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Low Cost Rural Electrification Plan for Electricidade de Moçambique
Maunsell Ltd (New Zealand) in association with PSD Consulting Engineering (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa) developed a Low Cost Rural Electrification Plan (LCREP). ... read more

Insulation Coordination Study: Transient and Harmonic Studies for the Planned Cape 765 kV Transmission System Expansions
Eskom Transmission plan to strengthen the 400 kV back-bone Transmission System spanning from the strong generation pool in the north of the country to the load centres in the southern parts of the country. ... read more

KwaZulu Natal Transformer Capacity Study
PSD was commissioned by Eskom to conduct a transformer capacity study at four substations in the KwaZulu Natal Province. ... read more

Feasibility study: Caprivi High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Link
NamPower, the Namibian electricity utility, commissioned PSD to conduct a technical pre-feasibility study on the establishment of a HVDC transmission system, using voltage source converter (VSC) technology, in Namibia. ... read more

SSTI Screening study, Caprivi HVDC project in Namibia (Nampower) - ABB (Sweden), 2008
PSD conducted a screening study to identify any potential SSTI (sub-synchronous resonance interaction) between the HVDC VSC terminal stations and connecting power stations.

Protection audit and protection co-ordination study for the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) in Zambia - Maunsell/AECOM, New Zealand, 2007
PSD was responsible for data collection, protection audit, development of network study model and fault level calculations.

Xstrata Project Lion - Xtrata Mining Group, South Africa, 2004 to 2006
PSD was commissioned by Xstrata, a large mining company, to do the engineering, design, implementation and commissioning of a new 275/33 kV, (2X) 180MVA substation required for their new ferrochrome smelter project near Steelpoort.