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TNEI is looking to offer a summer placement opportunity to a bright and driven under-graduate with their Power Systems and Technology Group (PST) in Manchester, giving the candidate the opportunity to gain exposure to a diverse range of strategic, regulatory and technical consultancy projects focussing on the energy industry. TNEI has a very strong and busy PST team which delivers power systems consulting to solve issues such as integration of offshore and onshore wind and other generation into the electricity networks and the facilitation of smart grids. We regularly work with electricity network operators to support on technical issues and assist in optimising plans. Changes in the electricity generation mix, such as the increase in renewable generation, coupled with aging electricity network infrastructure is presenting exciting challenges and opportunities for the electricity industry. This is driving development in regulation such as Electricity Market Reform (EMR), increasing transmission reinforcement including strong

The second edition of TNEI’s grid newsletter is now available and includes details our involvement in grid work, industry announcements and grid-related news. To view the full newsletter, please see here: http://eepurl.com/Ne18r If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please register at the following link: http://tnei.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=a33ef95302beac0fa1fe5e111&id=a1c670137a

TNEI’s PST Group has a strong existing workload and an excellent client base and has growth plans for our existing offices in Manchester and Glasgow. As such, we are looking to recruit a high calibre graduate to grow our team.For further details about the role and how to apply please see the following link…

Two members of TNEI’s Ecology and Ornithology team have successfully completed their Tree Climbing and Aerial Rescue qualification (0020-13), further extending the range of ecological services TNEI can offer. In particular, this adds another survey option to the range of bat tree risk assessments and survey methods which TNEI currently undertakes – a climb and inspect survey. TNEI’s ecologists regularly complete ground-based risk assessments in order to help determine the likelihood of bats roosting within a particular tree, prior to development or conservation operations which will require felling or pruning works to be undertaken. However, the team’s new qualifications will allow us to follow such surveys with close-quarters inspections of what appear (from the ground) to be potential roosting opportunities, in order to confirm whether or not such features are actually suitable for use by roosting bats. Ground-based risk assessments are often followed by a series of dusk and dawn

TNEI’s noise team can now provide expert consulting services for the measurement, analysis and reporting to characterise the noise emissions from wind turbines of various sizes. In March 2013, BS EN 61400-11:2013 was issued. It is the UK implementation of IEC 61400-11:2012 ed3.0 and superseded BS EN 61400-11:2003. This new version of the standard includes a number of changes and aims to provides more accuracy in collecting wind turbine source data; typically used for wind turbine predictions. Characterising the sound power level, the frequency spectrum and the tonal component of a wind turbine are the three main objectives of an IEC 61400-11 test. Other characteristics such as low frequency and directivity may be assessed too, however these are optional. The sound power level usually varies with wind speed and this information is used as input data to undertake predictions of wind turbine noise. Notably in this new version of the

image001.jpg The grid team at TNEI have recently launched their grid newsletter covering TNEI’s involvement in grid work, industry announcements and grid-related news. The team will be sending this out bi-monthly to grid connection clients and contacts. The first edition includes information on Ofgem’s changes to the Statement of Works process for large generators and UK Power Networks’ launch of their online distributed generation mapping tool, in addition to some information on the TNEI team. To view the full newsletter, please see http://eepurl.com/LYRUf