Renewable Energy

Elcon provides interconnection and transmission engineering and design services for large and small renewable energy generation projects including wind, biomass, geothermal, hydro and solar power projects.

Interconnection Services

Elcon interconnection services include:

  1. Completing powerflow studies to develop interconnection options for connection to regional grid
  2. Interconnection Feasibility Analysis Studies & Reports
  3. Preparing Required Technical Data and Developing Cost Estimates for Interconnection Facilities Including:
    1. Collector Circuits (for wind farms)
    2. Project Substation
    3. Generation Tie Circuit
    4. Interconnecting Switching Station
    5. Communication Systems
  4. Preparing and Coordinating Interconnection Request Applications
  5. Attending meetings with receiving utilities on interconnection processes

Transmission Services

Elcon transmission services include:

  1. Development of Transmission Strategies for Generation Projects
  2. Assistance in Transmission Service Applications
  3. Providing evaluation of Available Transfer Capability from transmission service provider
  4. Providing a transmission cost estimate for the required service

Design Services

Elcon design services include:

  1. Preliminary and final design for wind farm collector systems, project substation and generation tie transmission line.
  2. Determination of reactive compensation requirements at collector or generator substation
  3. Preparation of cost estimates of project collector systems (for wind farms), project substations, interconnecting transmission lines and interconnection switching station.
  4. Design of protective relaying, communications, metering and station service requirements

Additional Project Experience

 

Project Experience
Combine Hills Wind Farm Combine Hills Wind Farm
Umatilla County, OR