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Approved Consultant Transpower

TRANSPOWER ADVISORY PANEL SELECTION

APD Engineering are excited to announce our selection as an Approved Consultant on Transpower’s Advisory Panel for Transmission Lines. This is a great acknowledgement for our highly motivated ANZ team. This achievement re-affirms our commitment to providing the highest quality power engineering design and consultancy services, to fulfill our customers’ requirements, whilst ensuring safety for…

GENERATION COMPLIANCE TESTING & MODEL VALIDATION

APD Engineering was commissioned by Alinta Energy to assist with the compliance testing and PowerFactory model validation works required for Wagerup and Pinjarra Power Stations. In addition to the Technical Rules compliance testing, Alinta requested that APD perform a full suite of protection relay tests at the sites to ensure compliance with the latest requirements.

TALLAWARRA B GRID CONNECTION

APD Engineering was engaged by Energy Australia (EA) to carry out a grid connection study & assess the local network & determine what upgrades were required to allow connection of a further 300-450MW extra generation to the Endeavour Energy’s (EE) 132kV Tallawarra Switching Station. It will be Australia’s first net-zero emissions plant, which will use…

CHICHESTER SOLAR FARM OWNER’S ENGINEER

APD Engineering were engaged by Alinta Energy to provide Owner’s Engineering services for the Chichester Solar Farm. The Chichester Solar Project consisted of a 60MW solar PV power station located in the Pilbara region. The project also included 64km of 220kV transmission line, two new 220kV substations at Christmas Creek and Cloudbreak and an expansion…

Transgrid Berrybank Wind Farm Substation and Switching Station Automation

TRANSGRID BERRYBANK WIND FARM SUBSTATION AND SWITCHING STATION AUTOMATION

APD was engaged by TransGrid to provide the automation configuration, testing & commissioning support works for the greenfield Berrybank wind farm connection substation (BBW) and switching station (BBS). Berrybank 1 wind farm is located in south-western Victoria, approximately 130km west of Melbourne. It is based on 43 Vestas V136-4.2MW wind turbines, with a total installed…