Elora Wind Transmission Line
Elora, TN | NextEra Eergy/Energy Erectors. This was a 5 mile 161kV Transmission Line in a heavily wooded area where there was extensive site work required to access the line. The structures were steel with direct buried tangent and self-supporting angle structures on concrete piers. Structure heights ranged from 95’ to 145’ above ground with concrete piers […]
Persimmon Creek 345kV Substation
Vici, OK | North Buffalo Wind, LLC and Wanzek Construction. Persimmon is a 233MVA 345kV Collector Substation designed for expansion with an extra 345kV Breaker and Dead End Structure. It’s an open-air tubular aluminum bus design with (8) 34.5kV Feeder Bays and (1) 34.5kV Reactive Power Bay which connects to an 18MVAR NEPSI Capacitor Bank and […]
Persimmon Creek 345kV Switchyard
Vici, OK | North Buffalo Wind, LLC and Wanzek Construction. The Persimmon Switchyard is a 3 breaker ring bus designed to tie the Persimmon Wind Project to the Great Western Wind & Woodward District 345kV lines. It an open air yard with tubular aluminum bus and steel structures. Paradigm furnished and installed all foundations, fencing, grounding, conduits, […]
Persimmon Creek 345kV Transmission Line
Vici, OK | North Buffalo Wind, LLC and Wanzek Construction The Persimmon line is a 4.5 mile concrete mono-pole 345kV line with direct buried poles, guyed angles and bundled 795 ACSR conductor. The line ties the Persimmon Collector Substation to the Persimmon Switchyard. All material was furnished by Wanzek or the Owner and installed by Paradigm. We worked […]
Courtenay Wind 230kV Collector Substation
Courtenay, ND | Xcel Energy and Wanzek Construction. Courtenay is an 115kV 240MVA dual MPT collector sub with (8) 34.5kV Feeder Circuits and (3) 115kV 30 MVAR Capacitor Banks. Wanzek provided the substation subgrade work and both MPT foundation installations. Paradigm furnished and installed all other foundations, grounding, conduit, cable trench, and low voltage power and control […]
Frontier Wind 345kV Substation
Newkirk, OK | Frontier Windpower, LLC and Wanzek Construction. Frontier is a 211 MVA 345kV Collector Substation with an open-air tubular aluminum bus design consisting of (8) 34.5kV Feeder Bays. Paradigm furnished and installed all foundations, fencing, grounding, conduits, cable trench and low voltage power & control cable. All other material was furnished by Wanzek or the […]
Frontier Wind 345kV Transmission Line
Newkirk, OK | Frontier Windpower, LLC and Wanzek Construction. The Frontier Transmission Line a 5 mile 345kV double bundled 795 ACSR line built with guyed steel mono-pole angles and direct embed steel mono-pole tangent structures. All material was furnished by Wanzek or the Owner and installed by Paradigm by Paradigm. Matt Nitschke is the Project Manager for […]
Stephens Ranch Phase II North Collector Substation
O’Donnell, TX | Stephens Ranch Wind Energy/Wanzek Construction. This 345/34.5kV – 235MVA wind farm collector substation is an ongoing project which will tie into the now existing SR I Substation. Its tubular aluminum bus high & low, ten breaker 34.5kV Box Structure and an 8 MVAR Reactor unit. The 345kV bus jumpers are welded double 1272 ACSR […]
Stephens Ranch Phase II North 345kV T-Line
O’Donnell, TX | Stephens Ranch Wind Energy/Wanzek Construction. This 6 mile 345kV, single circuit, double conductor line is an ongoing project which will tie the above mentioned SR II North Sub into the existing SR I Sub. The line is a concrete mono-pole, braced horizontal insulator design with an average pole height of 120’ (48,000 lbs.) […]
Baldwin Substation
Wilton, ND | Nextera Energy. This sub was the third phase of a project started by Florida Power and Light in 2005. It was a stand-alone 125MVA – 230kV wind farm collection substation that tied into the two previously built substations. It required rerouting the transmission line and reconfiguring the bus and relay protection of the existing […]