Grid Emulation System

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: Grid Emulation System
2. Awarding Authority:
OFFSHORE RENEWABLE ENERGY CATAPULT
Offshore House
Albert Street
Blyth
England
NE24 1LZ
Contact: Gillian Sharp
Email: procurement@ore.catapult.org.uk
Phone:
URL: www.ore.catapult.org.uk
3. Contract Type: Products
4. Description: ORE Catapult is the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, wave and tidal energy. Headquartered in Glasgow, it has world-leading test and demonstration facilities in Blyth, Northumberland and Fife, Scotland. The senior management team is split between Glasgow and Blyth, with extensive technical expertise and knowledge at both locations.

ORE Catapult’s vision is ‘abundant, affordable energy from offshore wind, wave and tide’.

We help to reduce the cost of offshore renewable energy, supporting the growth of the industry and creating UK benefit.

We do this by:

a. Having an experienced engineering and research team with a deep knowledge and understanding of offshore renewables;

b. Being an independent and trusted partner;

c. Working with industry and academia to identify, prove and de-risk promising new technologies and bring them to market.

This is an award notice for the procurement of a fully containerised Grid Emulation System which will be used in the 15MW wind turbine nacelle/powertrain test facility and 3MW marine nacelle/powertrain test facility. The Grid Emulation System will allow ORE Catapult to conduct electrical power quality test and the possibility of accelerated validation of wind and marine renewable energy devices in a controlled environment reducing time to market, improving reliability and mitigating the risks associated with deployment of these devices.

The main requirement is for the Grid Emulation System to accommodate, as a minimum a 13MW wind turbine output. The Grid Emulation System will allow the testing of various wind turbine configurations, such as generator with fully rated grid converter, doubly fed induction generator, synchronous generator without fully rated inverter, etc.

ORE Catapult is therefore seeking a Contractor that can design, supply, deliver, install, test and commission a Grid Emulation System including cabling and containment at its test facility in Blyth, Northumberland, UK.

Funding for this project is likely to come from other third party sources, both private and public eg ERDF, InnovateUK.

It has been deemed unsuitable for this to be broken down into Lots, as the integrity of the system may be significantly impacted.
5. CPV Codes:
31200000 – Electricity distribution and control apparatus
38800000 – Industrial process control equipment and remote-control equipment
31155000 – Inverters
71314100 – Electrical services
38540000 – Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring
45232200 – Ancillary works for electricity power lines
31600000 – Electrical equipment and apparatus
45214620 – Research and testing facilities construction work
31121100 – Generating sets with compression-ignition engines
31121110 – Power converters
45232221 – Transformer substation
31161900 – Voltage-control systems
31110000 – Electric motors
6. NUTS Codes: UKC21
7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance:
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority:
ORE/16/64

Award Details:

Supplier’s Name:
GE Energy Power Conversion UK Ltd
Supplier’s Address:
Boughton Road
Rugby
Warwickshire
CV21 1BU
Value of Contract(£):
£3,915,800
Awarded Date:
30/03/2017
Contract Start Date:
31/03/2017
Contract End Date:
30/04/2019

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