Alstom Grid to supply the new Smart Grid-ready SCADA / EMS for Swedish National Grid

On 3 November, Alstom Grid signed a contract with Svenska Kraftnät, the Swedish electrical Transmission System Operator (TSO), to provide a new Energy Management System (EMS) for Swedens national power grid.

At the contract signing ceremony held at Alstom Corporate Headquarters in Paris, Patrick Kron, Alstoms Chairman and CEO welcomed the Svenska Kraftnät delegation led by its General Director Mikael Odenberg. Kron said, Our partnership with Svenska Kraftnät demonstrates our commitment and expertise in bringing to market Smart Grid ready solutions that help provide secure, efficient and environmentally-friendly electrical networks.

The new EMS will be based on Alstom Grids e-terra software suite, built around a high-performance, secure-in-design IT platform with Security and Event Management solution (SEM). Svenska Kraftnät will benefit from advanced features such as an advanced user interface for situational awareness, a Common Information Model (CIM) data modeler and a full Wide Area Measurement Solution (WAMS) for online stability. Additional interfaces to Svenska Kraftnät in-house applications, such as ARISTO fast simulator, will also allow Svenska Kraftnät to simplify planning, training and offline studies business processes within its organization.

In the longer term, this evolutionary, open-architecture Energy Management System will enable the Swedish power grid to better adjust to the future changes in the national and European electricity market to manage network challenges such as the increasing integration of renewable energy and the interconnection with other European transmission networks.

Svenska Kraftnät will install the new EMS at the National control Center in Sundbyberg and at the regional control center in Sollefteå. These two control rooms manage Swedens power network, which consists of 15,000 kilometers of 220 kV and 400 kV power lines, cross-border interconnectors (AC as well as DC) and substations. This National Grid and its associated SCADA*/EMS network management and supervision system are of vital significance to the Swedish state, and hence regulated strictly according to national security interests.

We are more than ever committed to being a strong partner for Swedens electrical grid and all Scandinavian energy markets says Jean-Michel Cornille, Senior Vice-President Automation. By working with our clients on the reinforcement of their grid security and reliability, we are delighted to actively support the transformation of their electrical networks into tomorrows smart grids."

The contract is planned for a 22 month delivery. Once completed, Alstom Grids e-terra software Solutions will manage four Nordic TSOs (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). In 2009, Alstom Grid also put in service the Nordic Operation Information System (NOIS) which facilitates the sharing of mission-critical operational data among the Nordic TSOs.
*SCADA = Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world. It provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 96,500 people in more than 70 countries, and had sales of over 23 billion* in 2009/10. (*Pro forma figures)

Alstom Grid, the newest sector of Alstom, has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of energy, Alstom Grid brings power to their customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with a sales turnover of approximately 3.5 billion in 2009. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. Its four main business areas are Products, Systems, Automation and Service. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chainfrom power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user.

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Conchi Gonzalez, Alstom Grid - Tel. +34 91 305 9203 - conchi.gonzalez@areva-td.es
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