Steady-State and Dynamic Studies

Steady-State and Dynamic Studies

Power system studies are a non-negotiable technical requirement for any generator seeking to connect to and operate in the National Electricity Market.

ElectraGlobe's power system engineering team produces rigorous steady-state and dynamic studies using industry-standard tools, providing the technical evidence AEMO and your DNSP or TNSP need to approve connection, GPS applications and registration.

What Are Steady-State and Dynamic Studies?

Steady-state studies analyse how a generator or BESS will affect the network under normal operating conditions. Dynamic studies model how the plant and the surrounding network respond to disturbances. Both are required, and a project that clears one and fails the other is held up just as firmly.

Study typeWhat it examines
Steady-state Load flow and power transfer, voltage profiles, fault levels and thermal ratings under normal operating conditions
Dynamic Plant and network response to voltage dips, frequency excursions and network faults, including stability and fault ride-through

Together, these studies form the technical backbone of AEMO registration and grid connection approval.

What ElectraGlobe Delivers

WorkstreamWhat we deliver
Steady-state studies
  • Load flow and power transfer analysis
  • Fault level and short circuit studies
  • Thermal constraint and network capacity assessment
  • NEM-wide planning study contributions
Dynamic studies
  • Transient stability and fault ride-through analysis
  • Voltage regulation and reactive power capability modelling
  • Frequency response and inertia contribution studies
  • Event investigation studies for post-incident analysis
Modelling and benchmarking
  • PSS/E and PSCAD model development and benchmarking
  • OEM model tuning and NER compliance testing
  • Generator performance assessments against registered GPS
Registration and testing packages
  • Complete R1 and R2 registration packages, covering power system and detailed design elements
  • Commissioning management and hold point test simulations
  • GPS compliance testing and results reporting
  • Troubleshooting and validation of non-conformances

We take on the full study scope or step in at a single stage, whether that is a benchmarking exercise, an event investigation, or a study set an NSP has come back on.

Power System Modelling

Our team builds and benchmarks models in PSS/E and PSCAD, tuning OEM-supplied models until they represent the plant as it will actually be built and operated. That model is what every downstream study, GPS submission and compliance test rests on, so we treat benchmarking as engineering work rather than a file conversion.

Registration and Testing

We provide complete R1 and R2 registration and testing packages, managing all aspects from power system modelling through commissioning management, hold point test simulations, and GPS compliance testing. Where results diverge from the registered standards, we investigate the cause, validate the fix and take the non-conformance through to close-out.

Why These Studies Need Specialist Support

Study work is where connection risk is either found early or discovered late. A model that has not been benchmarked properly, a fault level assumption that no longer matches the network, or a dynamic case that was never run will surface as a request for further information, a re-test, or a hold on energisation.

If you have studies in progress, under review by AEMO or an NSP, or results you do not trust, we can tell you quickly where the real risks sit.