Green Frog Connect Limited were proud to be awarded the contract to deliver the 66kv ICP grid connection for Conrad Energy, their largest connection to date. The POC connection to NGED Clay Hill Pit substation connects to a 45mw solar farm, constructed under a separate EPC contract, covers over 120acres, generates sufficient energy to power 10,400 homes.
Location: Dormington, Herefordshire.
Client: Conrad Energy
Services: ICP design, procurement, civil works, HV work, customers transformer and commissioning
Who is our client?
Conrad Energy is the UK’s largest flexible power producer with over 800MW of generation across 60 plants, providing solutions to support the UK’s energy transition to net zero.
How did Green Frog Connect help?
DNO design submission for the 66kv contestable design works.
66kv construction of LILO 400m grid cable route, from NGED substation and 66kv terminal tower to customers point of supply substation.
Construction of NGED and customers substation compounds.
Construction of 66kv NGED open terminal substation/ structures.
DNO protection and control panels and battery charger systems.
Earthing soil resistivity, design, and earthing installation.
Customers 66/33kv 41mva power transformer, NER, earthing transformer and protection panel.
33kv 1250A 25ka 4 panel customers switchboard, with DC battery chargers, aux substation transformer, GRP housing and steel support structure, G99 protection scheme.
Major Design Considerations of the Scheme
The overall design of the scheme shaped by community and local council engagement will create a significant biodiversity net gain with 40 hectares of native grassland created to allow the local flora and fauna to thrive.
