Saltend Power Station — Concept Study & LT2029
Concept Study for upgrade of the existing power station to add new rotating stabilisers
The challenge
Saltend Power Station is a large, mature existing site that was looking to expand its service offering to NESO through the addition of new rotating stabilisers. Aurora was tasked with reviewing the initial outline ideas, developing a concept design for connecting the proposed stabilisers, and then completing an LT2029 submission.
What Aurora did
We carried out a full concept study considering options for adding new rotating stabilisers to the existing network. This included cut-in options to the existing generator IPBs and the development of a new 275 kV bay and transformer compound, considering fault level, loadflow and constructability limits. Once the final option had been selected, Aurora prepared the LT2029 stability tender submission, including the detailed RMS simulation studies for the rotating stabilisers.