SES Engineering Services secures £20m+ CHP contract
National engineering specialist, SES Engineering Services (SES), has announced a contract win in excess of £20m with E.ON Connecting Energies (E.ON) to deliver mechanical and electrical design and installation services on the largest combined heat and power (CHP) project to be undertaken by E.ON in the UK.
Specialising in integrated energy solutions, E.ON provides tailored solutions in energy efficiency including on-site generation, virtual power plants and battery storage for industrial, commercial and public sector customers.
On this latest significant contract win Manchester-based SES will act as the principal contractor on an extension to a major soft drink manufacturing and bottling plant in Rugby.
The project, which will be delivered out of SES’ North West office, will showcase the contractor’s ability to work with customers from the outset by providing pre-construction services combined with its offsite manufacturing facility, Prism.
The Rugby site is one of the largest production facilities of its type, capable of filling 90,000 cans per hour.
SES’ business director North and Scotland, Steve Joyce, said this type of project will benefit greatly from the specialist contractors’ technical expertise and collaborative approach.
He said: “This is the largest CHP project E.ON has undertaken in the UK to date. Further to the work we will carry out on the extension, as principal contractor we will also oversee the associated building works and the interconnection of the building services to the existing building.
“The works also consist of substantial HV power and protection upgrades. All this will be done whilst ensuring there is no interruption to the manufacturing and bottling processes.
“We fully understand the complexities and demands placed on the plant and services in this type of environment where the actual size of the plant and the configuration required are both substantial.”
Under the contract SES will install the first of three steam generators in July.
These will supplement existing temporary boilers alongside the installation of two 4.5Mwe CHP units.
SES is working to a ‘power on date’ of November 1, 2018, and completion of works is scheduled for early 2019.
