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West African Power Pool Technical Audit

Client: Regional Utility Consortium  |  Location: Multi-country, West Africa  |  Year: 2022

A multi-national cross-border technical protection audit to standardize utility interoperability across the West African Power Pool sub-grid.

The Challenge

Identifying critical risks and system bottlenecks.

Inconsistent protection relay settings and uncoordinated transient line parameters between interconnected national grids posed severe risks of cascading multi-nation blackout events during fault states.

Our Solution

Delivering precision engineering and tested technology.

SBL deployed an elite engineering audit team to inspect, verify, and recalculate protection coordinate maps across key transmission interconnectors. Our team reviewed 116 vital protection nodes across three regional borders.

The Outcome

Successful commissioning and guaranteed performance.

Identified and closed 9 high-risk system parameters. Successfully established uniform protection margins, securing regional power dispatch integrity.

3 National grids coordinated
116 Protection settings audited
9 Critical vulnerabilities closed
22 Wks Intensive fieldwork completed
Scope of Work

Project execution boundaries.

  • Relay settings calculation and coordination study
  • Transient stability modeling and grid simulation
  • On-site verification of substation physical layouts
  • Cross-border communication check of carrier intertrips
  • Comprehensive recommendations report
Equipment & Systems Supplied

Certified technology.

  • ETAP Grid Simulation Suite
  • Omicron Protection Testing Equipment
  • SBL Custom Protection Verification Protocols

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