Latest engineering publications on IEC 61850, digital substations, PRP/HSR, and IEEE 1588 (PTPv2).
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.
Rosseti, the Russian distribution grid operator, and ABB agreed to cooperate in order to carry out next generation digital grid projects in Russia, including those with advanced digital technologies of grid operating process automation.
The 3-day conference, exhibition and networking forum Grid Analytics Europe 2018 take place in London, United Kingdom from 25 to 27 September 2018.
120+ utility professionals come together in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 10 to 12 April 2018 to review successes and lessons learnt in the implementation of next generation digital substation technology.
The next session of IEC Technical Committee 57 Working Group 10 (IEC TC57 WG10) responsible for IEC 61850 development takes place in Russia in February.