Industrial Level 100 MW RE Grid Connection Preliminary Technical Feasibility Study

The AM Group, a global steel company embarked on a campaign termed DCarbTM to help deliver the Paris Agreement's objectives and become carbon neutral by 2050. AM approved various renewable energy RE generation projects across its worldwide business units to lead the industry's transition to carbon-neutral steel. This paper details a preliminary technical feasibility study for industry-level integration of solar PV 100 MW at AM Newcastle Works. The study considered PV connection without storage. The EA-PSM software program was used to model the minimised Eskom grid and the AM electrical network. Power flow, network short circuit fault calculations, and simulations are presented. The results are analysed for compliance with South Africa grid connection code for renewable power plants requirements.