Pines Burn Wind Farm — Grid Code Compliance
49 MW onshore wind, SSEN connection at 33 kV
The challenge
Onshore wind brings a different dynamic profile to a BESS or solar site, with turbine behaviour, pitch control and the wind farm controller all influencing the response that Grid Code studies need to demonstrate. The compliance evidence has to reflect that site-specific behaviour rather than relying on a generic inverter-based generation template.
What Aurora did
We delivered the full Grid Code compliance package for the site, including RMS and EMT simulations to GC0141 and PC.A.9, P28 (RVC/SVC), G5.5 harmonics, TGN 288E insulation coordination, DRC schedules, a full protection coordination study and an SSO study.
We also completed a detailed earthing study for the associated 33 kV substation. This included site EPR, touch and step voltages for local and transfer faults, and the full site layout earthing drawing for construction.