WSP is one of the fastest growing design, engineering, environmental and management consultancies, providing the consortium with an expertise in enhanced offshore grid management systems.
As a leading environment and energy consultancy WSP can assist through each stage of the offshore grid development process from planning to construction, drawing from experience in a large number of renewable energy projects. Together with an expert project management capacity, WSP can also provide a wide range of services including: in-house laboratory testing, environmental management systems and due diligence services.
WSP has extensive experience in renewable and offshore projects including:
Cross Border Subsea HVDC Grid Study
WSP was commissioned to project manage a consortium of leading advisors to deliver the technical specification for the requirements of a detailed feasibility study into the development of an offshore subsea power grid designed to facilitate the development of different offshore renewable energy generation technologies.
Falköping Municipality: Wind Power Programme
WSP has drawn up a wind power programme to form a basis for decision-making regarding future establishment of wind power facilities and local plans for wind use in the municipality.
Wallenstam: Onshore Wind Farm
WSP has provided the technical, financial and legal investigations into the electrical connection of this 150MW wind farm.
Offshore Wind Farm, Sweden
WSP was commissioned to examine the likely environmental impacts of 128, 5MW offshore turbine installations making up a wind farm off the coast of Sweden.
Kraftnät Åland
WSP has provided the EIA and environmental permitting for this client on the construction of a 150 km of 100 MW DC under sea cable, 110 kV onshore transmission line and distribution substations to connect Åland and mainland Finland.
Beauly Denny 400kV Overhead Transmission Line
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Scottish Power Transmission (SPT) are jointly promoting a new 400kV overhead transmission line covering 220km between Beauly near Inverness and Denny near Stirling via a Section 37 application under the Electricity Act 1989 to the Scottish Ministers. WSP has been working with SSE and SPT since 2004 in the delivery of a range of consulting services to facilitate the application for the proposed Beauly to Denny transmission line and on follow-up work.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) leading to production of several chapters of the Environmental Statement (ES) including hydrology, geology and soils, construction noise and air quality, disruption due to construction, land use and traffic and transport (2004-2005).
Drafting of separate environmental appraisal reports for each of the six new or upgraded electrical sub-stations along the route to support separate applications for planning consent (2005).
Additional environmental assessment of transformer access route improvements to substations to support planning applications for substations (2005-2006).
Production of an access track protocol to allow site based staff to identify environmental constraints on the ground to ensure that tracks are constructed sensitively (2005-2006).
Research and review of geotechnical conditions and issues for access tracks, specifically including peat, which has been used in the project Access Track Construction Methodology (2006).
Traffic modelling of the effects of use of local borrow pits as an alternative source of access track materials on HGV traffic movements for the project (2006).
Preparation of precognitions for hydrology, geology and soils and construction noise and subsequent appearance at public inquiry by expert witnesses for these subjects (2006-2008).
WSP continues to support SSE and SPT with detailed project design issues, resolving objections and undertaking further environmental impact assessment and GIS mapping support services.
Gretna Substation to Ewe Hill and Newfield Wind Farms 132kV Transmission Lines
WSP has undertaken Options Appraisals to identify the best environmental and technical location for two transmission lines totalling 25km in length. WSP has undertaken a Routing Study, participated in a public exhibition, and is currently undertaking a Scoping Report to identify the scope and breadth of environmental surveys to inform the Environmental Impact Assessments for each preferred option.
