Alstom Grid selected to run Smart Grid solutions for Kuwait Town District

Alstom Grid has been selected by the Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) to further modernize its grid operations and enhance the management of its network assets through the implementation of a fully integrated grid management solution. The project will include an upgrade of Kuwait town district control centers Energy Management System (EMS), a new Integrated Distribution Management System (IDMS) and an Asset Management System (AMS). 

Through its advanced e-terraplatform and e-terradistribution solutions, Alstom will create a single system for managing the medium and high voltage operations of the Kuwait Town District Control Center. 

In addition to managing the real-time operations of the grid, the system access will be extended to maintenance departments to better manage MEWs assets, review their health index, and decide on appropriate maintenance strategies. This new approach combines the previously separated operation and maintenance processes, allowing the operators to have a holistic view of the entire system for increased reliability and efficiency. 

Using International Electrotechnical Commissions (IECs) Common Information Model (CIM) 61970* and IEC 61968** standards over a Service Oriented Architecture, Alstom combines the data and events from a variety of sources (grid operations, reliability analysis calculations, asset management functions, and maintenance coordination) into integrated processes at the Enterprise Asset Management level. 

We are very happy to continue our long established relationship with Alstom, said Mr. Ali AL WAZZAN AUS (Supervisory Control Centres and Information System & Supervision) of Kuwait MEW. Alstoms fully integrated solution will take us into the smart grid design of our system, along the recommendations of the Smart Grid Maturity Model. Alstoms e-terra solution suite will improve our grids reliability and efficiency, while providing advanced network security functions for our grid operators and actionable asset information for our maintenance staff. 

We are thrilled to continue our relationship with such trusted and forward-thinking partners, said Karim El-Naggar, Vice President of Network Management Solutions for Alstom Grid. Alstoms leadership in both traditional grid management and smart grid operations will allow the District of Kuwait Town to quickly adapt to future changes in the system, integrate smart devices and applications, and renewable generation, while maintaining the same high standard of efficiency and reliability of their grid. 

^{* The IEC 61970 series of standards deals with the application program interfaces for energy management systems (EMS).}

^{** The IEC 61968 is a series of standards under development that will define standards for information exchanges between electrical distribution systems. IEC 61968 is intended to support the inter-application integration of a utility enterprise that needs to collect data from different applications that are legacy or new and each has different interfaces and run-time environments.} 

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 92,700 people in 100 countries and had sales of 20.9 billion in 2010/11. 

Alstom Grid 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 its customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover of more than 4 billion. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide.

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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