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Practical, standards-grounded explainers from CadMaven's senior engineering practice — on the studies, design, and compliance behind utility-scale energy infrastructure.

BESS9 min read

How to Size a Battery Energy Storage System

A practical method for power and energy sizing against use-case, duty cycle, and degradation over project life — so a BESS is bankable, not just buildable.

Senior BESS & Power Systems Engineer

Power System Studies8 min read

Arc Flash Study Requirements: What a Compliant Study Contains

Incident-energy calculation, PPE categorisation, and labelling to IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E — the components every defensible arc flash study must include.

Senior Power Systems Engineer

Substation10 min read

Pooling Substation Design Guide

Bus configuration, protection, and evacuation design for substations that aggregate renewable generation clusters and deliver power to the grid.

Senior Substation Design Engineer

Solar9 min read

Solar Plant Optimization: From Feasible to Bankable

Layout, string sizing, and yield trade-offs that move a utility-scale solar plant from technically feasible to financially bankable.

Senior Solar Design Engineer

Advisory8 min read

Grid Compliance for Renewable Plants

Connection studies and documentation to meet CEA and grid-code requirements — and clear utility review on first submission.

Senior Grid Integration Engineer

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