Siemens SIPROTEC 5 – Documents online

http://www.energy.siemens.com/br/en/automation/power-transmission-distribution/protection/siprotec5/

Click on "Download Software & Documents" on right side of page.

The SIP 5.01 booklet is listed as "System Catalog V1.0"

IEC Standards for the Integration of Wind Energy and Photovoltaic

Dr. Kai Strübbe, Head of Embedded Systems, TÜV SÜD AG, presented some crucial aspects of the Integration of renewable power into the Smart Grids at the Hanover Fair 2012:

The Integration of Wind Energy and Photovoltaic into a Smart Grid
Hannover Messe, 24 April 2012

According to the figures shown in the presentation there are more than 1,000,000 low voltage substations in Germany – most of them are not yet controllable! It’s a huge market.

He said that “IEC 61850 Will Be the Esparanto of the Smart Grid” – Right. IEC 61850 (IEC 61400-25) is a language that is already spoken in the medium and high voltage networks – the huge low voltage domain is next!

There is a huge interest in learning this language and easy to use IEC 61850 hardware and software shown during the fair in Hanover. The crucial questions were on how to implement the standards in a short time to market. SystemCorp and TQ had the right answer.

Download the presentation from Dr Stübbe [pdf, en, 1 MB]

By the way, there are still seats available for the next 3 day public IEC 61850 training in Frankfurt (Germany) from 09–11 May 2012.

 

If you are interested in the training and FREE IEC 61850 development kit DK61 contact us please.

Famous Visitors at the TQ/SystemCorp Booth at Hanover Fair 2012

Reinhard Bütikofer (Member of the EU Parliament) and Ludwig Karg (E-Energy) visited the TQ/SystemCorp booth C45 in Hall 13 on Wednesday (2012-04-25). They discussed the future of Smart Grids (under the headline of IEC 61850 and IEC 61850 embedded controllers from TQ):

Detlef Raddatz and Pritam Munot (both from SystemCorp, Perth Western Australia) have explained the benefits of IEC 61850 stack and API integrated on TQ embedded controllers (ARM 9 and ARM 11) – these products help to “Get Smart Quick”:

Hanover Fair – NettedAutomation Brochure for Download

There is an overwhelming interest in IEC 61850 we are facing at the Hanover Fair 2012. The 47 page brochure from NettedAutomation on IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25 distributed run already out at the third day!

The brochure is now available for download:

Download the 47 page brochure on IEC 68150 distributed at the Hanover Fair 2012 [pdf, 5.8 MB].

TQ IEC 61850 Embedded Controllers at the Hanover Fair

The following embedded controller are on display at the Hanover Fair; the interest in getting a package of a hardware piece with an integrated IEC 61850 API for servers and clients is huge:

 

Download technical specification for TQMa28 with IEC 61850.

Download technical specification for TQMa35 with IEC 61850.

IEC 61850 at the Hanover Fair

TQ, SystemCorp and NettedAutomation present IEC 61850 on embedded ARM platforms at the Hanover Fair, from Monday to Friday (23.-27. April 2012) - (Hall 13 Stand C45):

The interest in IEC 61850/IEC 61400-25 on powerful embedded controllers is huge! Visitors from all over visited the booth for information or asked for offerings for small and large quantities during the first two days.

IEC 62351-10 – Security architecture guidelines

A new key draft document on Security has been published by IEC:
IEC 62351-10 TR Ed.1:
Power systems management and associated information exchange –
Data and communications security – Part 10: Security architecture guidelines
Ballot closes on 2012-06-22; ask your IEC National Committee for a copy.
Cyber security becomes more and more a basic requirement in power control systems as standard IT and other forms of modern communication technology are being increasingly used for control and supervision of these systems. The application of IT communication technology requires the consideration of already existing vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by potential attackers, as
recent intentional and unintentional cyber incidents on SCADA and other industrial control systems have shown. The increasing number of control system cyber incidents world-wide with medium to high impact underlines the requirement for appropriate security measures.
The draft document targets the description of security architecture guidelines for power systems based on essential security controls, i.e., on security-related components and functions and their interaction.
Furthermore, the relation and mapping of these security controls to the general system architecture of power systems is provided as guideline to support system integrators to securely deploy power generation, transmission, and distribution systems applying available standards.
The main clause is:
4. MAPPING SECURITY CONTROLS TO THE TC57 ARCHITECTURE
4.1 SECURITY DOMAINS WITHIN A GENERIC POWER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
4.2 APPLICATION OF SECURITY CONTROLS TO A GENERIC POWER SYSTE ARCHITECTURE
4.3 APPLICATION OF SECURITY CONTROLS TO SPECIFIC POWER SYSTEM SCENARIOS
4.3.1 Substation Automation
4.3.2 Control Center – Substation Communication
4.3.3 Advanced Metering
4.4 IDENTIFIED GAPS
See the list of all parts of the series IEC 61351:

It is HIGHLY recommended to ALL stakeholders in the energy industry to keep an close eye on the security issues!!

IEC 61850 ready for VHP-Ready (Virtual Heat and Power Ready)

Vattenfall Europe New Energy GmbH and Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG seem to be ahead of many other utilities in implementing “virtual Power Plants”. They have set a standard on how to use renewable energy in a virtual power plant. The information exchange is realized with two IEC TC 57 standards: IEC 60870-5-104 (Fernwirktechnik) and IEC 61850-7-420 (DER).

Vattenfall is one of the leaders of the implementation of virtual power plants. The concept is called: VHP READY – Virtual Heat & Power Ready.

Their objective is by end of 2012 to provide their services to 150.000 housing units (with some 500 CHP or heat pumps) communicating with a Vattenfall control center. By 2013 they expect some 1,000 CHP or heat pumps providing heat and electric power to some 200.000 housing with an electric capacity of 200 MW.

The requirements document lists a total number of signals of 40:

• 8 binary status signals,
• 17 measurements and calculated values,
• 5 metered values, and
• 10 control points.

Requirements document referring to IEC 60870-5-104 and IEC 61850 can be downloaded [German, pdf, 23 pages, 360 KB]

VHP READY – Virtual Heat & Power Ready

Vattenfall virtuelles Kraftwerk

Several other projects are under way in Germany to implement a similar approach. In one project there is already a plan to define (and possibly standardize) a specific profile (subset) of IEC 61850-7-420. Such a profile would represent the above some 40 signals – a very simple set of models that could easily be implemented in an IEC 61850 IED like the Beck IPC IEC 61850 com.tom:

More information on Beck IPC IEC 61850 com.tom.

Basic component for IEC 61850: the IPC@CIP

Download the discussion about benefits using Beck’s ready-to-go solutions with IEC 61850 [pdf, 2.3 MB, 18 pages]

SystemCorp, TQ and NettedAutomation at Hanover Fair 2012

IEC 61850 software, hardware and peopleware are crucial topics at the Hanover Fair 2012. SystemCorp, TQ and NettedAutomation provide all three:

• SystemCorp has the right software to get started in hours or days
• TQ has powerful embedded controller that run the IEC 61850 API and
• NettedAutomation provides the education to get Smart People for smart grids

IEC 61850 - Get there first with SystemCorp, TQ and NettedAutomation as competent partners!

IEC 61850 - Mit SystemCorp, TQ und NettedAutomation als kompetente Partner zuerst am Ziel!

CDV of IEC 61850-10 Ed.2.0 approved

The CDV of IEC 61850-10 “Communication networks and systems for power utility automation - Part 10: Conformance testing” has been approved by the 25 P-members of IEC TC 57 end of March 2012.

The next step will be the FDIS publication for final ballot.

IEC 61850 für Smart Grids in Deutschland

BDEW und ZVEI empfehlen acht “reife” und notwendige Technologien für den unmittelbaren Einsatz für Smart Grids:

Smart Grids in Deutschland – Handlungsfelder für Verteilnetzbetreiber auf dem Weg zu intelligenten Netzen (27. März 2012)

“Um die Verteilnetze effizient zu gestalten, erhöht sich der Bedarf an
Messung, Regelung und Automatisierung. Aus Sicht eines Verteilnetzbetreibers kommt es jetzt darauf an, die wichtigsten Technologien und deren Wirksamkeit zu identifizieren. Es stellt sich die Frage, welche Technologien bereits heute zur Verfügung stehen und welches Potenzial diese zur Lösung der verteilnetzspezifischen Probleme mitbringen.”

Von 25 Smart-Grid-Komponenten gelten acht als „erfolgversprechend“:

• Sensorik im Netz,
• Netzleittechnik,
• Kommunikations- und Dateninfrastruktur,
• regelbare Windkraft,
• regelbare Photovoltaik,
• kleinere KWK-Anlagen,
• Pumpspeicherkraftwerke sowie
• Komponenten zur Blindleistungskompensation.

“Als etablierte Kommunikationsstandards in der Energieverteilung liegt die Verwendung der IEC 61850 nahe. Die IEC 61850 erlaubt einen sicheren und effektiven Datenaustausch zwischen den Smart IEDs und das übergreifende Nutzen von Sensoren und Aktoren. … Die konsequente Umsetzung des gemeinsamen Systemstandards IEC 61850 über alle Spannungsebenen hinweg, bietet die Voraussetzung für einheitliche Kommunikations- und Datenstrukturen. Dies ist eine Voraussetzung für den wirtschaftlichen Ausbau der Verteilnetz-Automatisierung.

IEC 61850 und … in “Smart Grids in Deutschland – Handlungsfelder für Verteilnetzbetreiber auf dem Weg zu intelligenten Netzen” [PDF, 32 Seiten, 10,9 MB]

Edition 1, Edition 2, and soon Edition 3 of IEC 61850?

Some people are already looking for Edition 3 of IEC 61850! If you are looking for IEC 61850 Edition 2 or IEC 61850 Edition – you will never find them!! Really.

Editions are specific to parts – NOT to the series IEC 61850 per se with its 20+ parts!!

Check out more information about Editions of the parts of IEC 61850.

Get Free IEC 61850 Development Kit (HW and SW)

The application of IEC 61850 is very successful all over. More and more people are looking for hardware and software that can be used right away – for an easy implementation of applications and Gateways between IEC 61850 and DNP3, Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101/104 and for short time to market developments.

NettedAutomation has scheduled the next public training course to be held in Frankfurt from May 09-11, 2012. As a special gift we offer you a free IEC 61850 Development Kit (Beck IPC DK61) with an ready to go API and example application source code in C/C++ and IEC 61131/CoDeSys. The DK61 will be used during the course … after the event you can take the kit home and continue developing applications for IEC 61850 and IEC 61400-25.

Download a description of the Development Kit [pdf, 1.4 MB].

The gift is included in the regular training fee.

This offer is valid until April 27, 2012. Register soon.

The program and further information on the training course can be downloaded.

If you are interested in the training and FREE IEC 61850 development kit DK61 contact us please.

The retail price of the DK61 is 1,299 Euro. The regular course fee will be discounted by 800 Euro if you don’t want to get the kit but attend the training course only. Students get a further discount … please ask for it.

Download the discussion about benefits using ready-to-go solutions with IEC 61850, DK61, Beck Chip, … and PV Inverter models [pdf, 2.3 MB, 18 pages]

HAW Hamburg: IEC-Normen für Smart Grids und die Energiewende

Das HAW Hamburg (Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) lädt Studierende und Wissenschaftler sowie Experten aus der Industrie, den Betreibergesellschaften und Verbänden zu einem Impuls-Vortrag ein:

IEC-Normen für Smart Grids und die Energiewende

Mittwoch, 4. April 2012
16:00 - 17:30 Uhr, mit anschließender Diskussion

Veranstaltungsort:
HAW Hamburg, Berliner Tor 5, Hörsaal 01.10 (1. Stock)

Die Veranstaltung ist kostenlos.

Flexible und intelligente Stromnetze sind in aller Munde - die dafür nötigen Kommunikationssysteme und Normen werden allerdings gerade erst entwickelt. Experte Karlheinz Schwarz wird die globalen Entwicklungen von nationalen und internationalen Roadmaps und Normen vorstellen.

Im Rahmen der nachhaltigen Weiterentwicklung der Versorgungssysteme muss mit den verfügbaren Ressourcen (Energiequellen, technischen Einrichtungen und Menschen mit Erfahrung) sowie den physikalischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten verantwortungsvoll und "smart" umgegangen werden. Smart Grids helfen, die Physik zum Wohl der Menschen sicher und zuverlässig nutzbar zu machen - gestern, heute und morgen.

Es werden globale Entwicklungen von nationalen und internationalen Roadmaps (DIN, CEN/CENELEC/ETSI, NIST, Chinese State Grid, IEC usw.) und Normen (IEC 61850, IEC 61968/70 CIM usw.) vorgestellt, die helfen werden, die Energieversorgungsnetze auch unter geänderten Randbedingungen sicher und zuverlässig zu erhalten.

Weitere Informationen zur Veranstaltung finden Sie hier.

Smart Grids – A 19th century invention

Intelligent, safe electrical power distribution networks were invented at the start of electrification and have been further developed up to the present day. Electrical fuses, protective devices and monitoring devices have been phenomenal in the protection of life and technical installations for more than 100 years. Without these "smart" devices a fault-free, fail-safe electrical energy supply system would be inconceivable and the supply of electrical energy much too dangerous.

Since the 19th century engineers have developed, tested, used on a large-scale and continuously improved suitable solutions for the safe and reliable operation of the rapidly growing supply of ever more applications with electrical energy. During the sustained further development of the supply systems, it is necessary to handle the available resources (energy sources, technical installations and individuals with experience) as well as the laws of physics both responsibly and in a "smart" manner.
Smart grids help to make it possible to use physics safely and reliably for the benefit of man – in the past, today and in the future.

A new paper discusses some aspects of the development of Smart Grids.

Download the Smart Grid paper in English single sided or double sided.

Laden Sie das Smart Grid paper in Deutsch im Einseiten-Format herunter oder im Doppelseiten-Format.

The papers will be published by Bender (Gruenberg/Germany) in the Bender magazine MONITOR 01/2012.

Bender creates new technologies for safe handling of electrical power; to ensure the protection of people and the safe operation of machines, systems and manufacturing plants.

IEC standards are quite important for Bender! Mr Wolfgang Hofheinz (CTO of Bender) is President of the DKE (German national committee of the IEC international standardization organization) since 2010.

Check which IEC product standards and guidelines Bender applies

ABB to deliver 17 IEC 61850 based substations to Rio Tinto (Western Australia)

ABB has won orders worth approximately $100 million for 17 substations to support Rio Tinto's iron ore expansion in the Pilbara … the protection and communication equipment will be compliant with IEC 61850.

News report on 17 new IEC 61850 based substations for Rio Tinto.

Powerful Arm and Freescale Platforms with IEC 61850 Stack and API at Hanover Fair 2012

SystemCorp and TQ offer the easy to use and powerful IEC 61850 stack and API running on two Mini modules:

1. TQMa28 is based on the i.MX28 pro­cessor (ARM926 core with up to 450 MHz)

2. TQMa35 is based on the Freescale i.MX35 processor (ARM 11 core with up to 532 MHz)

The platforms will be presented during the Hanover Fair:

Hall 13, Stand C45
Co-exhibitor with: TQ-Systems
23-27 April 2012 - daily, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Karlheinz Schwarz will also be present at the booth – offering training services and answering questions related to IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, IEC 60870-5/6, IEC 61968/70 CIM, DNP3, …

Check for more details on the ARM 9 and ARM 11 platforms offering IEC 61850.

Read the experience and CV of Karlheinz Schwarz.

Fix in IEC 61850-7-4 Edition 2 - Mode and Behaviour

Please note that Table A.2 – Definition of mode and behaviour in IEC 61850-7-4 Edition 2 has an error that has been corrected, see Tissue 671:

For incoming data with q.test = True and Mode on, the data shall be processed as invalid!

Access IEC 61850-7-4 Tissue 671.