PowerCrete supports landfall connection to Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm
Published by David Bizley,
Senior Editor
World Cement,
Heidelberg Materials UK has supplied its PowerCrete heat-conducting concrete to help maximise power capacity at the landfall connection to Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm.
Inch Cape is set to be one of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farms and will generate enough green energy to power 1.6 million homes when it becomes fully operational, which is expected to be in 2027.
It will feature 72 turbines located 15km off the Angus coast and the power generated will be transported 85km to a new onshore substation at Cockenzie, East Lothian, before connecting to the National Grid.
Running power cables underground generates heat and, as the temperature rises, so does the resistance, resulting in capacity loss. Using PowerCrete as a bedding material and infill material at the landfall site, enhances heat dissipation to maximise the power capacity of the underground cables.
Heidelberg Materials supplied 242 cubic metres of PowerCrete from its Glasgow concrete plant. Tidal conditions dictated precise delivery windows and coordinating the timed pours required close collaboration between the operations and distribution teams.
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