Independent engineering • IPP development • EPCMSouth Africa & Southern Africa

Utility-Scale Solar PV, BESS & Hybrid Projects

Engineering architectures that connect energy production, storage, grid interface, protection, controls and project economics.

Solar PV engineering

Plant architecture from modules to grid interface.

GMC develops preliminary and detailed engineering bases for utility-scale PV, including plant sizing, array architecture, inverter strategy, MV collection, transformers, plant controls and grid interface.

  • DC/AC sizing and plant optimisation
  • Single-axis tracker and fixed-tilt concepts
  • Inverter and MV collection architecture
  • SLDs, equipment schedules and BOQs
  • Protection, metering and control philosophies
  • Yield, losses and performance assumptions
Battery storage

BESS designed around the operating duty.

Battery storage is treated as an operating asset, not an add-on. Design begins with the intended duty: arbitrage, peak support, resilience, grid-forming operation, curtailment recovery or hybrid dispatch.

  • Power and energy sizing
  • PCS topology and grid-forming requirements
  • Charge/discharge strategy and efficiency
  • Battery degradation and augmentation assumptions
  • Protection, EMS and plant-controller integration
  • Fire, safety, access and operating considerations
Microgrids & resilience

Reliable systems for critical and islanded loads.

GMC integrates PV, BESS, standby generation, critical-load tiers, black start, demand management, monitoring and staged expansion.

Critical infrastructure

Resilience-led architectures for facilities where power quality and continuity are operational requirements.

Estate & campus microgrids

Independent or interconnected system options with clear asset boundaries, operating philosophy and phased growth.

Hybrid IPP plants

PV+BESS projects with operational logic aligned to tariff, grid and offtaker requirements.

Start with the right engineering basis

Have a project to develop, de-risk or take to market?

Bring GMC in early to align engineering, grid, commercial assumptions and delivery strategy.

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