SmarTec Power Engineers projects 

Key Deliverables: 

• Special Economic Zone Modelling and Development 

• Project Packaging for Capital Raising and Capital Raising Support 

  • • Feasibility Study 

    • Project Power Plant Design 

    • 132/33kV Air Insulated Substation Design 

    • Equipment Specification 

    • Project Business Plan 

    • Preparation of Bill of Quantity 

    • Financial Analysis 

    • Risk Analysis and Register 

• 132kV Overhead Line Route Mapping  

• Project Tariff Derivation and analysis 

• Regulatory approvals Advisory 

  • • Grid Impact Assessment applications 

    • ESIA Studies and Certification 

    • Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency Licensing

    • Carbon Credits Registration & Project Certification 

    • Wayleave Acquisition 

    • Transmission Connection Agreements 

    • Power Wheeling Agreements 

    • Generation Licensing Application 

Key Deliverables: 

• Verify through studies Generator connection requirements and excessive requirements  

• Substation Layout Sunspire 

• Generator Connection Circuit Layout  

• Power Station Security Analysis and confirmation      

• Substation Security  

• Grid Connection Security 

• Reactive Compensation Equipment Confirmation 

• Comprehensive Power System Study for the Sunspire phased Connection. This includes: 

• Load flow (thermal and voltage analysis) studies with all ZETDC system credible contingences as required by the Zimbabwe Grid Code.  

• ZETDC System Power System Transient Stability Studies 

• ZETDC System Power System Dynamic Stability Checks 

Key Deliverables: 

• To analyze the potential benefits and requirements for joint operation of Kariba South hydroelectric scheme and Sunspire Solar PV power plant.  

• To develop and evaluate operation strategies for optimal energy generation, storage, and dispatch of the combined Kariba – Greengrid ecosystem.    

• To assess the impact of the combined system and its operation to the ZETDC system performance, peak shaving, load following, Marginal cost of electricity and other opportunities for system operations.  

• To assess the impact of the combined system and its operation to the overall Kariba South business model versus the business-as usual case of independent operation. 

Key Deliverables: 

• Project Packaging for Capital Raising and Capital Raising Support 

  • • Feasibility Study 

    • Project Power Plant Design 

    • 330/33kV Air Insulated Substation Design 

    • 330kV Overhead Line Design 

    • Project Business Plan 

    • Preparation of Bill of Quantity 

    • Financial Analysis 

    • Risk Analysis and register 

• 330kV Overhead Line Route Mapping  

• Project Tariff Derivation and analysis 

Key Deliverables: 

• Project Capital Raising  

• Project Packaging for Capital Raising and Capital Raising Support 

  • • Feasibility Study 

    • Project Power Plant Design 

    • 330/88/33kV Air Insulated Substation Design 

    • 330kV Overhead Line Design 

    • 88kV Overhead Line Design 

    • Equipment Specification 

    • Project Business Plan 

    • Preparation of Bill of Quantity 

    • Financial Analysis 

    • Risk Analysis and register 

• 330kV and 88kV Overhead Line Route Mapping  

• Project Tariff Derivation and analysis 

• Regulatory approvals Advisory 

  • • Grid Impact Assessment applications 

    • ESIA Studies and Certification 

    • Wayleave Acquisition 

    • Transmission Connection Agreements 

    • Power Wheeling Agreements 

    • Generation Licensing Application 

    • ZIDA Licensing 

• Power Purchase Agreements 

  • • Drafting 

    • Tariff calculation and strategy 

    • Negotiations 

Key Deliverables: 

• Project Capital Raising  

• Project Packaging for Capital Raising and Capital Raising Support 

  • • Feasibility Study 

    • Project Power Plant Design 

    • 132/33kV Air Insulated Substation Design 

    • Equipment Specification 

    • Project Business Plan 

    • Preparation of Bill of Quantity 

    • Financial Analysis 

    • Risk Analysis and register 

• 132kV Overhead Line Route Mapping  

• Project Tariff Derivation and analysis 

• Regulatory approvals Advisory 

  • • Grid Impact Assessment applications 

    • ESIA Studies and Certification 

    • Wayleave Acquisition 

    • Transmission Connection Agreements 

    • Power Wheeling Agreements 

    • Generation Licensing Application 

Work Description 

A. Derive OCEF protection settings. 

B. Carryout power system studies for Minimum and Maximum Short Circuit Currents.  

C. Carryout OCEF protection grading and coordination studies for the circuits listed below 

D. Submit a protections settings and coordination report 

• • • 30MVA 88/33/11KV Transformer 

    • 88KV Incomer Bay  

    • 88kV Local Feeders (local and remote) 

    • Capacitor Bank 

    • 11KV Incomer and 33kV incomer

    • Grounding transformer 

The grid integration study objectives are to: 

1. Explore the possible maximum power plant capacity  

2. Establish the least cost, compliant, strategic and secure power plant connection and evacuation  

3. Explore all credible power system risks to the operation of the power plant  

4. Identify optimised grid reinforcement intervention requirements that are critical for the secure and reliable operation of the power plant 

Grid Integration Study Key Deliverables 

1. 1. 1. Design Generator connection layout 

• Substation Layout Power Producer 

• Substation Layout Power BSP 

• Generator Connection Circuit Layout 

1. 1. 2. Optimisation of Power Station Security: 

• Substation Security 

• Grid Connection Security Optimisation 

• Special Generator to Grid Protection evaluation 

• Reactive Compensation Equipment Selection & Sizing 

1. 1. 3. Comprehensive Power System Study Covering: 

• Load flow studies  

• Power System Transient Stability Studies 

• System Power System Dynamic Stability Studies 

• Power System Fault Level Studies  

The Scope of work key components: 

• Review the grid application status and available quotations and designs 

• Conduct a connection design appraisal to identify the best least cost and optimum connection to the grid Including: 

1. The least cost connect path to the grid 

2. Line route mapping 

3. Substation design 

4. Project costing and construction strategy 

• Resuscitation of connection progress 

• Apply for grid connection and secure connection approvals 

• Infrastructure construction and commissioning  

• Negotiate connection conditions and associated grid related agreements.