Power distribution and grid connection

KGAL can undertake all elements and phases of high voltage system operation, inspection, condition assessment, design, development, project management and site supervision.

We have staff resources with decades of experience in this field including the operational responsibility for the asset owner. This experience includes senior authorised person status for 275 kV systems and power stations with hundreds of megawatts output.

Our experience includes water turbine and tidal flow machinery and also covers:

Electrical plant up to 275kV associated with sub-stations and power-stations
Generators, transformers, hydro turbines and mechanical plant
Switchgear and protection systems
Control schemes including relays, analogue, digital and PLC systems
Generator auxiliary systems including excitation and AVR systems
Variable speed drives in industrial and generation applications
Grid connection applications

The right hand image shows the distrubution panel at Storr Lochs 2.4MW hydro power station on the Isel of Skye in Scotland. KGAL is now project managing the entire refurbishment of the whole site on behalf of SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy).