Project Title

Kilgallioch Wind Farm | Fehily Timoney & Co

Location

Stranraer, Scotland

Member Company

Fehily Timoney & Co

Client

Farrans Construction

Date

05/2015 – 10/2017

Business Sectors

Environment/ Infrastructure

Services (Technical Disciplines)

FT provided full Civil / Structural and Geotechnical design services for Kilgallioch Wind Farm as Farrans Design partner for this D&B project.

Project Objectives/Outcomes

96 Gamesa Wind Turbines were subsequently installed over an area of approximately 32 km² which equates to a potential power output of 239 MW (or approx.. 130,000 homes). At the time of construction, Kilgallioch was the second largest onshore windfarm in the UK.

Our Role

The project included the following key elements:

• 96 No. Gamesa (G90 & G114) turbine bases
• 70 km of access road
• Sustainable Drainage (SUDS) design for access roads, bases and hard standings.
• Environmental mitigation designs,
• Crane hardstandings for each of the turbine locations
• Site Supervision
• Substation and Control building design
• Design of culverts and bridges structures
• Assessment and refurbishment of existing structures.

 

Geoscience Ireland Contact

Tom Clayton – tom.clayton@ftco.ie

Eamon Timoney – Eamon.timoney@ftco.ie