Costain – Wyelands WTW and Strensham STW
Aurora is pleased to announce that it has been awarded two projects with Costain to carry out a variety of HV and ETAP design and studies activities for the Wyelands WTW (Water Treatment Works) site and the Strensham STW (Sewage Treatment Works) plant. These two new projects are important to Costain and the utility company […]
Registered on UVDB Achilles
Aurora is pleased to announce that we have successfully completed registration on the UVDB Achilles database. This will allow Aurora to help provide services to larger more established utility companies who use the Achilles UVDB system. The Achilles system is an international provider to help companies establish their supply chains, by carrying out pre-qualification programmes, […]
Utility Week Live 2018!
Aurora is pleased to announce that we will be attending Utility Week Live 2018 this year! For those of you who are not familiar with the utility week live expo – it is one of the main calendar events for Utility companies and associated contractors and sub-contractors in the UK. It runs for 2 days […]
Office Move – Dorchester
Exciting news – Aurora is in the process of moving office into a dedicated new office in Poundbury, Dorchester. This office will give us some much needed space for the expansion of the business, and also a small work area for relay testing. Our new address will be 6 Burraton Yard Burraton Square Poundbury Dorchester […]
Electrical Engineering Consultants – How Can We Help?
How Can an Electrical Engineering Consultant Help? A question that is often asked by people is: “What does an electrical engineering consultant actually do?”, or ” Don’t you just write reports?”, ” Don’t you charge a lot of money to come up with something that doesn’t have any conclusions?”. These questions are fairly common, and […]
Earthing Studies
Earthing is one of the most complex and poorly understood aspects of power system engineering, with many engineers regarding it as a ‘black art’ or ‘alchemy’. In truth it is not an easy subjective, and one that is not overly intuitive, but there are some key ideas that are worth taking the time to understand. […]
Power System Studies – An Overview
Power System Studies Power system studies, or power system analysis is a critical part in the design process of any HV power system. If the system has not been designed correctly, formal computer analysis will identify any problems before construction starts, allowing redesign to be affected at minimal cost and any potential safety risks to […]
Power System Analysis Software
Power System Analysis Software – Overview A question that we are asked fairly regularly is ‘What power system analysis software package should I buy / use?’ This seemingly innocuous question, actually covers a huge topic that is worthy of a whole technical paper on its own. The important point before answering this question is to […]
Power System Design
Power System Design Power system design from first principles can be a daunting process. This blog has been prepared by Aurora to provide a simple, high level technical resource to describe, in simple terms, the process, rationale and criteria for designing large electrical power systems. This guide is based on practical experience and industry standard […]