgrades necessary to facilitate the
integration of the wind turbines with the existing
generator and site demand bus. This included the specification of the
additional switchgear and revisions to the metering, CTS and control
arrangements for the synchronisation of the new generators, and their
integration into the existing site SCADA system.
Fingleton White also processed the regulatory applications necessary
for revisions to the existing IPPC Licence. In addition, the head office
electricity market support team provided consultancy services
regarding the changes to the grid connection and the integration of
the wind turbines into the existing SEM market arrangements.