CLRD

Commercial · above 50 kW to 1 MW

Commercial solar,
50 kW to 1 MW.

Above 50 kW, solar and battery goes to the DNO on the ENA Standard Application Form, a 54 page form that grows with every device model on the job. CLRD fills it from the job and the device data it holds, and files it in about ten minutes.

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10min

What CLRD does

A new job to an application with the DNO, in about ten minutes.

Enter the job as you would any other: the client, the site, the devices and the export. Above 50 kW, CLRD routes it to the Standard Application Form and builds the application from that one entry.

What the form needs beyond the job is asked in one section of the job page, with what CLRD already knows filled in. Check it, generate, and submit.

Device data

The device figures, for you.

The Standard Application Form wants a sheet of figures for every different inverter and battery on the job. That's the part that takes the hours by hand. CLRD fills it from the ENA register, the manufacturer's datasheet and the device's type test report.

  1. 01

    Pick the device from the ENA register

    Fully or partially type tested. Its register reference, Registered Capacity, phase and type test come with it.

  2. 02

    Its datasheet opens beside the questions

    CLRD holds the manufacturers' datasheets, so there's nothing to track down. Auto Extract reads the figures in, each marked for you to confirm.

  3. 03

    Partially type tested? The report comes too

    One click fetches the manufacturer's Compliance Verification Report from the ENA register, and it goes in the pack.

Filled in, and where from

The ENA register

  • Register reference
  • Registered Capacity
  • Phase
  • Fully or partially type tested

The manufacturer's datasheet

  • Output current
  • Apparent power
  • Reactive power, from the power factor range
  • Storage charge and discharge power

The G99 type test report

  • Fault level contribution, the short circuit current at 100 ms

By hand vs CLRD

54 pages by hand. About ten minutes in CLRD.

By hand

Work through a 54 page form, adding a set of pages for each device model.

In CLRD

The form is built from the job, device pages and all, with the reactive power worked out for you.

By hand

Work out what a Type A job has to send now and what can wait until before connection.

In CLRD

The questions follow the job: storage questions for a battery, solar ones for a solar inverter, and no dates on a Type A job.

By hand

Track down each device's datasheet and type test report, and copy the figures off them.

In CLRD

The datasheet opens beside the questions and the figures are read in for you to check.

By hand

Large inverters are usually only partially type tested, which means finding the manufacturer's test report on the ENA register and attaching it.

In CLRD

One click fetches the report from the register, and it goes in the pack.

By hand

Look up the connection point's OS grid reference.

In CLRD

The grid reference comes from the meter's position on the site map, against an address checked with Royal Mail.

By hand

Draw a single line diagram for a commercial supply, and a site plan.

In CLRD

A single line diagram in under a minute, with the main LV switchboard, a G99 interface protection relay where one is fitted, and CT metering where the supply has it. The boundary traced from the registered title where it's available, for a plot up to a hectare.

By hand

Fill the form in again, as installed, after commissioning, with the site tests for partially type tested kit.

In CLRD

The form goes in again as installed, behind the A3-1, from the same job, and the Form A2-4 site tests are walked through for you.

Questions

Commercial, straight answers.

Can the site include EV chargers or heat pumps?
No. The Standard Application Form job covers solar and battery only, so a site with an EV charger, V2G charger or heat pump, new or staying, isn't supported above 50 kW.
Will the DNO witness commissioning?
It depends on the operator and the size. SSEN attend the test. UK Power Networks are likely to witness above 100 kW, and will for partially type tested kit at any size. Electricity North West review the documents before you switch on. CLRD shows what your operator publishes on the job before you file.
Can CLRD file it for me?
Not yet. You file it yourself in CLRD, and we're on hand while you do.
What if the job changes size?
Whether a job files the Standard Application Form is fixed when you confirm it, so a change that takes it below 50 kW starts a new job, which CLRD copies for you with Duplicate Job.
What about 1 MW and over?
That's G99 Type B: the same form, but with much fuller data from the start and a compliance process that runs through to connection. CLRD doesn't cover it.
What does it cost?
Talk to us about pricing.

Ten minutes, not 54 pages.

Put your next commercial job in, and see the form filled from it.

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