Alstom Grid to deliver energy management solutions for Norways Statnett
Alstom Grid to deliver energy management solutions for Norways Statnett
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Alstom Grid has been awarded a contract to deliver its Energy Management System (EMS) Solution to Statnett SF in Norway.
The project aims at integrating the Statnett National Control Centre in Oslo and its three Regional Control Centres in Alta (North), Sunndalsora (Central) and Oslo (South) into a standardized and unified system architecture. This will minimise Statnetts total cost of ownership and improve
Statnetts grid management. The EMS solution ensures effective, efficient and secure transmission of energy from one end of the country to the other, across challenging terrain and variable weather conditions. The EMS solution will also support Statnett as it interacts with the other Nordic Transmission System Operators (TSO), in matters related to system operation and power balance.
Alstom Grid will deliver to Statnett its latest e-terra suite of Network Management products. Statnett will benefit from the new functionalities such as a situational awareness driven User Interface, a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution and a Common Information Model (CIM) data modelling with automatic deployment to multiple environments (development, test, real-time, planning and training).
These functionalities integrate the latest industry standards (IEC CIM, CIGRE D2.24). Specific software functionalities for this project will also be integrated into Alstom Grid baseline product suite, simplifying the maintenance work, favouring future evolution and making them readily available to all Alstom Grid customers.
Once the Statnett contract is completed, Alstom Grids EMS will manage the electrical grid for three out of the five Nordic TSOs and 44% of the Nordic peak load, giving Alstom Grid the market lead in Scandinavia. Alstom Grids presence in the Nordic region began in 1999 with the first EMS project completed for Landsnet, Icelands TSO. In 2009, Alstom Grid delivered the new EMS solution of Energinet.dk, the Danish TSO, supervising both electricity and gas transmission networks.
Under this project, Alstom Grid developed a module to manage the 5,000 Danish wind turbines. This module is used today by other European TSOs to manage more than 3 GW of wind production. In 2009, Alstom Grid also put in service the Nordic Operation Information System (NOIS) which facilitated the sharing of mission-critical operational data among four of the five TSOs, namely Energinet.dk (Denmark), Statnett (Norway), Svenska Kraftnät (Sweden) and Fingrid (Finland).
We look forward to the opportunity to supply Statnett with our most advanced Energy Management
System to date. At Alstom Grid, we are dedicated to meet the fast-changing transmission needs of Statnett and the Nordic region: Through our partnership with Statnett we will continue to advance our network management solutions roadmap, integrating renewable energy into the grid and providing a reliable, flexible and economical solution for transporting power under the most demanding and variable operational conditions, said Jean-Michel Cornille, Senior Vice President Automation at Alstom Grid.
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 chain from power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user.
About Statnett SF
Statnett SF, a state-owned corporation, owns and manages Norways transmission grid: 150 substations at 132/300/420 kV and more than 10,000 km of electrical lines. Norway has 30 GW of installed capacity, 98% hydroelectricity and a peak-load in 2009 of 24 GW.
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