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Designed the electrical system for a renewable energy distributive generation style project on an island in the British Virgin Islands. Existing power was generated by diesel generators and the goal of the project is to reduce generator fuel consumption by 80%. Wind turbine(s), solar arrays and a battery system are part of the design to reach this goal. The island …
Design of 20.7 miles of 230kV double circuit transmission line on steel poles using PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE. Design took into account having limited shadows on the solar panels causing poles and spans to be shorter for the first mile of line leaving the Solona Substation. Engineering services included plan and profile drawings, staking sheets, loading tree drawings for steel structures …
For each project, we were asked to be involved as a third party to review relay settings proposed by First Energy’s design engineering firm. We provided relay settings calculations in Mathcad, which included our recommended changes.