Engineering the grids that carry the transition.

Made in Australia, built for the world.

APD Global designs, connects and commissions high-voltage power systems for utilities, constructors and industry - substations to 500 kV, transmission, BESS, and the studies that connect them to the grid and keep them operating securely.

APD Global

Independent engineer on the Waratah Super Battery.

27years · established 1999
1,000+engineers and specialists
5countries, one specialist house
15 GW+connection studies delivered
70+BESS assignments

What we do

End-to-end power engineering, from study to switch-on.

Utilities, developers and miners come to APD Global for high-voltage design, transmission tower design, 500 kV, grid connection and power system studies.

High-voltage GIS substation

Substations

HV substations up to 500 kV

AIS and GIS. Primary, secondary, civil and 3D digital twins.

GIS →
HumeLink 500 kV transmission towers

Transmission

Lines, cables and REZ

330 kV and 500 kV line design, and the work behind Australia's first REZs.

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Waratah Super Battery

Storage

BESS and grid connection

Independent engineer, SIPS and connection design for batteries that have to stay stable.

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Power system studies

Power system studies

GPS, NEM and WEM

15 GW+ of connection studies, system strength, GPS registration and model validation.

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Featured project

Waratah Super Battery - Independent Engineer

Appointed by EnergyCo and Transgrid on Australia's largest grid-scale battery: 1,400 MWh next to Munmorah, with a System Integrity Protection Scheme across 28 critical sites. APD reviewed primary, secondary and automation design, witnessed live tests, and kept the SIPS logic honest.

Waratah Super Battery

GIS substations

The whole building. Not just the plant.

Bunning Lake for Western Power. South Jerrabomberra for Essential Energy. Civil, structural, mechanical and electrical in one house - then the same model as a 3D twin, a VR review, and a scale model you can walk around.

Physical scale model of a 132 kV GIS yard

On film

The work, in full.

Full films live here. Short cuts run natively on LinkedIn - follow the feed and the long-form lives side by side.

Italy · Office opening

Rome and Milan

APD Global opened in Italy on Via Veneto, Rome, and Corso Europa, Milan.

The story →

APD Space · Northam Airport

Quokkanaut

Launched from Northam Airport, Western Australia, then shown at IAC 2025 in Sydney.

IAC 2025 →

GIS · 132 kV

Bunning Lake - model and twin

Physical scale model, then the 3D twin of the same GIS yard. Western Power. The whole building.

GIS substations →

CIGREParis Session 2026 · 23–28 August · Palais des Congrès

In the room

Eight papers at CIGRE Paris Session 2026.

APD engineers are presenting eight accepted papers - protection in IBR grids, UFLS in high-DER networks, digital substation cybersecurity, and AI-driven brownfield design. The kind of work that shapes what the industry does next.

Insights

Global insights.

How we work

The work that matters.

High-voltage design

Substations, plant and secondary systems for the high-voltage grid.

Transmission tower design

Tower, foundation and line design for the corridors that carry the power.

500 kV

The backbone voltage. HumeLink and the other 500 kV work sit here.

Grid connection

NEM and WEM applications, GPS, SIPS - generation and storage onto the network.

Power system studies

Dynamic and steady-state. The modelling that decides whether plant can connect.

Who we work with

The operator, the networks, carriers and industry.

APD Global works with AEMO, which operates on the networks, and with the major Australian and New Zealand utilities, carriers and industry.

AEMOTransgridWestern PowerElectraNetPowerlinkAusNetEssential EnergyEndeavour EnergyAusgridSA Power NetworksHorizon PowerPower and WaterTranspowerTelstranbnNokiaOptusRio TintoFMGBHP

Beside the work

In the cities we work in.

West Coast Eagles Premier Partner

West Coast Eagles · Premier Partner

Official coach and player media polo.

Lucia Painter, a rising star in the AFLW, plays for the Eagles and is a member of the APD Global team.

The Eagles story →

West Coast · Fremantle

Channel 7, 2026 season.

A Channel 7 partnership for remaining 2026 AFL broadcasts. Separate from the club jersey partnerships.

The Drone Cam story →
Perth Glory Platinum Partner

Perth Glory · Platinum Partner

On the back of the jersey.

APD Global appears on the back of the men’s and women’s kits. Rola Badawiya plays for Glory Women and is a member of the APD Global team.

The Glory story →