Trenching and cable installation for a 420kWp rooftop solar array and 430kWh battery system — delivered around a fully live poultry farm, with power, ventilation and gas services running throughout.
Discuss a similar projectAt Amber Farm in Norfolk, HWBC delivered the trenching and cable installation package for a 420kWp rooftop solar array and 430kWh battery storage system, installed across a working poultry farm on behalf of principal contractor Aniron Renewables.
Unlike a greenfield solar site, this was a fully operational agricultural building throughout construction — continuous power, ventilation and gas services in use, with no scope to isolate existing infrastructure. Every trench route was planned and dug with that constraint front and centre, and the battery units themselves were installed by controlled lift onto their ground-screw foundations.
Trenching alongside occupied farm buildings with continuous power, ventilation and gas services in operation throughout.
Trench routes excavated from the rooftop array’s inverter and combiner enclosures through to the battery storage units.
Controlled lift of the 430kWh battery units into position onto their ground-screw foundations.
MV and LV cable installed and marked to spec along the trenched routes, connecting the rooftop PV to the BESS.
Hand-dug sections where trench routes ran close to existing services, to keep the farm fully operational.
Ground reinstated to working farm condition on completion, with no disruption to ongoing operations.
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BESS cable entryThis project was delivered through our cable trenching capability — open-cut trenching, ducting and reinstatement, adapted here for a live working site.
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