“Bowers has been involved in several EV Charging projects across the UK. This latest one had its unique challenges but nothing our highly skilled and experienced project teams couldn’t handle. It is fantastic for Bowers to have been involved. This prestigious project will only help the transition to decarbonised transport.” Says Simon Concar, Managing Director at Bowers Electricals.

The Midlands Power team utilised a cherry picker to safely suspend themselves over the transformer to enable disconnection. The unit was carefully extracted from the sinkhole via a crane. A temporary generator was then supplied to keep the customer operational.

Specifications:

• 2000kVA

• 3300/433V

• Dyn 11

• 3 phases

• 50Hz

• IP00

• 6% impedance

• AN

• Tier 1

Bowers Electricals were employed to provide the transformer and associated equipment for our client to deliver their requirements under the STOR contract. The main transformer weighing 40 Tonnes was over the normal 30T lifting capacity. The high current demand during factory acceptance testing needed enhancements to our test facility and extra generation brought in. As Bowers manufactured and tested the transformer at our factory in Heanor they have the capabilities to offer such bespoke solutions. Bowers site facilities include substantial workshops within a 3-acre site, offering rewind facilities, assembly areas, machine shops, several specialist test bays & drying ovens.  All workshops have large crane capacities and the large Transformer overhauling bay has a specialist de-tanking bay, integral oil storage tanks for new/reclaimed and redundant oil, a large drying oven and a generator supplied Transformer Test bay for routine, specialist & witness testing.

The UK government had given notification of a reduction of the Feed-In Tariffs (FIT) for Photovoltaic systems above 50kW during the Fast Track review. The client had an issue sourcing an experienced EPC contractor that would commit to finishing the project before the required deadlines. Smarter Energy Solutions (SES) sought to provide EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) roles for the project.

Due to the time, critical nature of the site and the deadlines of the end client the equipment was all on the critical path and this led to detailed project management, close control over the logistics and extensive interactions with the other contractors involved.

The bespoke transformer was manufactured at Bowers electricals’ headquarters in Derbyshire, where the long-running family business specialises in bespoke and standard energy-saving power and distribution units that reduce losses to cut carbon emissions and electricity bills.

Established in 1947, and managed day to day by the Bowers family, the business sends its products across the world, as well as powering a greener Great Britain with a new ecodesign range that uses the latest in technological advances and materials to offer the greatest savings to date.

Michael Bowers, the managing director of the award-winning company, said: “We’ve prided ourselves on being at the forefront of energy-saving for many years and demand for our products is at an all-time high thanks to an ever-increasing desire to cut carbon emissions. one of our assets is the in-house capability to design and build bespoke solutions for situations just like Watch towers. I’m thrilled that our standards of customer service and attention to detail have been recognised – even when dealing with a client 5,000 miles away.”

The turbine, which was part of an £800,000 investment by the green-thinking farmer, has been generating 830,000kWh a year since its installation at Frinkley Farm in February 2012.

Thanks to the Bowers transformer and switchgear that it was commissioned alongside, Mr White can sell the electricity he generates back to the grid at 26p per unit, under feed-in tariff rules.

Charged with producing 11,000 pigs a year for Morrison’s supermarkets, and with a herd of 450 sows to maintain, Frinkley Farm was racking up monthly electricity bills of £3,000 before Andy turned to renewable energies. Now he spends just £300 a month keeping his herd warm and believes he has created the UK’s first zero-carbon pig farm.

The companies worked alongside the local distribution network operator (DNO) to arrange for a new HV connection and all the contestable and non-contestable works.

The Bowers Projects team also arranged all the civil and building works, wayleaves and project coordination, as well as taking care of all the necessary Methods and Risk Assessments and Health and Safety paper­work.

Michael Bowers, Managing Director of the Bowers Group, said: “I was very pleased that we were able to supply this equipment and carry out the work for Fairline Boats. My family owned a Fairline 34 some years ago and we have many happy memories of that time. To visit the factory and see the designs for new models and to be able to watch these fabulous boats being built was quite inspirational.

“From a business point of view, it also gave me great pleasure to see another British manufacturer expanding in the same way that we are. “We wish Fairline Boats all the very best with their new range of products and all their future developments.”