Turbines tested with mini-grid
Providing power in the most remote location
- The challenge
Upgrading a remote substation while still keeping customers powered.
- The solution
Selecting the right size of equipment to provide the right amount of power.
- The impact
The project was succesfully delivered on time and the customer had no outages at all.
Client:Wind farm developer
Location:USA
Sectors:Utilities
The Challenge
Upgrade remote substation with zero outages
The local utility commission mandated that the utility company take ownership of a neglected substation in a remote location. Significant upgrades were required in a 3 week period while still keeping customers powered. Work would need to be carried out at an extremely remote location across a 200km ice road, in -40°C temperatures.
The System had to be designed to operate continuously with the 25kV line infrastructure and have the necessary field experience to install, operate and maintain the equipment. Expertise was essential to meet protection and control requirements, manage fuel logistics, and provide remote monitoring.
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The Solution
Right sizing equipment to provide the right amount of power
Our team provided a medium voltage power solution with N-1 redundancy for the 18 day period of upgrade work to ensure that the utility’s customers had power throughout. We also arranged the logistics for equipment and fuel to cross the ice roads, and arrive safely to the remote project site.
Overseeing the successful installation into the 25kV distribution line, our experts also setup our Aggreko Remote Monitoring (ARM) services. Remote monitoring allowed the customer to limit physical presence on a remote project site, but still an eye on equipment and power on.