Getting a renewable energy project connected to the Australian grid is one of the most technically demanding and commercially critical phases of project development. ElectraGlobe manages the full grid connection process, handling the technical complexity on your behalf and keeping your connection timeline on track.
Our grid connection services cover the full application process with all distribution and transmission network service providers across Australia, from preliminary feasibility through to Dynamic Model Acceptance Testing.
Grid connection studies are the technical analyses required to assess how a new generator or storage system will interact with the existing electricity network at the proposed connection point.
These studies form the technical basis of your connection enquiry and must satisfy the requirements of the relevant network service provider before an offer to connect is issued.
Our scope is set by the stage your project is at and by how much of the connection work your internal team already covers.
| Connection Process Management | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Feasibility | Preliminary feasibility assessment and connection point pre-screening |
| Enquiry | Detailed connection enquiry preparation and submission |
| NSP review | Technical response management while the NSP assesses the application |
| Offer to connect | Offer review and negotiation support |
| Agreement | Grid connection agreement execution support |
| Model acceptance | Dynamic Model Acceptance Testing (DMAT) |
| Technical Studies | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| Load flow | Load flow and power transfer analysis |
| Fault level | Fault level and short circuit analysis |
| Protection | Protection coordination and network protection unit settings |
| Automation | Python scripting and automation for large data sets and multiple NSP scenarios |
| Commissioning | Witness testing and injection testing for protection relay commissioning |
| Standards and Compliance | What we deliver |
|---|---|
| AS 4777.2 | Compliant protection settings for inverter-based generators |
| DNSP requirements | Technical requirements met for all Australian states |
| TNSP requirements | Connection requirements for large-scale generators |
We have established working relationships with all major NSPs across Australia.
| State | Network service providers |
|---|---|
| NSW | Ausgrid, Essential Energy, Endeavour Energy |
| VIC | Powercor, CitiPower, United Energy, AusNet Services, Jemena |
| QLD | Ergon Energy, Energex |
| SA | SA Power Networks |
| TAS | TasNetworks |
| WA | Horizon Power, Western Power |
| ACT | Evoenergy |
Each provider sets its own technical requirements, submission formats and review timelines, and knowing them before the enquiry is lodged is what keeps a connection on programme.
If you have a site under assessment or an enquiry already with an NSP, we can tell you quickly where the technical risk sits and what the connection path looks like.