Solar power station substation installation

What is a solar substation?

The purpose of the substation is to collect all solar array power and feed into the grid after stepping up voltage to distribution level. This substation is based on an Arcadia design, modified for the project. Power flow is bottom to top, 34.5 kV bus to 115 kV bus. It will consist of the following major drawings (single-line drawings).

Why do utility companies outsource solar substation design?

The power transmission and distribution industry has witnessed significant upsurge due to its growing life expectancy and the rising demand for effective, safe, reliable and stable transmission and distribution networks. As solar projects get larger, it’s common for utility companies to outsource the design of the substation.

Can pvdesign design a solar substation?

As solar projects get larger, it’s common for utility companies to outsource the design of the substation. For this reason, pvDesign has launched a new feature to generate the basic engineering of some of the most common substations: line to transformer substation, single busbar substations and double busbar substations.

How do I design a 60 MW solar farm and substation?

We will design a 60 MW solar farm and substation by selecting appropriate parts and land, and then decide the most cost-effective way to combine and set up the farm. This consists of appropriately sizing solar panels, combiner boxes, and inverters, as well as necessary parts for the substation.

Why do we need a substation?

To do this, projects require a substation. Substations are therefore used to accommodate new energy generation, maintain reliability requirements to address congestion in the power grids, satisfy load growth and transmission capacity rapidly and break the power flow in scenarios of fault response.

How to create a step-up substation?

Users only need to select the substation card and introduce the high voltage level. PvDesign software is capable of generating in detail all the necessary documents of the step-up substation that will allow the connection of the photovoltaic plant to the distribution or transmission networks of the country.