Acoustic Enclosure
Case Study: Scottish Power
The Client
Scottish Power is one of the UK’s leading integrated energy suppliers and seeking to become a world leader in renewables. It owns and operates an electricity transmission and distribution network supplying electricity and gas to over 5m UK homes and businesses and is also the UK’s leading wind farm operator.
The Challenge
Scottish Power operates a number of sites where the proximity of electricity transformers to residential developments requires sophisticated noise management solutions from Kimpton Acoustics. These include separate sub-stations in Glenluce, South West Scotland and in Glasgow city centre and at Whitelee Windfarm, Europe’s largest single onshore windfarm just south of Glasgow. On all projects, independent renewable energy consultancy, SgurrEnergy has coordinated Kimpton’s work for Scottish Power.
The Solution
When the electrical sub-station in the picturesque village of Glenluce was originally built there was no nearby housing but subsequent property development meant that some noise had started to reach nearby homes. Kimpton Acoustics was asked to propose a solution and designed two double walled enclosures which solved the problem, overcoming both space limitations and the difficulties in attenuating the type of low frequency noise associated with electrical transformers.
It was a similar challenge when luxury apartments were built in Glasgow near to a substation which had been in place for over 40 years. Kimpton designed, constructed and fitted a purpose-built double enclosure to accommodate the 120 MVA electricity transformer.
