HV Grid Connections for Generators

Details

1-day course

CPD Credit: 7 hours, C1

Course Delivery Options

Training Aims

To provide an overview of:

• The Irish Electricity System
• Grid factors
• The connection offer process
• Government energy policy and Climate Action Plan
• How government policy is applied to connection applications
• Future developments including hybrid connections and private wires

Learning Objectives

To understand:

• Operation of the power transmission and distribution systems
• Types of generation
• Demand growth and flexibility
• Energy storage
• Types and categories of connections
• Connection Offer Process – ECP
• Constraints & Curtailment
• Technical and economic barriers to innovation
• Connection Policy, including hybrid connections & private wire policy
• Grid connection design
• Construction of the grid connection infrastructure
• Management and operation of the Grid Boundary
• Grid connection development costs and programme
• Operational costs and loss factors

Course Outline

The course is set out in 10 modules:

• The Electricity System
• Government Policy and Climate Action Plan
• Types of Generation (including, Demand and Storage)
• Grid Connection types and considerations
• Connection Offer process – ECP
• Grid connection design and construction
• Operation and management of the Grid Boundary
• Hybrid connections and future policy innovation
• Operational costs and loss factors
• Dispatch down (constraint & curtailment)

Who Should Attend

Consultants, Developers, Utilities and Large Demand Users.
Engineers, legal advisors, financial investors, contractors, project managers and graduates involved in the development of HV grid connections.

Trainer Profiles

Rory Mullan M.Eng MBA is a senior grid consultation working in the Irish electricity industry since 1998. 
Rory has a background of working in commercial and technical roles in NIE, ESB and EirGrid.

• Member of the WEI, RNI, ISEA, ESI grid committees.
• Chair of the WEI offshore grid committee.
• Member of the NI grid connection liaison group
• Member of the EirGrid SOEF advisory council

Padraig Plunkett BE C.Eng M.IEI P2 is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and management consultant with 40 years' international experience in HV Power Systems and is a member of:

• NSAI/ETC/TC 03: I.S.EN 61936 & I.S.EN 50110
• IEC TC99/MT4: IEC 61936-1 Power installations exceeding 1kV (1.5kV dc)
• CENELEC CLC / BTTF 62-3:EN 50110 Operation of electrical installations.
• IEC PC 128: IEC TS Safe management and operation of electrical installations