Fox Creek Solar Farm Tap & Main Line
Client: Duke Energy
Location: Franklin County, NC
Length: 0.3 miles
Completion Date: June 2018
Scope/Description:
- Bypass line:
- Assembly and erection of weathering steel tangents and 3-pole dead-end structures
- Direct embed foundations for line tap structures
- Stringing of single 795 ACSR and 3/8” OHSW
- Installation of substation structure with concrete backfill foundation and terminations at the 115kV substation
- Main Line:
- Replacement of two structures with single pole weathering steel structures
- Installation of unitized, manual switch
- FB Timberline
Highlight: Project provided connection from Duke Energy’s existing Franklinton – Spring Hope SW Station 115kV line to a new switching station for a solar farm with a 0.3 mile tap line.