Renewable Energy Company Profile – Scottish Hydro Contracting

As part of one of the UK’s foremost mechanical and electrical contracting groups, Scottish Hydro Contracting serves the Highlands and Islands from its bases in Evanton, Inverness and Fort William.

Over the last few years, the renewable energy market has expanded to become an important part of their workload. Increasingly, Scottish Hydro Contracting’s electrical contractor expertise is called on by the renewable sector for design and installation of electrical systems and interconnector works.

Scottish Hydro Contracting - a division of SEC and part of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group – provides an end-to-end service for users of high voltage power distribution systems, as well as distribution networks for regional electricity companies and private customers.

Among their key services to the renewable energy sector are:

• Design, build and construction of new HV and LV systems and cables
• Refurbishment and upgrading of HV networks
• Testing, grading and study of system protection
• HV cable laying and jointing
• HV cable fault location
• Installation and commissioning of SCADA/Telecontrol and automation systems
• Lighting
• Alarm and control installations
• Calibration, pre-commissioning of instrumentation installations

 Key projects in the Highlands and Islands include the:

• £1.7 million contract to design and install the European Marine Energy Centre’s electrical and data systems
• Installation of electrical systems for npower renewables’ Farr wind farm and National Wind Power’s Causeymire wind farm in Caithness
• Design and installation of Control panels for Hydro stations for Npower renewables and Alcan Kinlochleven

Scottish Hydro Contracting
ContactTel.  01349 830987
Web  -   http://www.hydrocontracting.co.uk/

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