Experience
Matthew Taylor B.Eng PhD C.Eng FIET (Managing Director) joined the Electrical Industry in the late 1990s where he worked at Cardiff University as a PhD research student, providing site investigations and earthing designs to the Distribution Network Owners (DNOs). After completing his PhD on soil resistivity measurement and analysis techniques in 2001, he began working as an Earthing Consultant for Strategy and Solutions. Moving to ERM in 2005, he worked his way up to Managing Director whilst developing his earthing experience and adding lightning protection capability before leaving to start MJT Earthing and Lightning Protection Consultants.
With over 25 years of experience in earthing design and testing, lightning protection risk assessment and design, Matthew is a recognised UK expert and has completed hundreds of technical reports including 11kV distribution to 400kV transmission substations, power stations (including nuclear), railway electrification, overhead lines, renewables, large industrial sites and pipeline interference studies
Matthew has contributed to several British and Industry technical standards (BS EN 50522, TS 41-24 Issue 2, ENA EREC G78 and EREC S41) and sits on the GEL/81 working group for BS EN 62305. A Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the IET, with a CDEGS level1 qualification, Matthew is passionate about providing quality advice and bringing on the next generation of earthing and lightning protection engineers; regularly providing training to industry on behalf of EA Technology.
Publications and Standards
Technical Papers and Conference Presentations
Distribution Substation HV-LV Earthing Interconnection, Should it be a Hot Topic?
Complex Earth Fault Current Distribution at co-located Interconnected Sites
Earthing Assessment Techniques to Reduce Mitigation Expenditure at HV Installations.
Technical Issues, Design Approach and Typical Solutions when co-locating Telecommunication Equipment on Electrical Power Installations or Towers.
Reduction of Ground-Return Fault Currents by Earth Wires on Overhead Distribution Circuits
Standards and Policy Documents
Reviewer and contributor to new technical standard ENA ER S41, ‘Guidance on Transferred Voltages from Earthing Systems.
Wrote the Earthing Strategy Policy for Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station.
Reviewer for EA TS 41-24 Issue 2, ‘Guidelines for the Design, Installation, Testing and Maintenance of Main Earthing Systems in Substations.
Member of GEL81 working group for the lightning standard BS EN 62305.
Wrote a section for the UK annex of BS EN 50522:2010, ‘Earthing of Power Installations Exceeding 1kV a.c.
Contributed research and text for ENA ER G78, ‘Recommendations for Low Voltage Supplies to Mobile Phone Base Stations with Antennae on High Voltage Structures.