Electrical Infrastructure for Retirement Village in Chester

Our Scope

Power On was responsible for the full design and delivery of the site’s electrical infrastructure, including:

1. Electrical landlord supplies to all six residential villas
2. A dedicated supply to the Pavillion building
3. A bulk electric vehicle (EV) charging connection to support sustainable transport
4. A bespoke X-Type substation designed for resilience and high-performance monitoring.

The inclusion of EV charging and on-site renewable energy helps support the village’s ambition to achieve net zero carbon emissions

Technical Delivery

A key feature of this project was the installation of an indoor, brick-built X-Type substation – a more complex and non-standard solution, typically used in larger-scale infrastructure settings. This substation includes:

1. A wall-mounted Solkor protection panel
2. Auxiliary batteries
3. Advanced network monitoring systems
4. Communication interfaces

This setup enables high-voltage network monitoring and increased fault detection capability, providing extra resilience to the supply infrastructure.

We also carried out 109 metres of directional drilling beneath a busy road junction on the A41 to connect the site to the high-voltage network – completing the work without the need for road closures, in collaboration with local highways authorities.

“With a few extra challenges and complications on the electricity connections for this retirement village, we wanted to ensure we used experts who would be able to take on the project with all its elements and who would deal directly with all parties. Power On were able to do just that and the village was energised efficiently and successfully.”– Glen Deacon, Contract Manager, Elliott Group

Collaboration and Problem-Solving

During the course of this project, SP Energy Networks (SPEN) introduced changes to their internal processes and policies without providing immediate clarification to Independent Connection Providers. This posed a potential obstacle to progress.

To address this, our design team engaged directly with SPEN’s engineering teams through a series of targeted workshops and discussions. As a result, new working procedures were established jointly between the respective teams – benefiting both this and future projects.

“Beechmoor Retirement Village has been a fantastic project to be part of – a well-planned, future-focused retirement village that reflects the kind of developments we’re proud to energise. For this scheme, our role was to deliver the full electrical infrastructure. We also offer full multi-utility solutions including heat networks and water. We’re already supporting other projects with integrated multi-utility designs and are excited to help more communities on the journey to net zero.”– Gur Weiss, Senior Design Engineer, Power On

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