To meet increased demand for green energy from solar panel and wind turbine generators, a Scarborough firm has designed a microprocessor-based control panel for monitoring power transfer to the national grid.
Control & Power Systems (CPS), a leading manufacturer of power control panels, has designed the new system to provide G59/2 protection, which is a legal requirement for those involved in providing more than 16 amps of solar or wind power.
This recent statutory obligation requires those involved in supplying power to the grid to monitor production and to automatically turn-off the flow of power in the event of certain abnormal grid conditions. The CPS control panel acts as a failsafe system, monitoring voltage, frequency and other parameters as requested by the local Distribution Network Operators (DNO).
If any of the power parameters go outside the nominal settings, the control panel will automatically trip an integral protection relay and closedown the transfer of electricity to the national grid, thus avoiding risk to personnel or cabling, both of which could prove fatal. Specialist manufacturer CPS, who has been producing standard control solutions for diesel engines and water turbines for many years, decided to diversify into solar panel and wind turbine generator monitoring following an approach from a green energy producer earlier this year.
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