PowerCore Capabilities Overview
PowerCore is a focused, PEO accredited, engineering firm that provides engineering services and solutions for design-built and management of industrial / commercial facilities’ energy needs through a comprehensive approach of power quality evaluation, load flow simulation and interval data analysis. With over 20yrs of history, the company’s roots from Westinghouse services, and the Schneider Electric leading partner for power monitoring and energy management, PowerCore offers a unique value to all encompassing on-site energy project needs, from maximizing energy demand benefit to optimizing interconnection approach for fast local utility acceptance and low cost implementation.
Our expertise is in technology solutions and electrical engineering services that enable clients to optimize their power distribution assets, solve complex power quality issues, gain transparency of their facility’s utilities through power monitoring, and generate sustainable results in energy demand reduction. We provide independent engineering assessment of our customers needs for optimum decision making before projects launch.
PowerCore works with battery energy storage and power generation equipment leading manufacturers, with a proven technology and installed base. We provide EPC services for site construction, equipment installation, local Utility and Hydro One approvals, Authority having jurisdiction approvals, complete project electrical & civil drawings, testing-commissioning-final energization, project management and lifecycle service support. Some of the key related services include:
High, Med. and Low Voltage System Design and Studies:
- New systems and/or expansion of industrial and commercial facilities
- Emergency backup systems: generators, automatic transfer switches
- Protective device coordination studies, short circuit capacity evaluation, motor starting and load evaluations
- Ground grid design and simulations
- Arc Flash CSA462 (NFPA70E), IEEE 1584
- Switchgear on-site modifications and repairs, OEM & 3rd party replacement components
- Breaker retrofits: protective trip unit upgrade/replacement, charging/closing/tripping mechanism modifications
- HV & MV relays replacement: analog relay replacement with digital protection, protective coordination scheme upgrade
- Battery Energy Storage System and Generator interconnection design
- Reversed power protection and protective relaying design
- Customer and Revenue Metering
- Protection tie-in and Transfer Trip tie-in design
Power Quality / Load Flow / Energy Management:
- Real time & Demand data, Harmonic distortion analysis, PF correction, Historical trending
- Voltage stability studies
- Forensic data examination: power disturbance cause & effect analysis
- Load flow studies
- Interval data analysis
- Cost allocation & department billing
- Centralized energy management: web interface, sql based reports, specific target reports
Power and Energy Systems Maintenance Contract Management:
- Devise / Modify periodic testing program to optimize effectiveness
- Prepare testing specifications and schedules, assist in selecting testing agency or contractor
- Eliminate unnecessary testing, both frequency and scope
- Review the results of the tests and recommend actions ONLY if necessary.