Huntec Energy
DNO approval specialists, Aurora, is pleased to announce that they have been appointed by Huntec Energy to undertake a series of studies for a new 5MW solar farm at Pollington in the UK. Aurora will undertake a series of studies for Huntec, to help the process of bringing the site on line and meeting the […]
CDEGS
Aurora is pleased to announce that the company has recently purchased a license for CDEGS MultiGround from SES Technology. The MultiGround package includes the RESAP, FCDIST and MALT modules, which are the most common modules for the majority of UK substations. This powerful earthing design package complements Aurora’s in-house knowledge and capabilities, by letting us […]
Prescient Power – Protection Mal-Operation
Aurora is pleased to announce that they have been appointed by Prescient Power to investigate a series of protection mal-operation trips on a new 500kW Solar Farm that has recently been installed. Prescient advised that their main 11kV RMU feeder to the site had been randomly tripping leading to loss of operation of the site […]
DNO Connection for Kinwell
Aurora is pleased to announce that the company has been chosen by Kinwell to help coordinate the provision of a new electrical DNO connection to an existing stone yard and industrial complex. The existing facility runs off a large diesel generator, and the provision of a new mains electrical supply should significantly help reduce costs […]
Name Change
We have officially changed our name to Aurora Power Consulting Ltd. The company was originally formed just over 9 years ago, as Sommerville Power Engineering Ltd., to focus on providing electrical services to the Oil & Gas sector, but with our increasing focus as a multi-industry consultancy it was felt that the new name gives […]
Renewable Energy
Aurora is pleased to announce that they have recently joined the Renewable Energy Association (REA). The REA is one of the major renewable organisations in the UK, and provides a strong and compelling voice for individuals, farmers and corporations involved in this sector. At Aurora we believe that renewable power will be a major factor […]
Technical Paper on Circuit Breaker Asymmetrical Switching Duties
Aurora is delighted to have been approached by the IET to prepare a technical paper for a new Engineering & Technology and Reference (ETR) service. Aurora have proposed to prepare a technical paper that discusses the complexities associated with circuit breaker asymmetrical switching duties, due to electrical networks that have a high system X/R ratios […]
Windcare – Earthing Studies
Windcare has just appointed Aurora to undertake two new earthing studies for a couple of new 500kWe wind turbine sites in the UK. Undertaking these kind of earthing studies is always interesting as small rural substations can often be very challenging sites to design, as they only have limited space to install an earthing grid […]
Cenin Renewables – Earthing Studies
Earthing design PV farms – Aurora has just been appointed by Cenin Renewables to undertake two earthing studies for some new solar farms that they are developing. One of the PV farms will be connected at 33kV and is rated at 6MW, and the other is for a smaller 11kV connected, 3MW array. Earthing design […]