BESS security built in during construction

The Challenge

A new battery energy storage system (BESS) plant needed its perimeter secured as part of the build, rather than added once construction had finished.

The Solution

APS installed a 1 m electric fence topper across 390 m of security fencing, one 6 m double gate and two 1.2 m single gates. Extra over-height gate posts, straining posts and additional posts at each change of direction were designed into the fence so it could carry the topper at gates, corners and along every run. Perimeter alarms feed the plant’s SCADA software, bringing security events into the same control environment used to run the site.

The Result

Security was in place while the site was still being built. Gates, fence runs and corners were planned together, so the supporting posts went in with the fence and nothing had to be retrofitted.