Recent News
Feb2012
Megavar are delivering the upgrade as planned Existing bus coupler has been decommissioned and removed. The new bus coupler is being installed with an expected completion date of the 5th of March.
2012
VISY paper and pulp enlisted the services of Megavar to assist in locating a fault after trying unsuccessfully to start their new Co-Generation plant at Coolaroo. Megavar were able to respond within a few short hours and mobilise two senior testers to site. Upon arrival they identified several wiring mistakes, including polarity reversal on the current transformers within the protection circuit, and were able to make the relevant changes enabling the system to run for the first time.
2012
CLM Infrastructure have engaged the services of Megavar to participate in the testing and commissioning of this substation for Endeavour Energy. The project has required significant effort to allow Megavar skilled employees to work on the Endeavour network. The project has commenced and is expected to run into April 2012.
2012
As part of the Huon upgrade Megavar has commenced on site at the Transend Networks Knights Road substation for Powercor Network Services. The switchyard and buildings are undergoing a substantial upgrade to meet the expanding needs of the Huon communities. Project completion is programmed for August 2012
2011
Megavar and Alstom have worked together to successfully energized the new City West Substation on the inner city limits of Adelaide. Work performed included primary testing of 2 of 40MVAr reactors, 2 of 300MVA power transformers, earth testing, tests of double bus 275kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), and testing of associated protection panels. Alstom utilised the testing and commissioning resources of Megavar to work alongside their people and get the required result for the customer.
2011
Megavar have completed testing of the Aurora Wire Alert device this month to ensure the new supply maintains the high standard of manufacture Aurora demands.
The device requires a series of tests to simulate the conditions found in customers’ homes requiring attention. Tester Peter Landowski was pleased to be involved with the project as it provided an interesting testing experience.
2011
Megavar will be working with SJ electric to change out a 1 MVA HV transformer which will be replaced with a 2 MVA transformer. New HV cables and HV isolators will be installed as part of this project.
2011
Tungatinah upgrade is currently underway for Powercor Network Services.
This project is a Transend site and includes the installation of a new control building including new HV switch gear, protection panels, DC systems, AC distribution and SCADA panels. This project kicked off in June and is a staged project with the completion of stage 1 expected to be towards the end of September.
2011
Installation of 6 new 630mm2 HV cables being installed along a gantry system from the Temco switchyard to the furnace 5 substation. Each cable run is 750 metres long with the cables incorporating fibre optic cores which will be utilized at a later date.
Installation of the cables will be completed next week and the cut over of these cables scheduled for November during a programmed Furnace 5 outage.
Our construction team have been complemented on their adherence to all site safety policies following a site audit by the Temco safety committee.
2011
Megavar is proud to have been selected to provide Construction and Testing services on the Transend substation at Kingston Tasmania. Project Manager Nick Davies will manage the works following selection by the head contractor Alstom. Megavar will commence work in September 2011 with expected completion in February 2012.
2011
Megavar Commissioning staff will be heading south this month to join the team as ETSA as they deliver their program of works. South Australian customers are looking forward to substantial investment in the electricity infrastructure and Megavar will be commissioning new High Voltage equipment at a variety of sites in SA.
Megavar is especially pleased to form a relationship with ETSA and our substantial High Voltage expertise will deliver great results for the community.
2011
Megavar is currently working on the George Town substation which is being upgraded to a breaker and half scheme for the 220kv yard. To enable this to occur a second control room has being built and ultimately the existing protection will be split such that A and B schemes will be in separate control rooms for each respective bay. This will allow for a full dual redundancy system reducing risk of failure.
A fully independent bus zone scheme, 220kv bus zone "B", is being installed to meet these requirements, and to enable continuation during cutover to breaker and a half.
Alstom has been awarded design and construct on this project and have contracted Megavar to perform commissioning and pre commissioning works. Currently works are progressing on cutting over each 220kv bay to the new bus zone scheme. Commissioning is planned for early November 2011.
July
2011
Due to Megavar's growth and capacity within the last 7months we now have 5 technical staff on board. This increase has allowed us to tender for more projects whilst maintaining efficiencies and cost effectiveness to our customers.
2011
Megavar to perform testing and commissioning of Transend's new 110/22 kV St Leonards Substation. This is a great opportunity for our skilled team of Megavar to participate in another exciting new project in Tasmania.
2011
Jemena have appointed Megavar to perform brownfield testing and commissioning of Transend's Palmerston 110kV switchyard. Megavar have undertaken a number of projects within this field and are very pleased to be adding another to their portfolio.
2011
Transfield have appointed Megavar to perform testing and commissioning of Powerlinks Kumbarilla Park 275/132kV Transmission Substation. We are currently undertaking this project and the work being performed is going well along with meeting our client's timeframes.
2011
Commissioning of Acciona's new Gunning Wind farm collector substation was completed successfully by our technical team. The wind farm has 31 Wind Turbine Generators and provides approx. 30,000 households with energy they need per year. Construction for the wind farm required it to have an electrical substation, access tracks, an operation and maintenance facility building and approximately 11km of underground cabling. We thank Powercor for awarding us the opportunity to be a part of this project and are pleased to have won the commissioning over our local and mainland competitors.
