smart grid

Making substations the cornerstone of your smart grid

Customers, Features, Power, Technology Operations /

Utilities today face increasing pressure to improve grid reliability and efficiency, while simultaneously enhancing security of supply. They must also support a higher ratio of distributed energy resources (DER) — such as renewable energy sources, distributed storage, and electric vehicle charging stations — connected to medium voltage (MV) or low voltage (LV) distribution systems.

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IEC 61850 and the revolution in substation communications

IEC 61850 and the revolution in substation communications

Power, Technology Operations /

The days of substations filled with copper cable are coming to an end. Smart grids need smart communications, and peer-to-peer communication within and between substations is set to quickly become business as usual for UK power networks. Facilitating this transition is IEC 61850, a standard launched in 2004 and updated in 2011, which provides a new approach to automation and communication in substations.

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Enabling the smart grid

Features, Gas, Power, Technology Operations /

Government demands for decarbonisation, a changing energy landscape of renewables, demand-side response, battery storage, the growth of electric vehicles and advances in digital technology require the use of innovative tools and techniques. These include: IoT, web-based customer self-service, blockchain, geospatial and even space-based technologies such as Earth Observation to enable the transition of distribution network operators (DNOs) to distribution system operators (DSOs) and the creation of the smart grid. 

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