Subject: [eman] Fwd: Newsletter on IEC 61850 and 61400-25 - August 2012

From: "John Parello (jparello)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 22:31:34 +0000

FYI new release of important standards.

Jp

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From: Karlheinz Schwarz <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: August 2, 2012 12:59:27 PM PDT
To: <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Newsletter on IEC 61850 and 61400-25 - August 2012

Dear Expert interested in Power System Automation, Smart(er) Grids, IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25,

Please find news and helpful information about IEC 61850, related standards, product news, help, and market developments:

1. Highlights
2. IEC Standardization
3. Make your own IEC 61850 Stack or buy from third party?
4. Training opportunities
5. IEC 61850 Blog
6. Other issues

Ad 1. Highlights
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IEC 61850 Edition 1, 2, 3 and UML
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Several parts of IEC 61850 have been improved through a maintenance process during the recent years. New features have been added as well. The latest development is the conversion of models to UML. What are the differences between the first parts published some five to ten years ago?

NettedAutomation has been asked by many organizations for help ... here are some results:

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/08/iec-61850-edition-1-2-or-3-and-uml.html

IEC 61850 for PV Inverters in Italy
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As you may have heard, IEC 61850 is a crucial standard for PV inverters in Italy. The requirements of the Italian CEI 0-21 standard (use of IEC 61850 is recommended – expected to be mandatory soon) will be required for new plants as of July 01, 2012.

Even for plants up to 6 kW it is required to provide an IEC 61850 interface to the network operator!

SMA has reacted on the requirements for Italian customers … including a “… Piggy-back that will be able to receive the IEC-61850 commands to implement remote shutdown and narrow the frequency limits of the inverter.”

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/07/iec-61850-in-italy-sma-offers-iec-61850.html

New IEC 61850 Test Lab
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TÜV SÜD Munich (Germany) has opened its new IEC 61850 Test Lab to the public on July, 23, 2012. They have spent huge efforts in helping the industry to increase the trust in the new technology.

TÜV SÜD reported that the preparations and accreditations for their IEC 61850 testing laboratory are now almost finalized and first tests are already underway.

TÜV SÜD has several "inter-related" labs on one floor: IEC 61850 conformance & interoperability, PV Inverter test according to VDE AR 4105, security and safety.

http://www.tuev-sued.de/home-en/services-by-industry/cross-sector-services/embedded-systems/smart-grid

Additional labs in other countries (Asia, ...) are under planning.

Ad 2. Standardization
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a. List of all published Parts and Drafts of IEC 61850
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The series IEC 61850 comprises 21 parts (8 tagged as Edition 2 and 13 tagged Edition 1)
and 20 draft parts (projects).

The list of the title and further information (like edition of each part) of all 41 parts (standards and work under progress) can be downloaded:

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/07/list-of-all-published-parts-and-drafts.html

b. List of almost all IEC 61850 Logical Nodes
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A list of some 280 Logical Nodes from the following documents has been posted:
- IEC 61850-7-4 Ed2
- IEC 61850-7-410 Ed1
- IEC 61850-7-420 Ed1
-IEC 61400-25-2 Ed1

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/07/list-of-almost-all-iec-61850-logical.html

c. Abbreviations of the standard series IEC 61850
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Some 550 updated Abbreviations of the standard series IEC 61850 (7-1, 7-2, 7-3, 7-4, 7-410, 7-420, …) are listed in the following document:

http://www.nettedautomation.com/standardization/IEC_TC57/WG10-12/iec61850/Abbreviations_2012-07-21.pdf

d. SGIP will migrate to SGIP 2.0 in January 2013
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The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) will transition from a public-private partnership to a self-financed, legal entity that retains a working partnership with government early 2013.

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/07/sgip-will-migrate-to-sgip-20-in-january.html

e. IEC 61850-90-14 FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) data modeling
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IEC TC 57 has published a proposal to work on FACTS:
IEC TR 61850-90-14 (57/1250/DC):
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –
Part 90-14: Using IEC 61850 for FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems) data modeling

f.IEC TR 61850-90-5 Communication for Synchrophasors
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The new part IEC 61850-90-5 has been officially published:

Communication networks and systems for power utility automation -
Part 90-5: Use of IEC 61850 to transmit synchrophasor information
according to IEEE C37.118

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/05/iec-61850-90-5-synchrophasor.html

g. IEC 61850 Approved for NIST SGIP Catalog of Standards
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The SGIP (Smart Grid Interoperability Panel) membership voted to include
the IEC 61850 Standard Series into the Catalog of Standards (CoS) with
approval of some 100 per cent.

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/05/iec-61850-approved-for-nist-sgip.html

Ad 3. Make your own IEC 61850 Stack or buy from third party?
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The interest in implementing and using IEC 61850 is growing all over. Many companies have started to figure out how to proceed getting their IEDs speaking IEC 61850. Experts start to get some information from the Web, talk to friends, contact company A and B ... and are totally confused! More and more companies tap our long-term experience in this area. Often experts call me after they have made the purchase ... figuring out that the efforts to get a running system are huge!

Today I received an email from a developer: "Until a few months ago, we used the IEC 61850 driver based on ... Since the beginning we had problems with losing data, timestamps, etc. Frustrated with constant problems I began to study the protocol, ..." then he developed a simple client.

Detailed analysis of the different "Stack" offerings and field experiences is key to get what you really are looking for. There are very crucial misunderstandings and pitfalls occurring in the decision making processes. Most accountants look at the purchase price - but what is the life-time cost? What you need to know and understand is one of our favorite services we provide.

NettedAutomation has assisted many IED vendors and users in the purchasing process.

Ad 4. Training opportunities
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Asian Tour
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TÜV SÜD (Germany), SystemCorp (Australia), and NettedAutomation (Germany)
are conducting three 2 days hands-on training in IEC 61850 in Asia:

1. Seoul (organized by TÜV SÜD Korea, Korean Testing Laboratory)
Day 1 – Sep 4th
Day 2 – Sep 5th

2. Beijing (TÜV SÜD China, China EPRI)
Day 1 – Sep 6th
Day 2 – Sep 7th

3. Taipei (TÜV SÜD Taiwan, ITRI, Metrologies)
Day 1 – Sep 10th
Day 2 – Sep 11th

Program etc:
http://www.tuev-sued.de/uploads/images/1343805837957674540174/tuev-sued-iec61850-training-tour-2012-web.pdf

Remote Conference Denver (CO, USA)
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Communication and Security for smarter Energy systems Conference Workshop -
Sept 18.-19., 2012
Two-Day Training on Key Standards for Smart Grids and SCADA
Application Domains: IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, DNP3, and Energy Protection
Day 1: IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, DNP3 (Karlheinz Schwarz, NettedAutomation)
Day 2: Energy Protection, Security, … (Dan Nordell, Xcel Energy)

NettedAutomation has also a booth (#45) at the Remote Exhibition
http://nettedautomation.com/seminars/uca/sem.html#rem2012

Frankfurt (Germany), 17.-19. October 2012
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3 day IEC 61850/61400-25 Seminar/Hands-on Training (NettedAutomation)
with several embedded Controller Development Kits (Linux, RTOS, ...),
Starter Kit (Windows DDL), and several other demo software:

http://nettedautomation.com/seminars/uca/sem.html#fra12-05
http://nettedautomation.com/seminars/uca/sem.html#fra12-10

Get FREE IEC 61850 Development Kit (HW and SW)- worth 1,299 Euro;
NettedAutomation has scheduled the next public training course
to be held in Frankfurt from 17.-19. October, 2012.
As a special GIFT we offer you a free IEC 61850/61400-25 Development Kit,
with an ready to go API and example application source code
in C/C++ and IEC 61131/CoDeSys (the kit is included in the regular attendance fee).
The DK61 will be used during the course.

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/03/get-free-iec-61850-development-kit-hw.html

Ad 5. IEC 61850 Blog
====================
Download the IEC 61850 Blog Content as single PDF Document ... contains the
656 posts from 2008 until 2012-07-21 [14.5 MB, 470+ pages DIN A4]

http://www.nettedautomation.com/download/Newsletter/IEC61850-Blog_until_2012-07-21.pdf

Subscribe to the blog:
http://blog.iec61850.com/feeds/posts/default

Ad 6. Other Issues
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a. TQ IEC 61850 Powerful Embedded Controllers at the Hanover Fair

The following embedded controllers have been shown at the Hanover Fair; the interest in getting a package of a hardware piece, LINUX and with an integrated IEC 61850 API for servers and clients is huge:

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/04/tq-iec-61850-embedded-controllers-at.html

b. 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).

http://blog.iec61850.com/2012/04/iec-61850-ready-for-vhp-ready-virtual.html

Hope you enjoyed the newsletter and got useful information for your work.

If you have any question contact us please.

Best Regards,

Karlheinz Schwarz
NettedAutomation GmbH
Im Eichbaeumle 108
76139 Karlsruhe
Germany

Phone +49-721-684844
Fax   +49-721-679387
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