Advise on Smart Grid Projects
Smart Grid Projects
Projects that are termed "Smart Grid" can range from installing "smart" electronic meters in homes to completely automating the electric power grid with renewable energy, microgrids, and demand response. Each Smart Grid project must carve out a specific, do-able piece of the overall Smart Grid, with the expectation of a positive cost-benefit in the near future. At the same time, these closely-focused Smart Grid projects must take into account the broader picturre - the rapid developments in technologies, the new interoperability standards that can help future-proof their systems, and the increasingly complex requirements for cyber security.
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DER management chain - utilities, energy service providers, customer EMS, and local controllers (click on picture for presentation) |
Xanthus provides advice on Smart Grid projects through discussions, presentations, Use Case development, analysis documents, and formal reports. Through extensive involvement in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), Xanthus has been in the forefront of the interoperability information requirements, international standards, and cyber security requirements of the Smart Grid. Xanthus involvement includes:
- Cyber security requirements and international standards: NISTIR 7628, IEC 62351
- AMI communications and information standards: CIM, IEC 61850, ANSI C12.xx
- Distributed energy resources (DER) capabilities, microgrid issues, and information standards: IEC 61850-7-420, CIM, SEP 2.0
- Distribution automation requirements and information standards: IEC 61850-7-420, CIM
- Home area network (HAN) interoperability requirements and information standards: IEC 61850-7-420, SEP 2.0