Scripting and Tool Automation

At Grounded Energy, we believe the best tools are built and tailored by the those who use them. We understand that off-the-shelf software often falls short of specific requirements, leading to repetitive manual tasks. We bridge the gap, building bespoke tools that automate workflows, reduce human error, and unlock new analytical capabilities for your teams.

  • We write scripts and build robust, user-friendly engineering tools tailored to your specific technical needs.

    • Custom Calculation Engines: Development of standalone tools (Python, DPL, VBA)

    • API Integration: Leveraging the Python APIs of industry-standard software (DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E, PSCAD, ETAP) to create custom input forms and result dashboards.

    • Legacy Code Migration: Updating and refactoring older, unstable "spaghetti code" macros into clean, documented, and version-controlled software assets.

  • Lets be honest, manual data entry is not fun. We automate the "skivvy tasks" so engineers can focus on high-value analysis.

    • Automated processes: Scripts to provide analysis in an easy to review format, whatever your preference.

    • Data Handling: Automating the transfer of large datasets between Excel and your engineering models, eliminating copy-paste errors.

    • Report Generation: Auto-populating Word or PDF reports with plots, tables, and results directly from the simulation engine

  • Our goal is not to make you dependent on us. We empower your internal teams to own and maintain their tools.

    • Workshops: Tailored training sessions teaching your engineers how use scripts , focusing on practical, day-to-day use cases.

    • Code Review & Mentoring: Ongoing support where we review your team's code, creating a "safe sandbox" for them to learn best practices in version control (Git) and modular programming.

    • Documentation & Handover: Every tool we build comes with comprehensive engineering documentation, ensuring it doesn't become "black box" technology that no one knows how it works or its use cases/bounds.

Why Grounded Energy?

We speak both languages: Electrical Engineering and Software Development.

  • Expertise: We have reviewed countless power system reports, we know what a dubious results looks like.

    We catch engineering errors that pure software developers may miss.

  • Vendor Agnostic: We work with industry standard software packages, applying them dependant on the need.

    We build aligned tools that allow for assessments across your software packages.

  • Long-Term Value: We focus on transferability.

    We build easily accessable tools and keep coding jargon to a minimum.

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