Over the years EPS has provided engineering and design services to 65 UK renewable energy projects since the introduction of the Feed-in-Tariff. The professional technical services included conceptual design, assistance to connect to the distribution network, detailed design, earthing studies and transformer energisation studies to name a few. We can offer technical electrical support for your onshore and offshore wind turbines, hydro, tidal, solar and anaerobic digestion plant projects.
Specialist grid connection consultancy services:
- Renewable energy conceptual designs to integrate the renewable energy system into the existing building / manufacturing plants electrical system.
- Grid connection support for power generation systems for Low Voltage (415V), Medium Voltage (6.6kV and 11kV), High Voltage from 33kV up to 132kV grid connections.
- Grid connection application forms.
- Transformer energisation studies.
- Energy efficiency calculations.
- Feed in Tariff revenue calculations.
- Soil resistivity testing.
- Reactive and active power flow studies (kVAr and kW).
- Earthing solutions for substations and power generation equipment.
- Solution provider for onshore and offshore condition monitoring equipment.
Engineering & design:
Due to the high capital expenditure costs associated with renewable generation technology EPS can provide you with a cost effective electrical design for your installation. Typical documentation EPS has provided to previous renewable energy installations include:
- Substation and plant layout drawings.
- Electrical protection calculations for both LV and HV equipment.
- Substation lighting and small power supplies.
- Earthing and lightning conductor design.
- High Voltage and Low Voltage equipment specifications.
- Cable routing drawings.
- Cable calculations for both Low Voltage and High Voltage cable networks.
- Bill of Materials.
- Project capital cost estimates.
Specialist Consultancy:
Using electrical engineering software such as SKM Power Tools, ETAP, ERACs, IPSA or DigSILENT our electrical engineers can provide you with a study report for your power system.
Whether it’s a power system study for the entire wind farm, solar farm, hydro electrical distribution system or a modification / addition to the electrical system EPS can provide you with the following technical services:
- Transformer energisation studies.
- Load flow analysis studies.
- Short circuit studies.
- Transient Motor Starting Studies.
- Harmonic analysis.
- Protection co-ordination.
- Arc Flash and switchgear risk assessments.
- Electrical thermal imaging survey reports.
Additional services:
- Attend meeting with the DNO (Distributed Network Operator), SSE, Scottish Hydro, Northern Powergrid, Western Power etc.
- Provide solutions to grid connection issues.
- Offshore and onshore surveys.
- Factory Acceptance Testing.
- Mechanical and electrical thermal imaging reports for wind turbine machinery, gearboxes, braking systems, generator, electrical equipment (onshore and offshore).
Typical projects:
Whether your project is an offshore or onshore installation we have the expertise and experience to drive your project forward no matter how large or how small:
- Nacelle, tower, platform lighting or warning beacon.
- LV or HV grid connection (wind turbine, solar farm, hydro, anaerobic digestion plant, bio diesel).
- Auxiliary supplies to retrofit equipment.
- Grid connection of auxiliary loads.
- Onshore outdoor / indoor plant lighting and small power.
- HV and LV electrical protection co-ordination.
- Modification to existing electrical installations.
- Additional power generation plant to existing network.
- Reactive power compensation solutions.
- kW generation curtailment / control.
- Offshore wind turbine routine thermal imaging – gearboxes, generators, invertors.
- Wind turbine remote / condition monitoring.
