Vector Limited is the electric power distribution company in the Auckland (New Zealand) area. The company publishes every year an Asset Management Plan (AMP) – informing the public and others what the company is planning to do with their assets. The current plan covers a ten year planning period from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2021.
One goal of the current AMP is to demonstrate innovation and efficiency improvements. What does this mean related to IEC 61850? A lot in the past and in the future:
- Vector’s substation automation system is based on resilient optical
Ethernet local area network running IEC 61850 compliant IEDs. - Vector’s current standard for internal and external communication systems is IEC 61850 standard. DNP3 is also used as an interim solution.
- At present over 50% of Vector’s primary substation are equipped with IEC 61850 compliant IEDs.
- Vector has been running an annual RTU replacement programme for a number of years, and is currently replacing approximately 10 RTUs per region per annum. To replace conventional RTUs, two approved solutions have been used, traditional RTUs with a migration path to IEC 61850, and fully compliant IEC 61850 solutions.
- …
Click HERE for the current plan (2011-2021) [PDF, 10 MB]
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment