ENERG – Poole Hospital
Aurora is pleased to announce that they have been appointed by ENERG to undertake an earthing study for a new 11kV RMU and 850kW generator as part of a new CHP installation project at Poole Hospital. Aurora undertook an initial assessment of the sites existing earthing configuration, before arranging a site soil resistivity model and […]
Keith Hill Windfarm – Grid Code Compliance
Aurora is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a series of studies for the new 4.5MW wind farm at Keith Hill in Edinburgh. This is an interesting new project to install 5x 900kW EWT wind turbines, connected to Scottish Powers network at 33kV. The studies that Aurora will be undertaking are a Harmonics […]
We Are Moving Office
Just a quick announcement to confirm that Aurora Power Consulting will be moving into new office at the Wincombe Business Centre in Shaftesbury. This is a large business park with good infrastructure which will help Aurora continue to expand over the next few years, and has easy links to the A303 and a mainline train […]
Hydro Power – Heidra Ltd.
Aurora is pleased to announce that the company has been appointed by Heidra to help develop all the electrical aspects of a new small hydro power scheme in Merrivale, UK as well as other potential future projects. Auroras contract is to provide technical support on all aspects of the design, which initially began by providing […]
P28 Study Transformer Energisation – Farmwind
Aurora Power Consulting is pleased to have been appointed by Farmwind, to undertake a P28 study for a transformer energisation, as part of a new 500kW wind turbine at Scot Proteins, in Aberdeenshire. Farmwind contacted Aurora, requesting an urgent study to be undertaken as energisation of the wind turbine was due in the next few […]
ETAP – 300 Bus and Renewables Module
Aurora is pleased to announce that we have just upgraded our ETAP license to include the renewable energy modules and increased the overall system capability to a 300 busbar version. The increase in busbar capacity was for a specific, confidential, project, and now lets us tackle, increasingly large & complex projects such as large industrial […]
Asymmetric Switching Duty
Asymmetric Switching Duty for High-Voltage Circuit-Breakers Aurora is pleased to announce that our technical paper (see the 4th of April post) on asymmetric switching duty for high-voltage circuit-breakers has been accepted onto the Engineering and Technology Reference library. Preparing a detailed technical article like this for a wide audience range, was an interesting challenge, and […]
Power for Wales – Solar Farms Earthing Studies
Aurora is pleased to announce that they have been appointed by Power For Wales to undertake a series of earthing studies for 2 different 1.5MW solar farms in South Wales. Aurora will coordinate the site soil resistivity measurement and undertake the overall site earthing design using the CDEGS package (RESAP, FCDIST and MALT) to determine […]
Fortress Recycling – DNO Connection
Aurora is pleased to announce that they have been appointed by Fortress Recycling, to coordinate the electrical DNO connection process to WPD’s 11kV electrical network. Aurora’s role is to take the initial equipment list provided by Fortress and convert this into a detailed electrical load list to determine the overall kVA load and power factor, […]