Vikas Gupta

• Led the electrical design team, ensuring project engineering delivery and quality within the assigned timeframe.
• Feasibility study for the projects through a review of load flow, transmission line route survey, geotechnical investigation, flood risk analysis, and site visit.
• Prepared pre-bid stage engineering documents and tender specifications.
• Technical bid evaluation for the selection of the EPC contractor and various packages, such as power transformers, relay panels, switchgears, transmission lines, etc.
• Detailed design for the complete project. Which includes the preparation of complete documentation for the project, such as energy yield assessment on PVsyst, AC SLD, DC SLD, switchyard SLD, equipment sizing, short circuit and load flow calculation (through ETAP software), lightning calculation, grounding calculation (through CymGRD software), and equipment layouts—overall array layout, main control room layout, inverter station layout, transformer yard layouts, and substation layout, specifications, and data sheets.
• Design review of deliverables to check the conformity with the Tender Specification, standards, and industry practices.
• Engineering design coordination and follow-up with different stakeholders for the timely completion of the project.
• Support for procurement and site activity.
• Leading the electrical design standardization process.

Projects Undertaken.

• 150 MWp/100 MW project, Wardha, in Maharashtra: EPC: Jakson Green. Design Execution: August 2023 – Present.
• Hybrid RE project (8.8 MW solar, 21.1 MW wind, and 19.8 MWh BESS) at UTCL Sewagram: Work as self-EPC. Design Execution: April 2023 – Present
• 100.8 MWp/72 MW Project Shiva at Ottapidaram, Tamil Nadu; EPC: Essens Renewables for the PV plant, Everrenew for the substation, and transmission line.
• 72.5 MWp / 50 MW Project Lakshmi at Gursarai, Jhansi, EPC: Sterling Wilson. CoD: March 12, 2024.

Renewable Projects -

• Detail design engineering for the '540 MWp Kenhardt Solar Hybrid Project, South Africa,' having three sites named Kenhardt-1, Kenhardt-2, and Kenhardt-3. The project is one of the world's largest hybrid solar PV and battery storage facilities, having 3 x 50 MW AC capacity, a battery energy storage system (1,140 MWh), and 3 x 180 MWp DC capacity. [Clint - Scatec Solar]
• Managed detailed engineering design for 38 MW Kodeni Solar Project and 30 MW PASEL Solar Project in Burkina Faso. [Clint - Engie]
• Basic engineering design for the '2X25 MWp Solar PV Project at East and West Bali.' [Client - Medco Indonesia]
• Owner's engineering (OE) project, including the review of all the electrical design-related documents of the solar plant and its evacuation arrangement for the following projects.
• 100 MW Solar Project in Mongla, Bangladesh (Mar 22 - Present) by Doreen Power - The scope of work includes the preparation of a feasibility report, the preparation of technical specifications, and the bid evaluation review of documents.
• Electrical technical write-up for the Technical Due Diligence Reports for various projects.

Thermal Projects -

• [ Detail engineering design for the "Navoi-2 Thermal Power Station (1x450 MW) & Turakurgan Thermal Power Station (2x450 MW) combined cycle power project in Uzbekistan.]

[ Client: Calik Enerji, Turkey ].

Design Execution: Dec 2016 – Jan 2019.

About the Project: • 1-year deputation at the Turkey Calik Energy Office for engineering design coordination, support for procurement, and site activity. • Three-month deputation in Uzbekistan for engineering support for construction and commissioning activities at the site. • Complete control system design, which includes logic diagrams, control schematics of electrical equipment like HT/LT panels, transformers, protection panels, GCB, trip matrix, interlocking matrix for the plant and switchyard, and cable connection diagrams. Single line diagram, main control room layout, and transformer yard layout.

• Detail engineering design for the "2x660 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at Safi, Morocco.

[Client: Daewoo E&C, South Korea]

Design Execution: Jan 2014 – Dec 2016.

Complete control system design, which includes logic diagrams, control schematics of electrical equipment like HT/LT panels, transformers, protection panels, trip matrix, interlocking matrix for plant, and switchyard layout design for the main control building and transformer yard. • Vendor Packages – Generator Step-Up Transformer (GSUT), Unit Aux Transformer (UAT), Protection Panels, Generator, Bus Duct. Schematics review for the entire electrical and mechanical vendor package, including the cable connection diagram.

• Detailed engineering design for the retrofitting of existing 13.8 kV switchgear and associated auxiliary systems for 3 x 12.5 MVA, 13.8 kV generators.

[Client: Bandariyah International Company, Saudi Arabia] Design Execution: Dec 2012 – Jan 2014.

Worked as the electrical lead; responsibilities included the completion of electrical design.

• Detailed engineering for three projects having sites in Najran, Wadi, and Sharourah in Saudi Arabia has 2 Nos Standard Frame '7EA' GE makes Gas Turbines and Generators (GTGs) along with their associated equipment and auxiliaries.

[Client: Al Toukhi Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia] Design Execution: Mar 2011 – Dec 2012

Worked as the electrical lead; responsibilities included the completion of electrical design.

• Worked as an Electrical lead for detail engineering for the addition of new lines GP-2 and GP-4 in the existing plant for Legacy Foods Pvt. Ltd, Himachal Pradesh.
• Assisting in detailed engineering for various ongoing projects, like Project Destiny of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, Dow Chemical, and Pfizer Pharmaceutical.

• Company Overview: A 50:50 joint venture of NTPC and Alstom.
• Retrofit project in (4x110 MW) at Tanda Thermal Power Plant, NTPC, in the ESP and coal mill area. The electrical scope includes cabling work and the replacement of the transformer rectifier panel of the electrostatic precipitator.

• Low Tension Modernization Program of Low Voltage Distribution System (LTMP/LVDS).
• Uttar Pradesh Rural Electrification (UPRE)