Energy

Fault & Load Management

Our industry-leading solutions and services give our clients the power to accelerate network performance for a sustainable future.

Driving networks forward

Today’s energy networks are becoming more complex and difficult to manage. Network Operators are facing increased challenges to meet governments’ sustainability targets as the shift to renewable power sources is mirrored by growing consumer adoption of low carbon technologies.

At Camlin Energy, we’re focused on helping our clients maximize returns from their current investments while creating new solutions to solve future challenges.

Our intelligent solutions for fault management, cable health and load management enable Network Operators to optimize the performance, reliability and sustainability of their infrastructures.

Harnessing our cutting-edge capabilities in data analytics, AI and machine learning, we give our clients greater visibility and control over their networks.

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Our Solutions

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Fault Management

We’re leaders in fault location and management – helping to prevent and repair faults, keep customers on supply and maximize returns on network investments.

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Load Management

We help monitor and understand complex power flows through distribution networks, manage network performance and prepare for tomorrow’s challenges.

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Cable Health

Cable Health

Our intelligent monitoring capability optimizes cable asset replacement strategies, keeping customers on supply, reducing penalties and pre-empting costly problems.

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Advanced Analytics

Our advanced data and analytics capabilities put clients firmly in control of their networks and supports strategic decision-making, for today and tomorrow.

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Benefits for Network Operators

Increase customer satisfaction

Enhanced customer satisfaction

Our devices provide an early indication of load issues and pre-fault behaviour, allowing Operators to minimize unscheduled interruptions.

Maximised returns

Maximized returns

We help reduce operational costs for Operators with faster fault-finding, repairs and more efficient deployment of equipment and resources.

Net zero

Ready for Net Zero

We help Operators ensure their networks have the resilience to meet tomorrow’s challenges as customers switch to Low Carbon Technologies.

Safety

Greater employee safely

Our intelligent solutions enable staff to work more efficiently, make fewer site visits and effect repairs more safely.

Your trusted partner

We’ve been working in collaboration with Network Operators across the UK & Ireland for over two decades to support their strategic goals and help them pivot successfully to a low carbon future.

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10,000,000+ instances of fault activity captured on LV networks

20,000,000+ hours of LV circuit load profile data captured and analysed

2,000+ permanent faults prevented on UK & Irish networks annually

Optimize network performance with Sapient

Sapient is Camlin Energy's comprehensive suite of services which provides Network Operators with round-the-clock visibility and control of their LV networks.

Combining advanced analytics with the vast experience of our technical support team, Sapient transforms fault, load and other real-time data collected from devices on the network into actionable insights.

Supporting pre-fault diagnostics, fault location and asset health monitoring, this information helps Operators optimize performance, manage customer demand, support proactive network planning and drive significant business value.

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Engineering better futures

Being a trusted partner within the energy industry means taking responsibility for the many challenges that lie ahead in the road to net zero. That is why we have developed policies that reinforce a commitment to sustainability, both internally and in helping drive forward our customers net-zero plans.

We are committed to net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner and are currently engaged in a Climate Action initiative with UK based sustainability consultancy 3keel.

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Our commitment to research, quality and security

World-class research facilities

Research is central to our success at Camlin Energy. We have invested and developed world-class facilities across our different sites globally.

  • LV test distribution network – 11Kv connected >1 km LV cable
  • Physics and chemistry laboratory - FEA analysis, gas chromatography and mass spectrometer
  • Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning research centre
  • Computer Numerical Control machining prototyping shop
  • Applied engineering environmental testing and certification laboratory

Unrivalled LV test facilities

Our unique test LV facilities comprise of dedicated cable health labs and a live electricity network. These facilities enable us to monitor faults from their infancy, right through to a permanent fault condition.

The network is constructed of multiple cable types that can be arranged in a wide variety of configurations. Faults can be added to the network in a specially constructed fault trough which allows us to investigate faults mid-cable, at joints and at cable ends. This also allows us to evaluate the behaviours of faults in different ground conditions.

To date, this has allowed us to capture more than 20 million burst of fault activity and countless hours of early life fault development data.

Driven by quality

We also manufacture our products in-house at our own dedicated 60,000 sq. ft. factory, based in Northern Ireland.

Seamless integration of all phases of research & development, engineering, manufacture, assembly, calibration and delivery ensures full control over product quality and customer service.

Security focused

Cybersecurity is a vital aspect of today’s connected world.

Camlin Energy's Sapient service is Cyber Essentials certified and our information security management system is built on best practices of ISO27001. Our customers can be sure that their data is in safe hands.

Experience in action

Guiding best practice

Our in-depth analysis of fault data captured on a UK DNO’s LV network triggered a change in the customer’s operational practices, generating savings of more than £1m per annum from their current fleet.

Analysis of fuse rupture patterns and intervals revealed that subsequent fuse ruptures were most likely to happen in the few days following the initial rupture. This indicated that the greatest value from Bidoyng reclosing devices would be obtained by fitting equipment within the first few days of the initial activity, and that successful execution of fault location was key to unlocking benefits around unplanned LV outages.

These findings have led to the customer modifying its previous equipment policy of installing an Bidoyng after two ruptures within 30 days. Adoption of a proactive ‘first fuse’ policy has avoided an estimated 42% of repeat supply interruptions, contributing directly to significant operational savings and reduced disruption to customers.

Smart Street IRM: Optimisation of voltage levels through controllable switching devices

Camlin Energy acted as the key partner on the LCNI Tier 2 project Smart Street. This project proved that controllable switching devices, when integrated into the Network Management System (NMS), will allow the optimisation of voltage levels so that both customers’ appliances and the Electricity North West network run as efficiently as possible.

Following the successful innovation project, Electricity North West was awarded Innovation Roll-out Mechanism (IRM) funding for the targeted deployment of the Smart Street system to 180 distribution substations and the associated LV networks.

Optimisation software, part of the NMS, will use real time measurement and configuration data to manage the voltage and power flows on the Low Voltage (LV) network. Camlin Energy Weezap and Relink technology will be installed as part of the IRM to enable the optimisation software to autonomously manage the network.

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Driving actionable information from power flows and faults in LV cables

Over the last 20 years Camlin Energy's expert team of engineers, data scientists and PHD specialists have been developing innovative methods of analysing the very complex power flows that happen in the instants surrounding a fault.

We have accumulated over 50 working years of dedicated research in developing and training algorithms that can reliably and consistently analyse, classify, and translate high-volume, deeply complex data into actionable information for clients.

We sort through terabytes of waveform data captured via our proprietary triggering algorithms, aligned with phases and locations to produce a distance to fault, often before the first fuse operation.

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