Electrical Testing Checklist for Clean Energy Sites
Guidance for personnel who conduct Electrical Testing during project construction, commissioning, and operations.
This checklist outlines recommended steps, training and qualifications, equipment, and documentation practices for conducting electrical testing at clean energy sites. It is intended for use by individuals who perform this testing, including construction project, commissioning, and operation managers.
This checklist is a guide for reference and is not a procedure. Each site has different equipment, ratings, and configurations that would require the use of a site-specific procedure. Solid dielectric, plastic, and rubber-based materials under voltage stress in access of 3kV/mm (volts per thickness) fail due to an erosion process associated with a capacitive discharge phenomena known as partial discharge (PD).
For further information on testing, refer to ACP’s Wind and Solar Underground AC Collection System Cable Testing resource.
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