• DocumentCode
    1510241
  • Title

    Power for millennium project at Greenwich

  • Author

    Scott, Giles

  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    4/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    64
  • Abstract
    This article describes London Electricity´s completed project to provide a 44 MW supply for the Millennium Site at Greenwich. The works included construction of a new tunnel under the River Thames, installation of twelve 11 kV circuits in the tunnel and around the Dome, and installation of eight container substations 11 m above ground level in large cylinder structures exterior to the Dome. The article reviews how the project was designed, planned and executed to a successful conclusion.
  • Keywords
    power supplies to apparatus; 11 kV; 44 MW; Greenwich; London Electricity; Millennium Dome; Millennium Site; River Thames; container substations; cylinder structures; power supply; tunnel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0950-3366
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/pe:19990204
  • Filename
    765689