Mostafa Nazih

Senior Power Systems Engineer

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Power & Machines), Ain Shams
University, Cairo, Egypt, 2004
5th Settlement – New Cairo – Egypt.
Email: heavystriker@hotmail.com, M: +201156453640

Mostafa has been involved for the last ten years in infrastructure electrical power system
engineering, substation and power plant construction up to 400 kV including power
system studies.

His experience includes conceptual and detailed design for AIS & GIS substations
arrangement, earthing design, equipment sizing, shielding, protection & control, insulation
coordination, material evaluation, safety assessment and procurement assistance. Power
Plant electrical design involvement includes system studies, equipment sizing and relay
coordination.

He is also responsible for job management, work planning, graduates assessment and
supervising, interdisciplinary coordination and budget control.

Membership „ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Graduate Student

Member.
„ Engineers Australia positive assessment (ANZSCO 233311).
„ NZQA level-7 positive assessment.

Special competence „ Substation Design

„ Electrical BOP
„ Underground Transmission
„ Power System Studies
„ Engineering Management

Background 2014-2015: Electrical Design Section Head, Power System Projects (PSP),
Cairo, Egypt
2011-2014: Senior Power Systems Engineer, Beca Ltd, Wellington, New
Zealand
2006-2011: Electrical Design Engineer, DAR Engineering, Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia
2005-2006: Electrical Design Engineer, Electro-Technique Group, Cairo,
Egypt

Relevant experience
Power Transmission & Distribution
Manshiat Nasser 220/66/11 kV Substation – EETC, 2014
Lead Electrical Engineer responsible for primary and secondary design. The proposed substation
area is an unsymmetrical polygon where building and equipment need careful arrangement to
ensure best area utilization, equipment accessibility, extendibility and maintainability. 220 kV &
66 kV switchgears are GIS type housed in separate buildings with underground incoming and
outgoing cables and SF6/Air bushings for power transformer connections. 11kV Switchgear is of
metal clad type housed within control building. The station earthing system required careful
consideration with abnormally low electric soil resistivity measurements.

Timaru 110/11 kV Supply Transformers Upgrade - Transpower NZ Ltd., 2012 – 2014

Lead primary designer providing support for two transformer replacements, one new transformer
and the decommissioning of one existing transformer, as part of improving supply security to the
Alpine energy network in Timaru area. The project involved coordination with other structural and
civil disciplines, production of SLD, phase diagram, 11 kV cable sizing calculations, detailed design
plan and elevation drawings and system project overview (listing the required sequencing of new
installations, outages and safety precautions).

Huirangi Additional 33 kV Circuits - Transpower NZ Ltd., 2012 – 2014

Primary design reviewer investigating various possibilities for the placement of two new 60 MVA
transformers. The investigation included the constructional, operational, economical and future
extendibility aspects. The work involved the addition of two 33 kV cable feeders to the Powerco
network at Bell Block and Waitara East zone Substations. Mostafa has been providing technical
assistance to the primary designer to carry out the required conceptual design investigation
preparation of cost estimate, material list and SSR.

Kawerau 220/110/11 kV SS T12 Transformer Replacement – Transpower NZ Ltd., 2012 – 2013

Primary design reviewer investigating various possibilities for addition of new 250 MVA Transformer
placement against constructional, operational, economical and future extendibility aspects. The
placement aimed of improving the power generation share between existing transformers, by
mitigating the impedance mismatch.

Sale Zone Substation Transformer Replacement – SPA AusNet – Australia, 2011 – 2012
Secondary designer assisting with the new 22 kV indoor switchgear. The work involved interfacing
the new indoor 22 kV switchgear with the existing substation protection and control schemes.

Islington Additional Bus Coupler - Transpower NZ Ltd., 2011

Lead primary designer responsible for equipment layout design. The work involved investigating
various possibilities of equipment placement, against the safety zone aspects in order to achieve
minimum outages and enhance the supply continuity. Also, the investigation of existing 66 kV
cables crossing under the proposed additional coupler foundations.

Masterton 110/11 kV Substation Upgrade - Transpower NZ Ltd. 2011 – 2012

Lead primary designer responsible for 2 x three single phase transformers replacement including A
33 kV switchgear outdoor to indoor conversion, with additional feeders to the Powerco network. The
project involved coordination with other structural and civil disciplines, production of SLD, phase
diagram, 11 kV cable sizing calculations, detailed design plan and elevation drawings and system
project overview (listing the required sequencing of new installations, outages and safety
precautions).

380 kV Rabigh-2 PP Related Switching Station, Saudi Arabia, 2009 – 2010

Primary designer assisting with the 380 kV GIS building in addition to MV Cable sizing, this included
380 kV GIL interface, Auxiliary system design (LV AC) DC System design (Station battery sizing,
chargers and DC distribution), Lighting design using Dialux (lighting design software), wiring and
panel schedules.

Makkah West 380/110/13.8 kV BSP, Saudi Arabia, 2010 – 2011

Primary designer assisting with the 380/110 kV GIS buildings in addition to MV/HV Cable sizing,
this included Power Transformer interface, OHTL Interface, Auxiliary system design (LV AC) DC
System design (Station battery sizing, chargers and DC distribution), Lighting design using Dialux
(lighting design program), wiring and panel schedules.

380/110/13.8 kV Wadi Jaleel S/S Extension, Saudi Arabia, 2006 – 2008

Electrical designer assisting with outdoor switchyard design, material lists, cable trench design for
the additional 8 O/G 110 kV Bays + 380 kV B/S.

Power System Studies

Larona and Balambano 150 kV Transmission Line EPR/LFI Investigation on pipeline – PT Vale,
Indonesia, 2012
Investigating the safety hazards to public associated with re-routing of 150 kV line on existing
nearby underground oil pipeline. The study carried out using CDEGS (earthing design program) and
ARGON (risk assessment program). Hazards identified and proposed mitigations were discussed in
the report.

Jazan Economic City 380/132 kV BSP, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Insulation coordination studies (TOV, ST, FT, and VFT) in addition to ferro-resonance mitigation
recommendation / operating scheme modification for 380 kV & 132 kV systems. PSCAD
(electromagnetic transients modelling program) was used in this study.

Underground Cabling

Jeddah 110 kV Underground Cables Interconnection - Saudi Arabia, 2009 – 2010

Electrical designer for 8 route plans, cross-bonding schematics, GIS interface in 4 Remote Ends in
addition to source substation (Kandarah 380/110/13.8 kV BSP).

Power Generation

Attaqa 4 x 165 MW Gas Fired (Simple Cycle) PP (Fast Track)- Egypt, 2014-2015

Design reviewer for electrical BOP including GSU sizing, GCB selection, UAT sizing, cabling and
routing, specification preparation and system short circuit & load flow study.

Al-Zayt Wind Farm 100 x 2.5 MW ( 76 x 3.3 MW) (BOO)- Egypt, 2015 -2016

Cable reticulation study/optimization based on two alternative designs, one with 100 x 2.5 MW
WTGs and the other with 76 x 3.3 MW WTGs.

Diwaniah (Simple Cycle) PP - Iraq, 2014

Design reviewer for BOP relay coordination study including cranking motor protection, bus transfer
scheme and cable protection.

Samawa CC PP - Iraq, 2014

Tender design preparation including SLD, Electrical Equipment Layouts, BOQs and equipment
offers evaluation for combined cycle power plant composed of 4 GE GTGs, 2 HRSGs and 2 STGs
evacuating generated power to 400 kV 1 ½ GIS.

Sharorah 3 x 17 MW Gas Fired (Simple Cycle) PP - Saudi Arabia, 2010 – 2011

Electrical designer for GTG auxiliary and backup systems. The project aimed to install three gas
fired turbine generators (17 MW each) with IPBDs and auxiliary transformers supplying station MV
bus rated at 4.16 kV. The GSU had been used to evacuate power to 132 kV network.
Professional Development
“The Simulation and Analysis of Power System Transients using EMTP-RV”, CEATI, 2008

Power system transients analysis and simulation using ETMP-RV software, the course included
theoretical and practical parts.

"Introduction to PSCAD and Applications”, Manitoba HVDC, 2009

Power system operation / transients analysis and simulation using PSCAD software, the course
focused on the creating simulation models and practical site measurements comparisons.

"Effect of using Active Voltage Controllers on Modernized Grids"”, Master of Engineering (by research
thesis), Victoria University of Wellington, NZ, 2013-2015”expected”.

The research aims to investigate the impact of using Active Voltage Conditioners (AVC) on smart
grids with high renewable energy penetration.