Elmira Battery Energy Storage System Project 27.6kV Substation

Location: Woolwich Township, Ontario

Owner: NextEra Energy Canada

Contractor: Alltrade Industrial Contractors

Project Summary

OneLine Engineering provided complete electrical and civil engineering and design services for a 2 MW battery energy storage facility, including the interconnection substation. The scope of work includes:

• Electrical studies including short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, and GRP
• Civil and structural engineering, including equipment foundations
• Equipment specifications for major substation equipment
• Equipment layout drawings
• Design of the protection relaying schemes for the substation, including detailed design of the relay panels and control building
• Configuration of the protection relays and the RTU
• Communications integration for the owner supplied SCADA system
• Design of the conduit and duct work
• Design of the ground grid and equipment grounding systems
• Design of the station lighting systems
• Construction and commissioning assistance during system start up