High-voltage substation integrating wind and solar generation

High-voltage power system specialists

Powering clarity.
Engineering certainty.

Professional consultancy for utility and industrial power systems—from grid integration and electromagnetic transients to commissioning at 765 kV.

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Renewable energy grid integration studies
Power quality studies & harmonic measurements
Static VAr Compensators (SVCs) & STATCOM
Shunt capacitors, HV & EHV filter design
Series capacitors & reactors
Insulation coordination studies
Renewable energy grid integration studies
Power quality studies & harmonic measurements

What we solve

Independent technical thinking, supported by decades of direct experience across transmission, distribution, reticulation and industrial networks.

Complex grids demand clear answers.

01

Planning, Operations & Technical

Master plans and rigorous network studies that balance demand, investment, quality of supply and technical performance.

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02

System Design & Engineering Support

Engineering design for HVDC, series capacitors, dynamic and static shunt compensation, lines and substations.

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03

Primary & Secondary Plant Commissioning

Commissioning expertise across high-voltage installations, network infrastructure and protection systems.

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04

Power Reticulation

Low-voltage supply systems for rural, residential, industrial, office and commercial developments of every scale.

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05

Project Management

Experienced technical project leadership grounded in recognised contracts, construction law and power-system delivery.

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06

Training

Practical training across Papillon's service areas, dynamic-device technologies and leading simulation platforms.

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Renewable power generation and transmission infrastructure
Operating range

6.6–765 kV

Built on evidence

From first model to final energisation.

Papillon works across the complete project lifecycle: techno-economic feasibility, conceptual and power-system studies, specifications, procurement support, design review, factory witnessing and site acceptance.

2001

Founded

20+

Countries

765 kV

Commissioning

40+

Years' board experience

The Papillon story

International track record

Engineering without borders.

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AfricaMiddle EastEuropeAustralasia

2019

Kenya

Design review, RTDS testing and commissioning for 3 × ±100 MVAr STATCOMs at Africa's largest wind farm.

2019

Sarawak, Malaysia

Tender, design and construction consultancy for two ±120 MVAr MMC technology STATCOMs.

2016

Zambia · Tanzania · Kenya

Technical feasibility studies for the EHV interconnection of the Southern and East African power pools.

Official South African representative

Model the impossible with PSCAD™.

Software, licensing and accredited five-day training for the world-renowned electromagnetic transient simulation environment.

  • Fast, accurate EMT simulation
  • Integrated schematic workflow
  • 37,000+ seats worldwide
  • Used in 85 countries
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EMT simulation
HVDC & FACTS
Grid integration
Power quality
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The next complex system

Let's make the power system make sense.

Bring us the model, the measurement, the failure or the ambition. We'll help you turn it into an engineering decision.

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