Rochester Solar Technologies is Upstate New York’s premiere solar installation provider. We specialize in providing cost effective solutions from routine solar installations to complex and challenging electrical power systems. We have the equipment, technical resources and infrastructure in place to satisfy every objective of your solar project — from commercial to distributed generation utility-grade solar facilities. Our engineering staff, certified technicians, installation and test equipment, management expertise, and financial strength guarantee project success.

Services

Substations & Switchyards

Substation & Switchyards Overhead & Underground Collection Systems

Overhead Transmission Systems

DC Balance of Plant

Substations & Switchyards

  • Point Of Interconnect

Communications

  • Fiber Optics

Power Lines

  • Overhead & Underground
  • Collection & Transmission Systems

Grounding Systems

Solar Balance of Plant Wiring

  • DC String Wiring
  • Inverter & Combiner Box Installation
  • DAS Installation
  • AC Distribution from Inverters to Switchboards
  • Testing & Commissioning

DC Balance of Plant

  • Megger Testing of All Circuits, Continuity Testing
  • String VOC Testing
  • Visual & Mechanical Testing for Entire System
  • Inverter Commissioning
  • Communications/Fiber Commissioning
  • DAS Commissioning

Transformer Testing, Assembly & Commissioning

  • Doble Power Insulation Factor
  • Doble Sweep Frequency Response Analysis
  • Turns Radio Testing
  • Winding Resistance Testing
  • Dielectric Absorption & Polarization Index
  • Design Against Installation Review & Inspection
  • Oil Sampling & Lab Analysis

Overhead Distribution & Transmission

  • Circuit Phasing & Continuity Verification
  • AC or DC Over Potential Testing of Lines Up To 550kV
  • Surge Arrestor Inspection & Testing
  • Infrared Testing
  • Ultra Sonic & Partial Discharge Testing

Ground System Testing

  • Soil Resistivity Testing
  • Ground Rod Testing
  • Fall-of-Potential Testing
  • Ground Grid Inspection & Connectivity Testing

Medium Voltage Collection System

  • On Spool Cable Testing
  • DC Over Potential Dielectric Testing (Hipot)
  • Very Low Frequency Testing (VLF)
  • Shield Continuity Verification
  • Circuit Phasing Verification
  • Termination / Splice Inspection
  • Fault Locating Via Magnetic Impulse, Acoustical & Arc Reflection (Radar)
  • Infrared Testing
  • Ultra Sonic & Partial Discharge Testing

Substation Services

  • Doble Insulation Power Factor Testing Of All Equipment
  • SF6 Gas Filling & Testing
  • Circuit Breaker Timing and Travel Testing
  • Vacuum Interrupter Testing
  • Digital Low Resistance Ohmmeter Testing Up to 600amps
  • Current Transformer Testing Via Secondary or Primary Injection
  • Point to Point Control Wiring Verification Against Design Drawings
  • Potential Transformer & CCVT Testing
  • Current & Potential Circuit Verifications Via Secondary Injection
  • Functional Testing of Entire System
  • Fault Analysis & System Trouble Shooting
  • SCADA Input Verifications
  • DC Battery System Commissioning & Testing

Protective Relaying

  • Programming & Setup of Any Manufacture’s Protective Relay
  • Functional Testing via DOBLE 6150, 3 Phase Power Simulators
  • Logic Commissioning & Debugging
  • GPS End-To-End Testing Of Line Relaying

Technical Services: Preventative Electrical Maintenance

  • Infrared Scanning
  • Transformer Oil Analysis
  • Ultrasonic Scanning
  • Circuit Breaker Primary & Secondary Injection Testing
  • Megger Testing
  • Harmonic Analysis

24 / 7 / 365 – Emergency Response

  • Power Outages & Failures
  • Switchgear Replacement
  • Transformer Replacement
  • High-Low Voltage Cable Repair & Replacement
  • Call 800.343.2176