PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Kirby was responsible for the electrical installation and commissioning of Birkenhead 132kV Asset Replacement project.

Kirby made a significant contribution to the replacement of the existing Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS) Substation with a new indoor Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) Substation and transferal of all existing 132kV circuits and commission to the new GIS.

This included the installation of the C&P panels, battery systems, LVAC board within the control room and the interconnection cable between the GIS equipment and SGT panels.
The project successfully energised 3 nr. Supergrid Transformer bays and 7 nr. 33kV local remote end substations.

SCOPE OF WORK

Kirby was responsible for the electrical scope of works.

The electrical systems installed by Kirby included:

• Primary Equipment Transmission Connection
• Earthing & Bonding
• Control & Protection System
• Fibre Network
• OHL (Design & Build)
• DC Battery Systems (Design & Build)
• SCADA

Installed plant items include 3 nr. distribution boards, 25 nr. control & protection panels and 2 nr. battery system.

The total project meterage consisted of 20,000m of cable.