Wood Group’s clean energy business, previously known as SgurrEnergy, is supporting Tsetsii Wind Farm in the Gobi desert, southern Mongolia, undertaking the owner’s engineer role for the construction phase.
With construction well under way, and the first wind turbine has been erected at Tsetsii Wind Farm. The project is due to be fully operational by the end of 2017.
The renewable energy and grid integration experts were appointed by Clean Energy Asia, a joint venture between Mongolia’s Newcom Group and Japanese Softbank Energy, after previously finalizing a detailed feasibility study and Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) on the same project.
Located 500 km south of the capital city of Ulaanbaatar and 20 km south of the Tsogttsetsii settlement, Tsetsii Wind Farm will help supply Mongolia’s power demand with clean, eco-efficient electricity by harnessing Mongolia’s vast and inexhaustible wind resources.
“We are delighted to be building on the relationship which was established with Newcom Group on the development of Mongolia’s very first landmark wind farm project in Salkhit,” said Brian Macdonald, implementation team leader at Wood Group – clean energy.
The 50-MW site, which comprises 25 Vestas V90 2.0-MW wind turbines, is the second wind farm of its kind in Mongolia following on from Salkhit Wind Farm, which was officially opened in 2014.
“With winter temperatures dropping to -40°F and summer temperatures rising to 113°F, it is safe to say Mongolia’s climate as well as the wind farm’s remote location presented a number of challenges that we are pleased to have worked through,” said Macdonald.
As part of the scope of work, Wood Group’s clean energy team is currently providing project management support, site monitoring, design and technical reviews, and factory acceptance test witnessing as the owner’s engineer.
Wood Group was also involved throughout the feasibility and pre-construction phases supporting the client through tendering for the engineering, procurement, and construction contract which included writing the technical specifications, running the tender and evaluating responses as well as supporting contract negotiations.
Tsetsii Wind Farm is due to be completed and fully operational by the end of 2017.
“After several years of involvement and supporting the project from its feasibility phase and through pre-construction, it is extremely rewarding for me and the team to see the construction entering into its final stage,” Macdonald concluded.
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