Jones Bros Civil Engineering UK has been awarded a £23.5M contract by social enterprise Menter Mon to build onshore infrastructure for a marine energy project in Angelsey, an island in Wales.
The north Wales headquartered civil engineering firm will construct the landfall substation on Holy Island, as well as cabling which will connect the scheme to the National Grid.The Morlais project, which covers a 35 km2 area of seabed off the Anglesey coast, will have the potential to generate 240MW when completed. Work on the project - set to be largest tidal energy development run by a social enterprise in the UK - will begin this spring.
The contract announcement comes at the same time as confirmation of £31M by the European Regional Development fund through the Welsh Government for the first phase of construction work.
Jones Bros contracts director Eryl Roberts said: “It is fantastic to have been appointed to deliver the infrastructure for such an innovative renewable scheme like Morlais, which is right on our own doorstep in north Wales.”
Morlais director Gerallt Llywelyn Jones said: “We are delighted to be working with Jones Bros on this important project. Securing benefits to the north Wales economy has been very important to us and is the main reason we were so keen to create something with strong local roots.
“This contract is just the beginning of course; it is an important milestone to ensuring we can build local supply chains and create job opportunities here on Anglesey and across the wider region.”
The Isle of Anglesey County Council, North Wales Growth Deal, as well as The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have also supported the project. Ground Engineering - link - Thames Menteth - link - more like this (Wales) - link - more like this (tidal) - link
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