The Little Blue Wind Project was a renewable project I was a design engineer on. It connected 100 turbines in the SPP region, and totaled approximately 250 MW of generation. My role in the project was related to the electrical and physical design of the 34.5 – 345 kV Generator Step-Up Substation.
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Project Details
| Location | Nebraska |
| Voltage Class | 34.5 – 345 kV |
| Facility Rating | 250 MW |
| Quantity of GSU Transformers | 1 |
| Special Features | 34.5 kV Shunt Capacitor Bank |
Responsibilities
- Design criteria document
- Electrical & Physical QCs
- Equipment specifications
- Reviewing equipment vendor drawings
- AC/DC Panel Layout
- Relay panel elevations & BOMs
- Detailed electrical design
- Bus damping calculations
- Conduit fill calculations
- Voltage drop calculations
- Communication diagram
- One line drawings
- Three line drawings
- DC schematics
- Wiring diagrams
- Cable schedule
- As built drawings
- Construction specifications
- Construction walkdown
- NERC-CIP data collection
- NERC-CIP EAC & PSC drawings
- Facility rating report
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