Prolan Offers One Of The First CLS "Steuerboxes" Based On IEC 61850

Prolan (based in Hungary) offers one of the first Steuerboxes according to the German FNN Specification "Steuerbox":


Prolan's own-developed and manufactured device offers a solution to German energy suppliers for tariff and power control and for regeneration of renewable power plants.
The device is connected to the new smart measuring system in Germany, called "Intelligent Messsysteme", one of its system elements.

• The role of electricity distribution: the establishment of network balance by influencing decentralized energy producers and consumers.
• Characteristic feature:  use of modern communication technologies (bidirectional communication, encrypted data transfer).

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IEC 61850 for CLS -- Seems to be the natural solution as discussed in Germany

Controllable Local Systems (CLS) is understood by many experts as a useful tool to communicate with loads and generators. The roll-out of smart meters seems to be blocked (at least in Germany to some extent) by the missing decision: Which information and information exchange standard should be used?
The latest issue of the famous VDI-Nachrichten reported last week Friday that there is an immediate need to come to a decision in Germany. Professor Hilscher (Hochschule Ulm) is suggesting to apply IEC 61850.
Click HERE for the report (Digitale Energiewende braucht Standards) [de].