smec asia pacific transmission and distribution capability statement

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HISTORY



About SMEC

SMEC is a global mul-

disciplinary consultancy

company operang across

the Power and Energy,

Transportaon, Resources,

Water and Environment,

Urban and Social

Development, Hydro Power

and Dam, and Building and

Industrial sectors.

• More than 5,400 sta• Privately owned

• Over 75 oces around

the world

• Top 100 Global Design

Firms

• Turnover AUD500 million

• Client-focused

business

Consistently for many years,

SMEC has been ranked in

the annual survey lisngs of

Engineering News-Record

for leading internaonal

design rms. In 2014, SMEC

was listed at No. 51 in the

‘Top 200 Internaonal

Design Firms’ and at No.

76 in the ‘Top 150 Global

Design Firms’.

SMEC’s focus is to provide

cost-eecve, sustainable

soluons to ulies and

developers globally so thatthey may maximise their

investment and provide a

reliable and secure power

supply to their customers.

SMEC’s long-standing

involvement in widespread

rural electricaon and

grid interconnecon

programmes has directly

contributed to an improved

standard of living for manypeople living in rural and

remote communies

around the world.

SMEC has been involved in the planning, design, and development of power

and energy systems around the world since the 1960s, and it connues to

expand its eorts into regions where inadequate power supplies are a

constraint to regional growth and development. Over this period SMEC hasbeen involved in the development of more than AU$20 billion in energy

infrastructure and has worked on some of the world’s most iconic projects.

SMEC’s services span the life-cycle of a project from resource assessment

through the planning, concept and detailed design, procurement an

construction management and commissioning of transmission systems,

substations and distribution networks ranging from low voltage to 765

kV. SMEC’s services in power and energy cover the following sectors:

• Convenonal Power Generaon

• Renewable Energy• Transmission and Distribuon

As a mul-disciplinary consultancy, SMEC has the ability to combine highly

skilled resources to form integrated teams that are best suited to address a wide

range of engineering and environmental concerns that may arise throughout

the lifecycle of a project.

At its core, SMEC is a client-focused business – providing praccal soluons in

partnership with its clients to create lasng value. SMEC fosters an ingrained

safety culture and adheres to an integrated project management systemswhich have been rened through 40 years of internaonal experience and

lessons learned.



Transmission and Distribuon Services

SMEC’s team of power specialists oer a wide range of engineering services for all facets of

transmission and distribuon projects. SMEC has extensive experience in undertaking substaon

planning and design, power system studies, ulity asset management, transmission line and cable

route development and engineering, generator connecon assessments, protecon coordinaon

and earthing design for systems ranging from EHV up to 765 kV to sub-transmission and

distribuon (33 kV, 22 kV, 11 kV and SWER). SMEC’s experience in large scale project management,

construcon management and procurement means that it can deliver with condence your project

from conceptual stage through to commissioning.

SMEC has local engineering capabilies in

many developing countries. It is familiar with

areas where these transmission systems are

located, and understands that these areas can

somemes present dicult environmental

constraints, high wind loadings, dicult soil

condions, foundaon problems, poor earthresisvity and a high incidence of lightning.

SMEC fully appreciates the measures necessary

to overcome these problems, and has the

range of professional skills and experience

that enables it to develop an opmal design

soluon to suit the local environment.

SMEC’s engineering design soluons are

customised for the needs of its client objecves

and specic site and geographical constraints.

SMEC supports clients delivering projects of

all sizes covering project management, design

consultancy, front-end engineering, and asset

management. The key support services include:

• Owners Engineer and Specialist Technical

Advice

• Independent Engineer / Reviewer

• Design Subcontractor / Partner in D&C

Contracts

• Engineering role in EPC Contracts

• Project Management

Substaon Design Services Capability

The design requirements of substaons

have changed in recent years to include

environmental factors such as noise, visual

amenity and electromagnec elds that have

to be considered in the design. Nowadays

there is also a strong need for power ulies

to adopt IEC 61580 standard for substaon

automaon.

SMEC’s power and energy substaon design

services capability is based around a group ofhighly experienced professionals who reside in

Australasia, South Africa, India and Malaysia but

coordinated locally in their acvies to support

power industry clients across the globe.

The range of services typically oered by



SMEC’s global team includes:

• Substaon HV primary system

design

• Substaon HV secondary control

and protecon system design,

including applicaon of IEC 61850

and related design approaches

• Substaon civil/structural design

• Design and planning of MV/LV

distribuon systems

• Landing span and gantry design

• Substaon automaon systems

design

• Communicaons and SCADA design

• Earthing system design and analysis

• Lightning protecon design

• Project delivery strategies, project

management and procurement

SMEC has the ability to address

these design aspects and incorporate

opmised soluons for its clients.

SMEC understands the increasing

challenges that its clients are faced with

the complexies of integrang new

technology and design approaches,

parcularly within an operaonal

substaon oen with limited ability to

withdraw exisng plant from service.

For electrical systems design, SMEC

engineers are familiar with technologies

and products for switchboards,

switchyards, GIS, transformers,

protecon relays, cables, earthing

systems, SCADA, and communicaons.

Power System Studies and Analysis

Capability

SMEC’s team has extensive experience

in power systems analysis carried out

on systems ranging from small remote

area networks to large wide area

interconnected systems containing many

generaon sources and transmission

lines. SMEC can draw on the AC and DC

systems experse of engineers from its

operaons in Australia, India, Africa and

Malaysia as required.

SMEC has access to a variety of power

system analysis soware that allows it to

use client data directly from almost any

source. Specialist soware includes:

• PSS/E

• ETAP

• PSS/SINCAL

• Alternave Transients Program (ATP)

• Electromagnec Transient Program

(EMTP)

• PLS CADD

Load Flow Studies

• Assessment of transmission/

distribuon network adequacy and

interconnecon issues

• Fault level calculaons/migaons

• Reacve power compensaon

• PV analysis for voltage stability

Dynamic Stability Studies

• Fault ride through capability analysis

• Transient voltage stability analysis

• Angular stability analysis

• Calculaon of crical fault clearing

me

• Load rejecon

Electro Magnec Transient Studies• Transient overvoltage resulng from

energisaon and de-energisaon of

capacitor banks

• Switching overvoltage

• Transient Recovery Overvoltage

(TRV)

• Calculaon of Rate of Rise of

Recovery Voltage (RRRV)

• Transformer switching inrush

currents

• Lightning induced overvoltage

resulng from back-ashover and

forward-ashover

• DC converter staon modelling

• Harmonics analysis

In general, SMEC’s services include:

• Power system study and planning

(steady state and dynamic analysis)

• Development of network opons

and cosng

• Insulaon coordinaon studies

• Lightning protecon design and

analysis

• Generator grid connecon studies

and network capability assessment

• Technical studies associated with

front-end engineering, feasibility

study and concept design

• Specicaons and sengs for

electrical plant equipment

• Fault level and reacve power

compensaon analysis

• Harmonic and resonance analysis

• Switching transient overvoltage

studies

• DC converter staon modelling

Grid Development Planning Services

SMEC can provide grid planning services

to many ulies and project developers.

Our grid planning services include

development of network opons,

cosng of opons, NPV analysis of

opons, load forecasng, networkcapability assessment, probabilisc

planning (energy at risk analysis) and

assessment of non-network soluons.

Generator Connecon Assessments

SMEC can assist generator owners

and developers with technical power

system studies to support applicaons to

connect to the grid, and in assessing and

demonstrang compliance with technical

performance requirements imposed

on generators whether by legislaon,

licence or connecon agreement.



Transmission and Cable Route

Development and Engineering

SMEC’s team has extensive overhead

line experience involving technical

and environmental studies, route

assessments, design and engineering

for transmission and distribuon

systems. SMEC has the capability to

design systems from transmission to

distribuon voltages. SMEC is able tocombine a long-standing experience

in the relevant technical /engineering

elds with our strong capability in the

environmental, heritage and statutory

planning consideraons that are an

integral part of route selecon. SMEC’s

experience includes:

• Route assessment

- Line parameter opmisaon

- Community consultaon

- Environmental and statutory

planning assessments• Tower and pole loadings and

structural design

• Cable trench design and coverings

• Sag/tension calculaons and line

proling

- Underground power distribuon

and reculaon

• Risk assessment and investment

appraisal analysis

• Electrical design including noise,

EMFs

• Thermo-mechanical inuences• Specicaons

• Failure invesgaons

• Installaon supervision

The use of Power Line System’s PLS-CADD

and PLS-POLE soware has allowed SMEC

to move to industry standard soware for

transmission line design.

Energy Management

SMEC has experience in monitoring,

controlling and conserving energy in

commercial and industrial sengs.

SMEC can meter energy consumpon

and collect the data; nd opportunies

to save energy; esmate how much

energy each opportunity could

save; take acon to implement the

opportunies to save energy, i.e. tackling

the roune waste and replacing or

upgrading the inecient equipment;

and track progress by analysing on-going

energy consumpon. SMEC can provide:• System reliability and security

studies

• Rural and urban electricaon

programmes

• Energy eciency and advisory

services

Ulity Asset Management

SMEC’s Asset Management funcon

provides extensive industry and

technical experience in delivering

opmal and sustainable producvityimprovements for clients operang in

asset intensive environments. SMEC’s

specialists are able to advise on the

wider facets of asset management,

which range from specic technical

aspects through to the development

of strategic documents for the

overall management of assets. These

specialised services include:

• Asset life cycle management

• Maintenance management

• Supply chain integraonmanagement

• Reliability improvement

• ERP system implementaon

experience including SAP, Ellipse,

Pronto, Maximo, Oracle and

Learning and Development soluons

With a team of professional and

specialised consultants and support sta,

SMEC adds value through developing

and implemenng sustainable Asset

Management business soluons for thePower Ulity Industry worldwide.



Supervision and Erecon

Commissioning

SMEC can assist in the commissioning

process for substaon projects. SMEC

can verify that the design meets the

needs and funcons of the facility and

that the project performs as designed

and intended. SMEC’s service include:

• Supervision of erecon of all main

and ancillary plant equipment• Supervision of pre-commissioning

tests

• Review of operaon and

maintenance manuals

• Planning of comprehensive

commissioning schedules

• Witnessing or conducng

commissioning tests and tests on

compleon

Distribuon System Planning and

Design

SMEC carries out distribuon system

planning and design and connually

explores the praccal applicaon of

advanced technologies to provide

innovave, cost-eecve and appropriate

soluons. SMEC’s services include:

• Distribuon network computer

models

• Geographic or spaal models

• Load forecast

• Evaluaon and selecon of mapping

systems

• Applicaon of non-geographic

models with various load ow

convergence algorithm opons

• Determinaon of opmum

substaon locaon

• Transformer load management

studies

• Power factor correcon, opmum

placement and sizing of capacitors

• Distribuon system reliability

evaluaon

• Establishment of opmum feeder

open point and conductor sizing

• Overhead and cable feeder design

and route planning

• Design of LV and MV aerial bundled

conductor feeders

• Design of distribuon substaons

(indoor, outdoor, pole mounted,

single phase, etc)

• Design of total distribuon system,

preparaon of specicaon

• Layout design of indoor and outdoor

switchgear (HV and MV)

• Fault calculaon and selecon of

protecon schemes and protecve

devices

• Insulaon coordinaon studies,

including protecon against

lightning and switching surges

• Harmonic analysis and suppression

methods

• Motor starng analysis

• Transformer tap sengs

• Long run marginal cost of supply

• Determinaon of taris

Strategic Consulng and Advisory

SMEC’s team of mul-discipline

consultants has extensive experience

in providing advisory work for ulies,

system operators and regulatory

authories in the electricity sector. The

following is a selecon of the services

provided by SMEC:

• Review of the asset replacement

requirements and strategies

• Due diligence studies

• Feasibility and juscaon of main

capital projects

• Quality of supply and incenve

scheme

• Business case preparaon

• Benchmarking

• Review of grid codes and planning

standards

• Tari review of regulated

monopolies

• Capital expenditure and operaonalexpenditure review for regulatory

price control



Transmission and Distribuon Key Projects

SMEC’s capabilies in high, medium and low-voltage power transmission and distribuon

have been developed and rened through extensive experience, research and development in

associaon with power ulies and government authories worldwide. With a service oering

that spans the full spectrum of planning, engineering, management and supervision for the

development of transmission and distribuon infrastructure (up to 765 kV), SMEC can deliver a

project from inial concept right through to commissioning. Some of the key transmission and

distribuon projects of SMEC in Asia Pacic and around the world are as follows:

Missionary Electricaon

Development Plan

Philippines

The Missionary Electricaon

Development Plan (MEDP)

dened the strategies and

acvies of the Philippine

Government to provide

electricity to areas not

connected to the main power

grid. Under the Electric Power

Industry Reform Act 2001,

the MEDP must be updated

annually. Past assessments

had indicated the availability

of renewable energy such

as hydropower, solar, wind

and biomass energy. SMEC

updated the MEDP 2005-

2009 to cover the period

2007-2011 and included

renewable energy sources.

SMEC’s carried out planningassignments, investment

and policy analysis and

promoonal acvies. It also

assisted the Energy Regulatory

Commission.

Java-Bali 500 kV

Transmission Line

Indonesia

This Asian Development

Bank (ADB)-funded project

will enhance the reliability

of power supply in Bali and

eastern Java. Construcon

of the project is expeced

to commence in 2016 and

includes a 220 km doublecircuit 500 kV transmission

line and associated

substaons for transferring

power from the eastern Java

to the Bali power grid. One

key component provides for

a world-record 2.6 km single

span overhead crossing

across the Java-Bali Straits

with 370 m high towers each

side. SMEC assisted PLN with

a project review to conrmtechnical aspects and cost

esmates; assisted with the

ADB fact-nding mission; and

contributed to the ADB loan

processing documentaon.

Nabong 500 kV Substaon

& Transmission Facility

Lao PDR

This ADB-funded project

comprised two components:

(i) acquision from the Nam

Ngum 2 project developer

by Electricité du Laos (EdL)

of the exisng Nabong 230

kV substaon and 27 km

500 kV transmission line

to the Thai border; and (ii)

expansion of the Nabong

substaon to include a 500

kV switchyard and 500/230

kV transformers. SMEC’s

services included a technical

review of the project; review

of tender documents and

cost esmates; assisng

with the ADB processing

documentaon; coordinaon

of all reports to be submied;and capacity building

acvies.

Port Moresby Power

Grid Development

Papua New Guinea

This project assisted PNG

Power Ltd. in the expansion

of its renewable energy

generaon, plus the upgrade

and extension of the

transmission and distribuon

grid in Port Moresby to

improve the reliability and

quality of power supply to

the main urban centre. The

project included: upgrading/

rehabilitang Rouna 1

and Sirinumu hydropower

plants; extending the grid

to 3,000 more households;

strengthening the distribuon

network; construcon of a

new Kilakila substaon; and

upgrading exisng substaons.

SMEC assisted in the feasibilitystudy for substaon and grid

upgrades, small hydropower

facilies and a loss reducon

plan to raise the eciency of

the Port Moresby power grid.



Rural Electricaon ProjectFiji

This project involved

opmising an extension of

the Fiji Electricity Authority

(FEA) power grid; providing

renewable energy supply

including micro-hydropower,

biomass, solar photovoltaic

and hybrid systems; and

installing some new diesel-

power generaon. SMEC

provided technical assistance

to establish the development

strategy and investment plan.

Services included: assessing

the social, instuonal and

environmental aspects of

rural electricaon; and

recommending development

strategies.

Provincial PowerDistribuon Project

Thailand

This study strengthened the

operaon of the Provincial

Electricity Authority of

Thailand by developing

and implemenng

instuonal improvement in

management. It included an

evaluaon of pracces for

distribuon system planning;

operaons and management;and recommended

improvements including

management structure and

computerised management

systems. SMEC’s services

included: load forecasng as

well as an evaluaon of the

electrical system and planning

and operang methods.

Town ElectricaonInvestment Program

PNG

This ADB-funded project

will improve power supply

in PNG’s urban centres

through the replacement of

high-cost diesel power with

sustainable energy sources.

SMEC supported the PPL

Project Management Unit in

project management, design,

procurement, tendering,

supervision, and maintaining

compliance with ADB policies

and capacity building.

COnstrucon of Divune 3

MW Hydropower Plant in Oro

Province, Ramazon 3 MW

Hydropower in Bouganville

and Lake Hargy hydropower

interconnecon in West New

Britain will start in 2016.

Electricity InfrastructureDevelopment

PNG

This project assisted with

the Naonal Electricaon

Rollout Program

Implementaon Plan for

PNG’s target of universal

electricity access by

2030. SMEC provided the

preparatory work for the

diesel and hydro tari pricing

review, being the basis of

negoaons with pares

impacted by the Naonal

Electricaon Project; survey

for subprojects; logiscs

planning for the District

Services Improvement

Program power sector

projects; and biofuels

assessment and mechanism

recommendaon.

Sabah Substaon Detailed

Design Review

Malaysia

This project consists of

design, supply, installaon

and commissioning of 132 kV

underground transmission

cables, 275 kV overhead

transmission lines and

275/132/11 kV substaons.

As Owner’s Engineer, SMEC

provided detailed design

review services for six 275 kV

and 132 kV substaons in the

state of Sabah in Malaysia.

This involved a review of

primary and secondary

protecon and control andsupervisory control and

data acquision (SCADA)

communicaon, and all

related ancillaries.

Power Transmission

Investment Program

Tranche 3

Vietnam

This ADB-nanced project

addressed the capacity,

eciency and reliability of

power transmission in areas

that are key to Vietnam’s

economic development. The

scope of the work was to

facilitate the idencaon

and due diligence work

of Electricity of Vietnam’s

transmission network

expansion subprojects as part

of Tranche 3. SMEC’s services

included the screening andevaluaon of 27 subprojects

comprising 500 kV and 230 kV

substaons and transmission

lines located throughout

Vietnam.

Pergau Transmission Line

Malaysia

This project consists of a 600

MW underground power

staon (4x150 MW vercal

Francis turbines); a 77 m high

earthll dam; a power intake

and concrete and steel lined

pressure tunnel; a 24 km long

aqueduct with a number of

drop shas for ow diversion;

8 km of 275 kV transmission

line; and 30 km of 33 kV

transmission line. SMEC’s

services included: a feasibility

study including hydrological,

survey, geotechnical and

environmental aspects;power system studies; route

survey for overhead lines;

and conceptual design and

plant specicaons.

Hong Kong Electricity

Technical Regulator

Hong Kong

SMEC was engaged by

Electrical and Mechanical

Services Department

(EMSD) to complete due

diligence of Hongkong

Electric Corporaon (HEC)

and China Light & Power

(CLP). The two grids self-

generate, are electrically

interconnected and have

limited import capacity from

Chinese Nuclear and Hydro

plants. SMEC undertook a

ve-year development plan

(2014-2018), assessed HECand CLP capital planning

and completed a needs

assessment of the upgrade,

maintenance and expansion

works for all assets.



Power Grid Modernisaon(Phase 1)

Vietnam

Funded by KfW (a German

government-owned

development bank), this

project assisted EVN’s

Northern, Southern and

Central Power Corporaons

with signicant investment

in the rehabilitaon,

modernisaon and extension

of their transmission anddistribuon systems. SMEC’s

services included the

review of feasibility studies

for: the upgrade of 110

kV transmission lines and

substaons; and the upgrade

of the MV and LV distribuon

network. This review

covered technical, nancial,

economic, environmental

and social aspects.

Power DistribuonEnhancement Program

Pakistan

The US$810 million

ADB-funded project

was implemented by

eight power distribution

companies (DISCOs), with

the Pakistan Electric Power

Company acting as the

Executing Agency. The scope

consisted of approximately

300 subprojects acrossall voltage levels.

SMEC provided project

implementation and

management services

including finance

management, contracting,

and procurement, social and

environmental management

and capacity building of

DISCOs employees.

Power TransmissionEnhancement Investment

Pakistan

Pakistan’s transmission and

distribuon system is heavily

loaded resulng in reduced

reliability and inadequate

capacity. The objecve

of this ongoing Tranche 4

programme is to upgrade

and extend the network of

the Naonal Transmission &

Despatch Company and toaddress constraints in order

to expand the capacity and

coverage of the network.

SMEC’s project preparaon

role includes preparaon

of detailed engineering

documents; nancial

and economic analysis;

and idencaon and

preparaon of reselement

and land acquision plans.

Bayman RenewableEnergy Project

Afghanistan

The New Zealand

Government’s Aid

Programme invested in the

development of a renewable

energy project in the

Bamyan area to construct

four photovoltaic arrays, one

grid e photovoltaic array,

plus the associated power

transmission and distribuonsystems connecng the solar

generaon systems to 2,500

government, commercial

and household customers,

including the installaon of

pre-pay meters. SMEC’s team

acted as owner’s engineer

to provide specialist advice

and construcon supervision

services.

Energy Sector Development

Investment Program

Afghanistan

This project strengthens

the commercial, technical

and managerial funcons

of the Afghani power ulity

company, Da Afghanistan

Breshna Sherkat (DABS)

by building new 220 kV

transmission lines, 220/20

kV substaons and 20

kV distribuon networks

to provide electricity to

residenal, commercial

and industrial users. SMEC,

as Owner’s Engineer, isadvising DABS on project

implementaon, assisng with

bid evaluaon and contract

negoaons, and supervising

works commissioning.

Regional Power

Interconnecon Project

Afghanistan and Tajikistan

This project provided for the

export of surplus power via

an interconnected 220 kV

transmission grid between

the two countries. The main

objecve was to ensure

the grid’s most ecient,

mely, and economical

implementaon. SMEC

undertook pre-construcon

acvies and assisted with

the tendering award process

and project implementaon.

Services included: bidevaluaon; preparaon of

project implementaon

manual; design review;

and documentaon for the

works.

Isolux Power Project

India

This project includes

the construcon of 13

transmission lines (400 kV

and 756 kV) with a total

length of 1,500 km and ve

AIS and GIS substaons (765

kV AIS Mainpuri; 400 kV GIS

Allhabad; 400 kV AIS Gonda;

400 kV GIS Lucknow; and 400

kV AIS, Aurai). The objecve

of this project is to transmit

power from several power

staons and strengthen the

power grid in Uar Pradesh.

SMEC, as Owner’s Engineer,was engaged by ISOLUX to

provide project management


of the 765 kV AIS Mainpuri

and associated schemes.

Uarakhand Power Sector

Investment Program

India

The objecves of the

Uarakhand Power Sector

Improvement Program were

to meet the growing demand

for power supply in the north

Indian state and to ensure

environmental and social

safeguards were according to

environmental management

plans. The project included

four small hydropower

projects, three 400 kV and

two 220 kV transmission lines

and two 400 kV substaons.SMEC’s services included:

design; engineering; project

management; project

monitoring; and construcon

supervision.



Bihar Power Project

India

The State of Bihar has the

lowest energy access rate

in India. The intra-state


network is inadequate and

needs strengthening to supply

electricity in Bihar. SMEC is

part of a team responsible

for upgrading dilapidated

transmission lines and

construcng new grids andsubstaons. The project also

includes seng up a Project

Monitoring Unit to support

the Department of Energy and

Bihar State Power Transmission

Company Limited. Services

include project monitoring;

procurement standardisaon;

capacity building and

employee training.

Assam Power Sector

Development Project

India

The Assam State Electricity

Board carried out transmission

and distribuon network

system expansions and

upgrades in Assam as part

of the ADB-funded Assam

Power Sector Enhancement

Investment Program. This

would facilitate increased

power transfers; strengthenpower transmission capacity;

improve access to electricity;

enhance the quality of

power supply; reduce

greenhouse gas emissions;

and ensure the power

sector’s nancial health.

SMEC’s services included:

project implementaon and

construcon supervision.

Rural Electricaon Upgrade

Bangladesh

Funded by Japan

Internaonal Cooperaon

Agency, this project aimed

to improve the quality and

reliability of the local power

supply and reduce technical

losses in 33 rural electric

cooperaves in western

Bangladesh. The project

included the installaon and

augmentaon of eighty 33kV and 11 kV substaons

and the construcon and

upgrade of 5,184 km of 33 kV

and 11 kV distribuon lines.

SMEC’s services included:

procurement support to the

client; engineering design;

construcon supervision; and

overall project management.

Naonal Load Despatch

Centre

Bangladesh

The outcome of this project

for the Power Grid Company

of Bangladesh was a new

Naonal Load Despatch

Center in Dhaka, with SCADA

connecon to all power

staons and grid substaons

in the country. The

communicaons component

included the installaon ofover 2,000 km of opcal

ground wire bre opc cable

on the 230 kV and 132 kV

transmission network.SMEC

was one of the joint venture

partners which provided the

bid evaluaon and contract

negoaon; detailed design

review; and construcon

supervision.

High Voltage Distribuon

System Upgrade

Tanzania

The Tanzania Electric Supply

Company’s (TANESCO)

distribuon system in Dar

es Salaam was experiencing

overloading, frequent

outages, high losses, and

low and uctuang voltage

condions. TANESCO

implemented a pilot program

to upgrade the voltage

distribuon system. SMEC’s

services included: appraisal

of the exisng system; eld

invesgaons and desktopstudies; development of

energy and demand forecasts;

development of computer

models; and preparaon of

conceptual designs.

Pecanwood Golf Estate

Electrical Reculaon

South Africa

This project comprised

underground reculaon

from the main 11 kV

Tshwane Council substaon

(within the Pecanwood Golf

Estate) to various 315 kV

mini-substaons as well as

low-voltage underground

cabling from the 315 kV mini-

substaons to the low-voltage

distribuon kiosks. SMEC

designed external and internal

electrical reculaon for a

number of new extensionswithin the Pecanwood Golf

Estate including club house

extensions, sewerage works,

and the main gate security

system.

Karuma Interconnecon

Project

Uganda

Uganda is implemenng

the Karuma Interconnecon

Project which will generate

700 MW. Transmission lines

need to transmit the generated

power to load centres in

Uganda. This project involves

detailed studies of alternave

transmission lines at 400

kV, 132 kV and 33 kV levels.

SMEC provided feasibility

studies for the transmission

lines including voltage and

conductor selecon; eld andgeotechnical surveys; detailed

designs; and preparaon

of environmental impact

assessments and nancial

analyses.

Orapa Transmission

Substaon

Botswana

The Debswana Diamond

Company’s new developments

at Orapa Mine in Botswana

resulted in the need for

more power supply. The

expansion comprised the

design, supply, installaon,

tesng and commissioning

of a new 40 MVA 220/33 kV

power transformer; and a new

reacve power compensaon

bank connected to the main

Debswana 33 kV switchboard.

The Botswana PowerCorporaon engaged SMEC to

provide detailed plant designs;

contractor management; site

supervision; commissioning;

and project management.



Chobe District TransmissionGrid Connecon

Botswana

Botswana’s naonal electricity

transmission grid covers the

north to south corridor in the

eastern part of the country.

Some major areas outside

this corridor do not have

access to the naonal grid.

The objecve of this project

was to connect 350 MW of

new mining, agricultural andindustrial loads through the

400 kV naonal transmission

grid. SMEC’s role included

the preliminary transmission

line route selecon;

comprehensive power

system analysis for line route

opmisaon and substaon

design; and preliminary basic

design and cost esmates.

Mogalakwena ElectricityImprovements

South Africa

SMEC invesgated

electricaon opons for

the Mogalakwena Municipal

area, in the Limpopo

Province, for the provision

of power to over 1,400

households in 17 villages.

SMEC’s energy services

extend through all stages of

project delivery and includes:feasibility studies; frontend

engineering; modelling and

analysis; engineering design;

procurement; contract

management; construcon

supervision; quality

assurance; and operaon and

maintenance.

Aboadze-Volta TransmissionLine Project

Ghana

SMEC undertook project

management for the

Volta River Authority for

the construcon of a 215

km single circuit 330 kV

transmission line between

Aboadze and Volta and

associated 330/161 kV

substaon extensions at each

end. The project also includedprovision of commuincaon

systems. SMEC’s services

included: review of tender

documents; evaluaon of

tenders; factory audits and

inspecons; quality assurance

procedures; and review of

the contractor’s engineering

designs, specicaons and

drawings.

Water Ulies CorporaonEnergy Eciency Audit

Botswana

SMEC was commissioned

to undertake an energy

eciency audit of 29 Water

Ulies Corporaon (WUC)

installaons including

treatment plants, pump

staons and oces. The

purpose of the audit was to

establish baseline energy

usage data and to idenfyopportunies for energy and

cost savings in keeping with

WUC’s strategic objecve of

reducing energy consumpon

by at least 10% at all

installaons. SMEC’s services

included an audit of operang

systems and provision of

recommendaons for opmal

pumping regimes.

Infrastructure Services

(Electricity Component)

Malawi

Malawi received a World

Bank grant to improve the

infrastructure in market centres

and surrounding regions in

ve selected corridors. The

project focused on water and

sanitaon; roads; electricity

and telecommunicaons;

and capacity building.

SMEC provided design and

construcon supervision. This

involved the construcon of

power lines; and the required

works for 33 kV and 11 kVlines, distribuon transformers,

low voltage (400/230 V)

distribuon network and

wiring and installaon of

meters in public instuons.

Nkenda, Fort Portal, Hoima

220 kV Transmission Line

Uganda

This project will provide

adequate transmission

infrastructures to improve

the quality of power supply

and meet the energy needs

of Uganda. Uganda Electricity

Transmission Company

plans to extend the power

grid to transmit 300 MW

from the proposed 220/33

kV Hoima substaon to the

proposed 220/132 kV Nkenda

substaon. SMEC’s services

included: review of feasibilityand power system studies;

compleon of new power

system studies; geotechnical

assessments; preliminary

designs; and quanty surveys.

Phomolong Substaon

South Africa

This project is part of the

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan

Municipality’s commitment

to promote growth and

development in Ekurhuleni

in order to accelerate job

creaon and reduce poverty.

The Phomolong 88/11

KV Substaon will supply

40 MVA of power to new

developments in Chloorkop,

located in the East Rand

region of Gauteng, including

a major manufacturing

facility and Industrial Park.SMEC’s services include:

preliminary and detailed

design; procurement support;

construcon management

and site supervision.

Matambo Substaon

Extension

Mozambique

Electricidade de Mozambique

is increasing the capacity

of the Matambo 220 kV

Substaon in Tete province

to meet the growing power

demand from central and

northern Mozambique. SMEC

will undertake supervision and

commissioning for the design,

supply and installaon of the

200 kV extension. Services

include: engineering services;

contract administraon and

management; review andapproval of construcon

drawings; supervision of

manufacture and factory

tests; site supervision up to

commissioning.



Bujagali 200 kV SwitchyardUpgrade

Uganda

This is part of the Nile Basin

Iniave (NBI) to interconnect

the electricity grids to improve

the availability, reliability

and quality of electricity.

The objecve is to provide

adequate transmission

capacity for the power

evacuaon from the 250

MW Bujagali Hydropowerstaon to distribuon rms

and large customers in

Kampala and the south-west

and west of Uganda. SMEC

was engaged to: review and

update feasibility studies,

infrastructure designs, tender

drawings, communicaons

and control protocols and

SCADA infrastructure.

Energy Access Scale-UpProgram

Kenya

In accordance with the Kenyan

Government’s Vision 2030

Statement, Kenya Power and

Lighng Company (KPLC)

aimed to strengthen its 132 kV


network. KPLC idened

four priority projects for

possible implementaon and

funding. These were 445 kmof new 132 kV lines, four new

substaons, opmisaon

of 600 km of exisng 33 kV

lines and related system

interconnecons. SMEC

carried out feasibility studies,

prepared conceptual designs,

technical specicaons and

dra bid documents for the

proposed sub-projects.

Power Transmission SystemImprovement Project

Kenya

Funded by the African

Development Bank and the

Government of Kenya, this

project aimed to strengthen

Kenya’s transmission network

through the construcon of

132 kV transmission lines and

installaon of 132/33 kV sub-

staons, which raised voltage

levels and power reliability.SMEC’s services included:

design review; preparaon of

bid documents; procurement

management; quality

assurance; implementaon

of environmental and social

impact management plans;

reselement acon plans;


and management.

Rural Electricaon Upgrade

Mozambique

SMEC designed 270 km of

33 kV transmission lines in

the Sofala, Manica and Tete

Provinces (as part of a design

and construct contract).

The project’s scope of work

included: convenonal power

line designs and bridge

crossings; T-structures; stay

structures; transformer pole

structures; and isolang links.SMEC used the PLS-Pole

soware program (a program

used to perform design

checks of structures under

user specied loads and

calculate maximum allowable

wind and weight spans) to

assist in proling the line

catenaries and determine

minimum clearances.

Grin Substaon

Queensland, Australia

The project involved the

construcon of a 110/33

kV bulk supply substaon,situated in a sensive low-

lying wetlands area containing

acid sulphate soils. The

design services included site

access, earthworks, drainage

and hydraulics, road works,

fence enclosure, structural

foundaons for electrical

plant items and installaon

of electrical conduits. SMEC’s

services included: delivery of

the ‘Issue For Construcon’civil design package,

preparaon of ood studies,

geotechnical review, design

and draing of structural

foundaons, and earthworks.

Kemps Creek Substaon

New South Wales, Australia

The project provided for

the replacement of all

the protecon panels atKemps Creek substaon

for Integral Energy, the

operator of the substaon.

SMEC’s services included

provision of secondary design

services for the project,

preparaon of detailed

protecon and control,

schemac diagrams for

various panels, preparaon

of high voltage equipment

connecons, preparaon ofgeneral panel drawings for

SCADA, metering, AC&DC and

auxiliary switch boards.

Implementaon Supervision

for Power Transmission and

Distribuon

Afghanistan

SMEC was contracted by theGovernment of Afghanistan

under ADB funding to assist

with the development of: 118

km of 110 kV transmission

lines, four 110/20 kV

substaons and one 220/20

kV substaons in the Northern

Zone; plus development

of 20 kV and 400/230 V

distribuon networks in

the Eastern Zone. SMEC’s

services included projectand contract management;

supervision of commissioning;

social and environment

impact assessments; and

reselement planning.

Polokwane Electricity

Infrastructure

South Africa

Polokwane Municipality

urgently needed to upgradeand strengthen its high voltage

electricity network as well as

expand the network to service

areas under development.

SMEC’s scope included

planning of the high voltage

network in order to increase

capacity to substaons and

overhead lines; establishing

and maintaining adequate

service levels on the network;

and expansion of theelectricity infrastructure to

serve new development areas.

SMEC has been appointed to

assist with the feasibility study

of electrical infrastructure.



CONTACT US

Mr. Cheng Lee

General Manager

Power & Energy

Asia Pacic

T: +60 11 3325 0838

E: [email protected]

www.smec.com

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