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Power System
Independent Consultant & Trainer

P.
Nanda
Kumar

Electrical Power System Consultant specializing in system analysis, transient studies, green energy integration, and hands-on training for engineering firms worldwide.

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SME Electrical Consulting
About Profile SME Electrical Consulting

Individual Independent Consultant presently associated with L&T Chennai, JEF Techno Bengaluru, and ETAP India. Additionally continuing as specialist freelance independent electrical power system consulting engineer with various Indian and international engineering and EPC firms.

Serving as Design & Simulation tech support Team Developer, Mentor Consultant & Trainer, conducting regular Power System Analysis Workshop Trainings for major engineering firms and companies across India and internationally.

As Faculty/Trainer for ETAP, conducting yearly ETAP Power System Analysis Training Workshops registered and advanced conventional generation and renewable generation transients training in India, Middle East, For East and europe.

45+
Years Experience
30+
Global Firms
400kV
Max Voltage Level
15+
Countries Trained
Career Journey

Companies Worked With

2025 — Present

Independent Consultant

Training & consultancy to Indian and global firms in Qatar, UAE & EPC contractors. Renewable power, FACTS devices, H₂ electrolyzer plants, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Cement, Data Centers.

2013 — 2025

ETAP India Mumbai / Petrofac Abu Dhabi

Developing global electrical consulting group for ETAP USA. Supporting Petrofac Abu Dhabi for major oil & gas projects.

2005 — 2013

Fichtner Consulting / Technip / Petrofac

Consultancy supporting Technip and Petrofac Abu Dhabi for major oil & gas electrical projects in UAE and Technip Thailand.

2002 — 2005

Technip — India, Abu Dhabi, KL & Jakarta

Lead Senior Engineer on studies and engineering across multiple Technip offices.

2001 — 2002

W.S. Atkins / Toyo / TEBODIN / Technip Paris

Projects across Sharjah, Mumbai, Muscat, Paris & Chennai. ETAP Agent Mumbai. Merz McLellan for DFID & World Bank T&D Planning.

1990 — 2000

Ewbank Preece / Fichtner / Technip

Lead Senior Engineer at Muscat Oman. Also with Fichtner and Technip KL & Jakarta.

1982 — 1990

UHDE India / Ewbank Preece / ADCO UAE

Alkali plant design at UHDE Mumbai. Senior Engineer at Ewbank Preece Muscat. ADCO UAE (Oil & Gas owner).

1979 — 1982

Tata Consulting Engineers

Joined as Trainee Engineer, promoted to Assistant Engineer.

Technical Skills

Power System Studies

ETAP
Steady State & Transients
PSCAD
EMTP Fast Transients
CDEGS
EMI Assessment
PSSE
Transmission Planning
PVsyst
Solar PV Sizing
DIgSILENT
RMS Domain Studies

ETAP Steady State

  • Load Flow (50/60 Hz)
  • Short Circuit Studies
  • Motor Starting Studies
  • Harmonics Analysis
  • Reliability Assessment
  • Grid Code Compliance

ETAP Transients

  • Electro-mechanical transients
  • Small signal stability
  • UDM Turbine-Governor control
  • Exciter-AVR & PSS
  • PV/WTG/BESS inverters
  • ETAP-ETRAX Traction

PSCAD (EMTP)

  • HV switching (up to 400kV)
  • Lightning & switching OV
  • Surge arrester selection
  • CB TRV & RRRV (IEC)
  • Transformer inrush & resonance
  • VCB chopping & restrikes

Integrated Studies

  • CDEGS EMI (pipelines & telecom)
  • ETAP & PSCAD COSIM REG
  • PVsyst Solar PV sizing
  • MS Excel calculation tools
  • Protective device coordination
  • Fast Bus Transfer Simulation
Industries Served

Sectors Worked

Oil & Gas
Onshore & Offshore
Power Plants
Conventional & Renewable
Transmission & Distribution
LV to 400kV
Substations
Design & Studies
FPSO
Floating Production
Petrochemical
Process Engineering
Industrial / Cement
Arc Furnace Studies
Transportation
Traction Simulation
Renewables
Solar PV & Wind
Data Centers
Reliability Assessment
Hydrogen
Electrolyzer Plants
Metallurgical
Refineries
Key Deliverables

Featured Projects

Offshore
FEED132 kV SubseaADNOC

Offshore Subsea Cable Ring Grid — ADNOC UAE

FEED for 132 kV subsea 100+ km cable ring grid with Fluor USA and Worli Abu Dhabi. Detailed sizing with EPC HHI Korea for ADNOC and QatarEnergy.

Saudi Aramco
230 kV SubseaSaudi Aramco

230 kV Subsea Cable Grid — Saudi Aramco KSA

Detailed sizing studies for 230 kV subsea long length cable ring grid with EPC McDermott Dubai.

Microgrid
Microgrid248 MWpBESS

Large Off-Grid Renewable Microgrid — Middle East

Review of 3rd party DIgSILENT & PSCAD studies: 248 MWp PV, 91.1 MVA / 388 MWh BESS, 54 MW biogas generators, STATCOMs.

Hydrogen
GW ScaleHydrogen

GW Scale Renewable to H₂ Electrolyzer Plants

GW scale renewable power transmission to hydrogen electrolyzer plants. Grid-forming BESS with synthetic inertia and Pf & Qv droop.

Power & T&D Planning

Al Ain 10-year master plan (ADWEA). Orissa EHV T&D planning (DFID & World Bank).

Refinery & Petrochemical

BPCL, KRL & Dangote studies. Fast Bus Transfer. Protective device coordination.

Industrial & Special

Shree Cement, Arc Furnace (Adani/Thyssenkrupp), Data center reliability (Jacobs).

PSCAD Model Development

H₂ electrolyzer, STATCOM, BESS, arc furnace, turbine multi-mass SSR, PSS tuning.

Course Catalogue

Training Courses

Comprehensive training programs covering fundamentals to advanced transient simulations.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Advisory

AI Technology

Domain Expertise for AI Development

Providing advisory consulting services as domain expertise in electrical power systems to support AI company in developing AI Electrical Power System Model with parallel workflow-based simulation studies, approaches, formulations, and outputs across areas including planning, operations, DER integration, protection, and grid studies.

Planning & Operations
Workflow-based simulation
DER Integration
Distributed energy resources
Protection Systems
AI model formulations
Grid Studies
Approaches & outputs
Featured Video

Podcast

Insights and discussions on electrical power system engineering, consulting, and industry trends.

Specialization

Green Energy
Renewable

Renewable Energy

Renewable Inverter-Based Generation Studies

AC & DC load flow, short circuit, relay coordination, reliability. Reactive power compensation & contingency. Solar PV grid penetration. Integrated BESS.

Grid Code Compliance & Dynamic Studies

Transient stability, critical fault clearance, LVRT, OVRT, FIDVR. Grid support for reactive power.

GW Scale Transmission

Steady state, RMS and instantaneous switching transient studies for GW scale renewable power.

Grid-Forming & Synthetic Inertia

Grid-following PV with synchronous condensers or grid-forming BESS with synthetic inertia, Pf & Qv droop.

Knowledge Transfer

Companies Trained

Delivered power system analysis training for leading firms worldwide

Reliance
ABB
Siemens
Schneider
Alstom
Petrofac
Thyssenkrupp
Technip
Black & Veatch
Wood Group
L&T
Toyo
FACT FEDO
Technimont ICB
Cornerstone
Dubai
ETAP OTI
USA
JEF Techno
Cyient AndeTap

Recent Training Programs

2025

ENPAR Interns — Christ College

Power system analysis, simulation & control using ETAP, PSSE, DIgSILENT & PSCAD.

2024

L&T Chennai — Batch Training

Power system analysis using ETAP, PSSE. On-the-job support on generation & transmission.

2023

L&T Chennai — Advanced

Power electronic simulation, switching & lightning OV studies using ETAP, PSSE, DIgSILENT & PSCAD.

International Training Locations

Singapore

Yearly ETAP workshop for ETAP OTI USA participants.

France

Advanced conventional & renewable transients for European companies.

India & UAE

Online & face-to-face trainings using ETAP & computational tools.

Get in Touch

Let's Connect

Available for power system consulting, specialized training programs, technical advisory, and 3rd party study reviews.

Based in India
P. NANDAKUMAR C-203, AKSHATA APARTMENTS, TILAK NAGAR BUILDING NO. 1, CHEMBUR WEST, P.O TILAK NAGAR, CHEMBUR, MUMBAI 400089 MAHARASTRA, INDIA
Consulting & Training
Freelance / Independent
45+ Years
Since 1979