Demountable fencing to secure huge underground gas storage chambers has been created for an EDF Energy site in Cheshire. The perimeter fencing manufacturer Zaun Limited has supplied more than 500 metres of 2.4m-high Duo8 steel mesh fencing panels to the energy company. Each panel incorporates a 600mm crank above and sits on fencing posts slotted into sockets, allowing the fence line to be demountable.
The site near Crewe incorporates 11 gas storage chambers 200m underground, each of which can store around 36 million therms. One therm is the equivalent to 30 kilowatt hours of energy (kWh).
Wolverhampton-based Zaun reports that it provides security fencing across the utilities sector and for other critical national infrastructure. Duo8 is a twin-wire fencing panel featuring two 8mm horizontal wires that sandwich 6mm vertical wires, which provides a perimeter strong and rigid enough to secure a site from potential trespassers, vandals and thieves, the product company says. Each panel is made with a 50mm x 200mm, suitable the firm says for use with CCTV systems as the open mesh aperture provides through visibility.
