Digital Substation is an engineering publication focused on IEC 61850 automation, protection systems, and digital grid intelligence.
WePower, European company that specialises in blockchain and clean energy, in partnership with transmission system operator (TSO) Elering delivers a nationwide energy market tokenisation pilot project in Estonia.
The premier GIS4SmartGrid 2018 end-user driven, implementation focused conference, exhibition and networking forum taking place 20–22 November 2018 in Amsterdam draws together 120+ GIS implementation leaders and system specialists from across the European power grid sector.
CIGRE announced the creation of new working groups in study committees B3, B4, C2 and C6.
European Utility Week 2018 that takes place in Vienna, Austria, from 6 to 8 November, 2018, is a platform to meet 12,000+ top-level European smart energy professionals for 3 days of the latest industry developments, networking and business.
The webinar Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors dedicated to activities performed by hacker groups associated with the Russian government was held on July 23, 2018 with the help of the Department of National Security and US-CERT. We publish the webinar observation by cybersecurity expert Alexei Ivanov (Ekra).
The EN100 Ethernet communication module and SIPROTEC 5 relays are affected by security vulnerabilities which could allow an attacker to conduct a Denial‑of‑Service attack over the network.
Several vulnerabilities, including ones rated high severity, had been discovered in management and configuration tools from power grid protection company SEL. The vendor released software updates to address the flaws.
The Brainstorm block is a collection of industry experts’ opinions on actual problems. It allows specialists to look at different problems from different perspectives.
The 17th Kazakhstan international exhibition Powerexpo Almaty dedicated to electrical power industry, electrical equipment and power engineering takes place from 23 to 25 October in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
According to the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, Russia was probably behind a widespread cyber attack on German energy providers disclosed a fortnight ago.
CIGRE announced the creation of new working groups in a number of study committees.
150+ IEC 61850 specialists and implementation leaders from around the globe convene in Berlin for a review of the most recent implementations.
The results of the design contest at the International Youth Energy Forum were summed up on the margins of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Digital Substation presents shortlisted and awarded projects.