Digital Substation is an engineering publication focused on IEC 61850 automation, protection systems, and digital grid intelligence.
South Africa's Eskom is building a self-healing grid through AI, FLISR, smart metering and microgrids — backed by a R321 billion five-year capex plan. Here's what is actually deployed, what is still being developed, and what the engineering numbers say.
A technical overview of how SCADA systems integrate with digital substations for real-time monitoring and control.
If you have ever opened an SCL file from another vendor and wondered whether it is actually correct — not just well-formed XML, but semantically valid against the IEC 61850 standard — you already understand the problem that OCL is trying to solve.
The Brainstorm block is a collection of industry experts’ opinions on actual problems. It allows specialists to look at different problems from different perspectives.
Last year Relyum launched a time-aware Redbox-DAN PCIe network interface RELY-SYNC-HSR/PRP-PCIe. Taking a brief look at the device.
IEC TC 57 released the CDV of the first amendment to IEC 61850-7-1 (“Communication networks and systems for power utility automation — Part 7-1: Basic communication structure — Principles and models”) — IEC 61850-7-1 Amendment 1 (57/2035/CDV). The CDV is now available for comments and voting.
The EN100 Ethernet communication module and SIPROTEC 5 relays are affected by security vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to conduct a Denial‑of‑Service attack over the network.
The Brainstorm block is a collection of industry experts’ opinions on actual problems. It allows specialists to look at different problems from different perspectives.
150+ IEC 61850 specialists and implementation leaders from around the globe convene in Berlin for a review of the most recent implementations.
120+ utility professionals come together in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 10 to 12 April 2018 to review successes and lessons learnt in the implementation of next generation digital substation technology.
The next session of IEC Technical Committee 57 Working Group 10 (IEC TC57 WG10) responsible for IEC 61850 development takes place in Russia in February.
The 4th annual IEC 61850 Europe conference took place in Amsterdam from the 26th to the 28th of October. We publish online the presentations made at the conference and the impression about the event of one of its participants.
The 4th Annual IEC 61850 Europe 2017 takes place 26-28 September 2017 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with 14+ end-user case-studies from Europe, USA, India & China.