Kenda provides metering panels for Stoke CHP plant
Southampton-based Kenda Electronic Systems has supplied two
single-bay metering cubicles to Hawker Siddeley Atkins for the
Stoke CHP plant operated at Michelin Tyre plc by Powergen.
The cubicles provide tariff metering for both Michelin and
the distribution network operator (DNO) for the Midlands region,
Aquila Networks, which was formerly known as GPU Power.
Winning the contract for the metering cubicles in the face
of rival bids from at least two multinational companies, Kenda
was chosen because it was able to meet all the technical requirements
at a competitive price.
One cubicle is located at the CHP plant and the other is at
a substation half a kilometre away. Kenda was able to utilise
an existing multicore pilot wire for data communication between
the two cubicles, thereby obviating the anticipated requirement
to install additional fibre-optic links.
Both cubicles include main and check Prometers, test terminal
blocks, fuses, MIIU interposing relays and associated terminals
for each of two feeder circuits. The CHP cubicle additionally
contains a Kenda Meteor 32-channel master data collector, which
is approved for use in both PRS and NETA applications.
Kenda has a long track record in the design and manufacture
of metering data collection equipment for the electricity supply
industry and offers particular expertise in CHP applications.
28th March 2003 Ref. KE180A
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