ClientWoodside Energy
LocationPluto LNG, Dampier Peninsula, Pilbara
NetworkNorth West Interconnected System - Horizon Power, with Pilbara ISOCO
ScopeConnection application, model validation, protection, technical-rules compliance
Pluto has run islanded on its own embedded generation. As part of the Train 2 expansion and decarbonisation programme, Woodside planned to connect the facility to the North West Interconnected System so solar and a battery could displace some of the on-site gas-turbine load.
Connecting an LNG plant that already makes its own power to a grid whose total load is less than 200 MW is not a standard generator application. APD Global delivered the connection application, PowerFactory model validation, protection studies and technical-rules compliance - in collaboration with Horizon Power Planning and Pilbara ISOCO.
What APD Global delivered
- R1 data assessment for the connection application
- Power-quality studies against Horizon Power technical rules
- Stage 1 protection - 7.5 MW solar import on the Dampier 33 kV feeder, including loss-of-field and reverse-power protection on existing generation
- Stage 2 BESS protection - differential settings on the overhead line into Pluto, coordinated with plant and downstream feeders
- Model validation and an independent, ring-fenced compliance assessment
- Detailed system studies with the Pluto model integrated into the NWIS PowerFactory model
APD Global - Woodside Pluto Solar Import project record.
