The Important of Substation

Are you interested in a detailed analysis of substations and their importance? Then, keep reading. This post will analyze the importance of substations, the most common substations, their characteristics, and the outlook for the global substation industry. We will also see how solar engineers use software to automatically design the basic engineering for the step-up substation of their PV plants.

A substation is an interface for power networks. It connects distribution feeders to transmission lines through circuit breakers or switches, using transformers and busbars. The substation allows for the control of the power flow throughout the network and general switching operations to be performed.

Why Do We Need a Substation?

In order to connect a PV solar plant to transmission or distribution networks, the voltage must be increased from medium voltage to high voltage. A substation converts low voltages generated by electricity into high voltages or vice versa using power transformers.

Substations perform four main functions:

When there is little or no infrastructure to support power supply, it’s important to satisfy the growth in load and increase transmission capacity quickly.

The new generation of energy, such as wind or solar power plants.

Maintain reliability requirements to reduce congestion on the electricity grid.

Break the power flow when a fault occurs.

The Power Transmission and Distribution Industry has witnessed a significant upsurge due to its growing life expectancy and the rising demand for effective, safe, reliable, and stable transmission & distribution networks.

The lack of an efficient electric network and the necessity of infrastructure expansion for cross-border networks to provide electricity with minimal losses across developed and developing nations have been major industry drivers and fundraisers. For example, the European Network announced that it would invest USD 400 billion in the next decade, with two-thirds of this investment going toward installing and upgrading the distribution grids throughout the region.

For nearly half a century, Swartz Engineering has been at the forefront of industry safety. They are a family-owned company specializing in power distribution for the electrical industry. They are the leading manufacturer of Electrical Substations for Railways.