All Terrain Low Ground Pressure Access Vehicle with 34m boom

Mar 2020

Electricity Transmission

Reference: NIA_SPEN_0051

Status: Live

Start Date: Mar 2020

End Date: Mar 2021

Funding Licencee(s): SP Energy Networks and SP Transmission

Contact: Adele Ramsden

Funding Mechanism Network Innovation Allowance

Research Area: ET - Transition to low carbon future, ET - New technologies and commercial evolution, ET - Customer and stakeholder focus, ET - Safety and health and environment

Core Technology(ies): Health and Safety and Maintenance & Inspection

Estimated Expenditure: £100,000.00

Introduction: This project will develop an All terrain vehicle with improved access to Transmission OHL.

Objectives: The objectives of the project are as follows:

Increase efficiency on outage times on faults and repairs reducing network financial constraints and down time. Including deployment of the emergency restoration system
Greatly reduce risk during work at heights
Commitment to stakeholders in fast repairs and response time on OHL windfarm connection routes
Grantor commitment using advanced technology to eliminate/reduce land damage
Environmental commitment to reducing stone road requirements and wagons required to bring the stone in.
Reduction in muscular skeletal injury to work force by allow two men to work from a very generous 250KG basket on repairs needing heavy equipment such as a press head.