Tidal Lagoon Power Ltd has gone out to tender with a design and build contract to construct a turbine manufacture and pre-assembly plant in the Swansea region worth an estimated £22 million.
The contract covers the design, construction and commissioning of a turbine manufacturing plant that will house the plant and equipment necessary for the turbine manufacturing contractor to undertake final assembly and machining of parts within the building for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Project. The building will also be used to house TLSB employees - the intention is that the building will become the regional office for Tidal Lagoon Power.
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay (TLSB) will be the world’s first purpose built tidal energy lagoon – the generating station will have an installed capacity of 320 Mega Watts (MW) and will enclose part of Swansea Bay. In total the seawall will form an approximately 9.5km-long, U-shape which will encompass approximately 11.5km2.
Deadline for requests to participate is 21st October 2016. Invitations to tender will then be sent out on 7th November, with an estimated contreact award date of 16th January 2017.
Click here to access the tender documentation.