Quarter 1 2025 Newsletter
Catch up with us and see what has been happening in the first quarter of 2025!
April 11, 2025
Automating Power Plant & Power Electronic Controller Tuning for Enhanced Grid Stability
Blake Clough Consulting is delighted to share key insights from a recent paper by Graduate Consultant James Thornton. This paper was presented at the 23rd Wind & Solar Integration Workshop in Helsinki (October 8–11, 2024) and has now been published in the IET Digital Library.
March 7, 2025
Frequency Response Requirements for BESS plants
With the release of Grid Code Issue 6, Revision 17, significant updates have been made to the under-frequency response requirements for Energy Storage Modules, including Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).These changes are designed to enhance the reliability and stability of energy systems by ensuring BESS plants can respond effectively during frequency deviations. For operators and developers of energy storage solutions, understanding these new requirements is critical for compliance and optimising performance within the grid framework.
December 3, 2024
Grid Code Compliance Issues Driven by Low Fault Levels and Voltage Ride Through
Grid Code compliance is essential for connecting generation plants to the GB Grid, but achieving this isn’t always straightforward. A common challenge arises with Low Voltage Ride Through (LVRT) thresholds, especially when generation plants operate in weak grid conditions. LVRT is designed to keep plants online during voltage dips, but it can inadvertently cause non-compliance by preventing the plant from meeting reactive power requirements within the required timeframe.
November 20, 2024
Offshore Wind, STATCOM & Battery Storage: Tackling Grid Challenges with Advanced Solutions
As offshore wind power scales up globally, maintaining grid stability is becoming a more complex challenge. Among the innovative technologies addressing these hurdles, the Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) stands out for its ability to manage power quality in dynamic and unpredictable wind environments. How STATCOM Supports Offshore Wind: In offshore wind farms, where voltage fluctuations, […]
October 31, 2024
Power System Glitches – How Power Systems Can Get Spooky on Halloween
It's Halloween and we're explore the chilling mysteries lurking behind the grid and how we help our clients overcome them. From ghostly grid failures to disappearing efficiencies, Blake Clough Consulting is here to help keep the lights on, even when things go bump in the night!
October 31, 2024
International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy
We are pleased to announce that our power systems engineers, Ricardo Echeverri Martinez and Andrés Felipe Zúñiga, have successfully published a research paper in the International Journal of Smart Grid and Clean Energy. The paper presents a novel hydrogen-based model for off-grid energy systems, exploring how renewable energy sources such as solar and wind can […]
October 10, 2024
Short Circuit Calculation for Inverter based Resources (IEC 60909:2016)
A summarised guide for carrying out short circuit calculations in inverter-based power plants according to IEC 60909:2016:
September 10, 2024
Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) and Rate of Rise of Recovery Voltage (RRRV) Study Automation
Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) and Rate of Rise of Recovery Voltage (RRRV) has become increasingly critical in today's expanding power grid, as the rise of renewable energy sources progresses.
August 22, 2024
ACDC2023 Conference In Glasgow
Caspar Collins from our Power System Studies team recently presented at the ACDC2023.
March 21, 2023