Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Smart grid in Denmark 2.0: IEC 61850 and CIM are crucial

The following interesting report has been published recently:

Smart grid in Denmark 2.0
IMPLEMENTATION OF THREE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
FROM THE SMART GRID NETWORK

One of the key areas is related to information standards. The report summarizes on:

THE MOST IMPORTANT STANDARDS

Internationally, two standards for Smart Grids are singled out in particular, each including a number of part-standards and related standards. One is the IEC 61850 standard, which was originally developed for substations but which has today been developed to cover a wide range of other areas, e.g. DER units. The information model in IEC 61850 is based on the so-called Logical Nodes, whereby information can be structured in a harmonised way. The other standard is the IEC 61970 standard, which was originally developed for control centre environments, but which today, via related standards, covers a wide range of system activities in the power system, for example electricity markets. The information model in IEC 61970 is called the Common Information Model - CIM. The two information models are being harmonised with a view to defining a combined information model for the entire power system and its associated components and processes.

Click HERE for the report.

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