01Project overview & context
Overview
Project summary
SgurrEnergy is providing engineering and design review for Nextcom Engineering’s 30 MW integrated renewable energy project in Israel, combining ground-mounted solar PV, floating solar PV and battery energy storage. The assignment covers electrical systems, MV collection, power-conversion equipment, transformers, protection, earthing, grid integration and 22 kV evacuation. It also includes review of floating-solar interfaces, equipment integration and constructability. SgurrEnergy coordinates with the client, EPC contractors, OEMs and multidisciplinary teams to identify design gaps, resolve technical issues and manage the interfaces between land-based, water-based and storage assets.
Project context
The project combines three distinct renewable-energy technologies within one site: ground-mounted PV, floating solar PV and BESS. This configuration creates interdependencies across generation profiles, electrical collection, protection, control, equipment layout, waterbody interfaces and grid evacuation. SgurrEnergy’s role is to provide a unified engineering and review framework supporting reliable integration and project execution.
Client objectives
- Integrate ground-mounted PV, floating solar PV and BESS within one coordinated design.
- Review electrical architecture, equipment interfaces and constructability.
- Resolve design gaps across EPC, OEM and multidisciplinary workstreams.
- Confirm compliance with project requirements and applicable standards.
- Support reliable 22 kV evacuation and flexible operation.
Key challenges & considerations
Three-Technology Integration
Ground-mounted PV, floating PV and storage have distinct design and operating requirements but share electrical and grid interfaces.
Waterbody Interfaces
Floating-solar layouts require coordination of electrical interfaces, anchoring/mooring boundaries, access and equipment integration.
Multistakeholder Coordination
Client, EPC, OEM and discipline inputs must be reconciled through structured interface and comment management.
02Engineering scope & delivery
Role & engineering approach
Independent engineering role
SgurrEnergy’s role
SgurrEnergy acted as the Design Engineering and Design Review consultant for the 30 MW Ground-mounted PV, floating solar PV and BESS project in Israel. The team coordinated the relevant engineering disciplines, technical interfaces, studies, design documentation and stakeholder inputs across the assignment lifecycle. The role was structured to improve technical clarity, compliance, constructability and traceable closure of design matters.
Our engineering approach
SgurrEnergy applied a multidisciplinary, interface-led approach based on a common design basis, defined review gates and traceable technical closure. Engineering inputs were assessed not only within individual disciplines but also for their effects on adjacent systems, constructability, procurement and grid integration. Technical comments and risks were prioritised, assigned and closed through structured coordination with the client and relevant project stakeholders.
Scope of services & deliverables
Scope of services delivered
- Integrated electrical-system and MV-collection engineering.
- PCS, transformer, protection and earthing review.
- Floating-solar electrical-interface and equipment-integration review.
- BESS integration and interface coordination.
- Grid-integration and 22 kV evacuation engineering.
- Constructability review, vendor-document review and comment closure.
Principal deliverables
- Design-basis and single-line-diagram reviews.
- MV-system, BESS-integration and electrical-layout reviews.
- Engineering-calculation and grid-study reviews.
- Technical-specification and vendor-document reviews.
- Interface, constructability and engineering-comment registers.
- Project-risk and technical-closure records.
Project configuration
- 30 MW integrated renewable-energy project.
- Ground-mounted solar PV, floating solar PV and BESS.
- 22 kV evacuation voltage.
- Unified plant electrical and interface architecture.
03Value & outcome
Technology integration
Enabled coordinated integration of multiple renewable-energy technologies within one site.
Reduced interface risk
Reduced interface risk through unified multidisciplinary review.
Execution efficiency
Improved project-execution efficiency through structured coordination and closure.
Robust, flexible facility
Supported a technically robust and flexible generation facility.
Project outcome
The assignment provided Nextcom Engineering with coordinated engineering and technical-review outputs for the 30 MW project. SgurrEnergy’s work strengthened design clarity, interface management and implementation readiness while supporting informed decisions across the relevant project stages.
Why SgurrEnergy
- Independent engineering judgement, separate from EPC, OEM and equipment-supply interests.
- In-house multidisciplinary renewable-energy engineering capability.
- Structured technical governance, interface management and comment closure.
- Experience connecting design decisions with constructability, grid compliance and lifecycle performance.