IEC 61850 Conformance Certification of IEC 61850 Core Documents with Ed2.0 About to End

Richard Schimmel (IEC 61850 Certification Manager at DNV ( former KEMA)) just reported a very crucial information at LinkedIn:

"IEC 61850 certification for Edition 2 will be phased out by the UCAiug. From January 2024 UCAiug will only allow new Edition 2 certificates after passing the Edition 2 with Amendment 1 (Ed2.1)!

If you want to certify IEC 61850 Edition 2, we (DNV) need to show the UCAiug that we received the purchase order before 1st January 2024."

Click HERE for the post a LinkedIn.

Be aware that Edition 2.1 refers just to the yellow marked core parts of IEC 61850 (see IEC 61850 Tissue Database):

 

Note that EACH part has its own Edition numbering ... there is no IEC 61850 Edition x at all!

The Tissue Database provides the tissues posted, discussed, and solved of the previous editions for each part. This gives you the possibility to see which comments let to a new edition. Comments to Edition 2.1 of the core parts will finally lead to Edition 3.0 of these parts ... Edition 2.1 of the core parts will be valid for the next years ... this is my personal expectation.

KEMA (now DNV GL) has Developed a New Suite of Test Tools for IEC 61850

DNV GL (former KEMA, Arnhem/NL) has developed a suite of IEC 61850 test tools, which will be sold under license to both utilities and technology providers.
Under the name UniGrid, DNV GL provides a new and improved test tool. UniGrid enables test and simulation of a complete IEC 61850 substation automation system and it can be used for various types of conformance and interoperability tests.



The product is planned to be available later this year.

Click HERE to request a copy of the new Brochure.

The First Official IEC 61850 Edition 2 Client Certificate Goes to? - Siemens

Siemens is the first company in the world to receive an IEC 61850 Edition 2 client certificate, issued by DNV GL on behalf of the UCA International User Group (UCA), for their SICAM PAS/PQS system (basically a PC application that acts as a 61850 client).

Click HERE for the news.

There are other vendors underway to get an IEC 61850 Edition 2 client certificate. TÜV SÜD (Munich) has also been accredited for testing conformance of Edition 2 clients.

More to come. Stay tuned.

NEWS on IEC 61850 Conformance Test Labs

The following nine new IEC 61850 Test services have been approved by the UCAIUG in during the first half of 2015:

Level A
IEC 61850 Conformance Test for 2nd Edition Server Products

• Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) [January 2015]
• TÜV SÜD (Munich, Germany) [January 2015]
• Xuchang KETOP, Testing Technology Co.,Ltd, Xuchang, China [February 2015]

Level B
IEC 61850 Conformance Test for 2nd Edition Server Products

• ALSTOM GRID UK Ltd, Substation Automation , Stafford (UK) [July 2015]

Level A
IEC 61850 Conformance Testing Sampled Values 9-2LE Publisher

• Xuchang KETOP, Testing Technology Co.,Ltd, Xuchang, China [March 2015]
• TÜV SÜD (Munich, Germany) [March 2015]

Level A
Edition 2 Client Systems

• DNV GL – Energy (KEMA), Arnhem (Netherlands) [April 2015]
• TÜV SÜD (Munich, Germany) [July 2015]
  

LEVEL B
IEC 61850 Conformance testing Edition 1 Server Products

• ALSTOM GRID UK Ltd, Substation Automation , Stafford (UK) [July 2015]

A total of 479 Certificates for Server Ed1 (47 for clients) and 21 for Server Ed2 (1 for clients) have been issued by July 2015.

Click HERE to access the testing information (requires user name and password – at least you need a guest account).