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Backup Power Systems
+Power continuity when the grid fails: diesel gensets up to 4,000 kW and gas gensets (methane, propane-butane), hybrid photovoltaic systems and UPS. It includes fuel storage and pumping under fire service and SENCAMER requirements, which is where most projects get stuck at inspection.
Diesel and gas gensets
Units up to 4,000 kW, single or in parallel, with synchronisation and load sharing. Gas engines (methane or propane-butane) where that fuel is easier to get than diesel.
ISO 8528 · NFPA 110
Fuel storage and pumping
Day and bulk tanks, transfer system, secondary containment and leak detection, to fire service and SENCAMER requirements.
NFPA 30
Automatic transfer switch (ATS)
Automatic transfer switchboards with switching times matched to how critical the load is, and interlocks that prevent accidental paralleling with the grid.
Hybrid photovoltaic systems and UPS
Generación solar combinada con banco de baterías y respaldo de planta, y UPS para la carga que no tolera ni un ciclo de interrupción.
IEC 62040
Monitoring with VenIoT®
Fuel level, running hours, start status and genset faults reported remotely. It prevents the classic case: the genset that will not start the day the power goes, because it had been without fuel for months.
Applicable regulations
- Fire service regulations — approval of the fuel storage system
- SENCAMER — certification of tanks and metering systems
- Decreto 1.257 — environmental assessment for fuel tanks
- COVENIN 200 (CEN) — emergency and standby systems (Art. 700 and 701)
- NFPA 110 — emergency and standby power systems
- NFPA 37 — installation of combustion engines and turbines
- NFPA 30 — storage of flammable and combustible liquids
- ISO 8528 — reciprocating internal combustion engine driven generating sets
- IEC 62040 — uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS)
- IEC 61215 / IEC 62109 — photovoltaic modules and inverters
- ISO 9001:2015 — load test protocol and commissioning certificate
Medium Voltage Electrical Deployment
+We build medium voltage lines and networks (13.8 kV and 34.5 kV), overhead and underground, from the CORPOELEC point of connection to the client's transformer bank. We deliver the whole job: feasibility, engineering, permits, procurement, construction, testing and handover.
Overhead line
Concrete or steel poles, crossarms, insulators and guys; bare ACSR/AAAC conductors or covered cable for urban and tree-lined areas. Switches, cut-outs, surge arresters and pole-mounted transformer banks.
ANSI C2 (NESC)
Underground network
Ducting in PVC DB-120 or HDPE conduit in a concrete duct bank, pull and splice manholes, 15 and 35 kV XLPE/EPR cables, premoulded terminations and pad-mounted transformers.
IEC 60502-2
Handling the CORPOELEC process
Service feasibility, project approval, inspection and handover. This is the procedure that delays a project most when the contractor does not know it; we handle it end to end.
Testing and commissioning
Soil resistivity and ground resistance, insulation testing, VLF on the medium voltage cables, thermography and an energization protocol.
IEEE 400.2 · IEEE 81
Trench shared with fiber optics
Where the project allows, the same trench carries both the power network and the fiber, respecting the clearances of the National Electrical Code. It saves civil works and time.
Applicable regulations
- Electrical System and Service Act — G.O. 39.573
- CORPOELEC — feasibility, project approval, inspection and handover
- CADAFE / Electricidad de Caracas standards — overhead and underground distribution networks
- Municipal ordinances — roadworks, pavement breaking and public space
- Decreto 1.257 — environmental assessment on routes that require it
- COVENIN 200 (CEN) — FONDONORMA 200:2009
- IEC 60502-2 — cables rated 6 to 30 kV
- ANSI C2 (NESC) — safety clearances and loading on overhead lines
- IEEE 80 / IEEE 81 — grounding of the installation
- IEEE 738 — thermal capacity of conductors
- IEEE 400.2 — VLF testing of medium voltage cables
- NEMA TC-6 & 8 / ASTM F2160 — PVC and HDPE ducts
- ISO 9001:2015 — quality dossier and as-built drawings
- LOPCYMAT / NT-01-2008 — switching operations and work near energized lines
Electrical Capacity Upgrades
+For when the installation has outgrown its service entrance: phase balancing, raceway upgrades, transformer capacity increases and feasibility studies, with the CORPOELEC permitting. Before proposing more capacity we measure the actual demand: often the problem is not a lack of power but an imbalance or a penalised power factor.
Measuring the real demand
Load curve logging over a representative period to establish peak demand, utilisation factor and phase imbalance, before deciding how much to upgrade.
IEEE 1159
Phase balancing
Redistributing single-phase loads across the three phases. In many installations this frees enough capacity without touching the transformer.
Transformer and raceway upgrades
Transformer replacement or addition, new feeders and switchboard upgrades, with an updated short-circuit study.
IEC 60076
Handling the new feasibility request
Load increase request to CORPOELEC, project approval and handover of the works.
Follow-up with VenIoT®
Once upgraded, continuous measurement shows whether the installed capacity is actually being used or whether the projected growth never arrived.
Applicable regulations
- CORPOELEC — load increase request and project approval
- Electrical System and Service Act — G.O. 39.573
- COVENIN 200 (CEN) — demand calculation and feeder sizing
- IEEE 141 (Red Book) — industrial electrical distribution
- IEEE 1159 — power quality monitoring for the baseline
- IEEE 519 — harmonic distortion limits
- IEC 60076 — power transformers
- ANSI/IEEE C57.91 — loading of oil-immersed transformers
- ISO 9001:2015 — measurement report and calculation notes
SIPAVVO — Protection against Voltage Variations
PRODUCTO PROPIO+A proprietary system that protects the critical load against overvoltage, harmonics and blackouts. It came out of a recurring problem in Venezuela: expensive equipment — chillers, lifts, air handling units, servers — damaged by the quality of the grid rather than by any fault of its own. SIPAVVO disconnects before the damage happens and reconnects when the grid returns to range.
Overvoltage and undervoltage
It disconnects the load when voltage leaves the set window (typically ±30% of nominal) and restores it with a delay that avoids repeated restart cycles.
Surge protection (SPD)
Surge arresters rated in kA for lightning and switching events, coordinated with the service entrance protection.
IEC 61643-11
Time-of-day control
It de-energises the load outside working hours. At Torre Nordic this extended the service life of chillers and lifts by more than 50%, on top of the energy saved.
Typical applications
Air handling units, chillers, lifts, pumps, data centres and any load whose replacement cost comfortably exceeds the cost of protecting it.
Monitoring with VenIoT®
A log of every disconnection event with its cause and duration. It gives you hard evidence to claim against the utility or to justify investing in backup.
Applicable regulations
- COVENIN 200 (CEN) — installation and coordination with existing protection
- IEEE 1159 — classification of power quality disturbances
- IEEE 519 — voltage and current harmonic distortion limits
- IEC 61000-4-30 — power quality measurement methods
- IEC 61643-11 — surge protective devices (SPD)
- IEC 60947-4-1 — contactors and motor starters
- IEC 60529 (IP) — ingress protection rating of the cabinet
- Developed in-house by Omsaica — designed, assembled and supported in Venezuela
- ISO 9001:2015 — manufactured under a certified management system
Advisory and Consulting
+Technical advisory to decide before investing: audits of existing installations, expert assessment after a failure, feasibility studies, technical specifications for tendering and supervision of works built by third parties. After more than three decades of building, we know where the problems usually are.
Electrical audit
Review of compliance with the National Electrical Code, switchboard thermography, condition of protection and grounding, with findings ranked by risk.
NFPA 70B · COVENIN 200
Expert assessment after a failure
Root cause determination after an event: fire, equipment damage or extended outage, with a report that can be used with the insurer.
Feasibility studies
Technical and financial assessment before committing the investment: how much capacity is needed, what the regulator requires and what it actually costs.
Technical specifications and construction supervision
Drafting tender documents and supervising third-party works, checking that what was built matches what was contracted.
Applicable regulations
- Electrical System and Service Act — compliance framework for electrical installations
- LOPCYMAT / NT-01-2008 — safety conditions in audited facilities
- Public Procurement Act — preparation of tender documents and technical specifications
- COVENIN 200 (CEN) — compliance reference for audits
- NFPA 70B — maintenance of electrical equipment
- NFPA 70E — electrical safety in the workplace
- ISO 55001 — asset management
- ISO 31000 — risk management applied to infrastructure
- ISO 9001:2015 — reports and expert opinions under a certified system
- 30+ years of experience — technical judgement backed by delivered projects
Proven experience
Data Center MTSO Los Ruices
Supply, lifting, installation and commissioning of diesel gensets with a 20,000-litre storage system.
Data Center La California Norte
Supply, installation and commissioning of diesel gensets with 10,000 litres of fuel storage.
SIPAVVO at Torre Express
SIPAVVO protection system for 19 air handling units, each independently protected against voltage variations.
SIPAVVO at Torre Nordic
SIPAVVO with time-of-day control for chillers and lifts. It extended equipment life by more than 50%.
Remote Metering at Los Roques
Electrical energy metering modules with remote telemetry: kWh, frequency, current and voltage.
Companies that trust us
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