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Glencore Bulga Optimisation Project

CLIENT Glencore
LOCATION Singleton, NSW
VALUE $12 M
DURATION 92 weeks
SECTOR Mining
DIVISIONS ARA Electrical

Survey, Design and Construction

ARA Electrical carried out the survey, detailed design and construction of new 66kV and 11 kV power lines both on the Ausgrid and private augmentation. 

The scope of work included:

  • Constructing access tracks and tree clearing.
  • Relocating 5.5km of Ausgrid 66kV power line including reclaiming redundant 66kV power line.
  • Relocating 9km of Ausgrid 11kV power line including one intelliruptor, one voltage regulator, one pole substation, and two 11kV underground sections.
  • Installing 20km of 11kV private internal power lines as well as 2km of 66kV single circuit power line, 6km of 66kV dual circuit power line and 4km of 6.6kV power line.
  • Installing 300m of private 66kV underground cables and terminations and 2km of 11kV underground cables and terminations.
  • Supplying and installing four 11kV kiosk substations, six 11kV pole mount substations, two 6.6kV pole mount substations, four 11kV reclosers, four 66kV air break switches and 20 11kV air break switches.

SPECIALISTS
Adam Shepherd
Director/General Manager – Southern & Central Region


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“In this project, ARA Electrical was the first ASP 1 to install a voltage regulator / intelliruptor unit.”

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