Galloper Wind Farm Project - National Infrastructure Planning

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September 2011
GALLOPER WIND FARM SUBSTATION
8.0 Description of the Proposals and Nature of Effects
8.1.1. The construction of the onshore cable connection and the
development of the proposed substation will include the following
changes to the landscape within the study area:
� The removal of an area of woodland to enable the construction of
the proposed substation and cable connection corridors.
� The temporary presence of site office buildings, machinery,
fencing, signage, lighting, access tracks and earthworks and the
sounds and movement associated with these elements during the
construction phase.
� The construction of two compounds, the GWF compound and
the transmission compound. They would be located adjacent to
each other and together are referred to as the “GWF substation”.
� The construction within the GWF substation compound of
equipment including:
− Switchgear;
− Transformers;
− Mechanically switched capacitors;
− Mechanically switched reactors;
− Harmonic filters; and
− Control, communication and monitoring equipment. �
� Each compound would be enclosed by a fence containing the
external equipment outlined above, with the additional features:
− Interconnecting cables;
− Access tracks, gravel paths and hard standing;
− Control buildings;
− Internal substation roads