Smart Grid

Smart Grid – intelligent solutions in power engineering

Today’s developing energy sector depends on the investment of comprehensive solutions such as Smart Grid. Through cooperating with our partners, we help our clients face the challenges of building innovative, intelligent methods of managing energy. Smart Grid supports the management of the production, storage, transmission and distribution of electricity, including elements and sub-assemblies of the power grid. Furthermore, it integrates the network’s infrastructure, smart electric metres and renewable energy sources into one solution. Our main goal, through the Smart Grid solution, is to establish energy supplies in the most productive, safe and indefectible way.

Smart Grid’s benefits include:

• The effective distribution of electrical power
• Automated restoration of electrical power distribution after power outages
• Increased efficiency in the operation and management of electric utilities, lowering energy costs for the consumer
• The flattening of peak demand, contributing to lowering electricity rates
• Better integration of energy generating systems, including renewable energy systems
• Increased efficiency of electrical power distribution

Smart Metering

The basis of the Smart Grid solution is a smart meter. It takes measurements in real time, enabling a two-way communication channel, which is both safe and independent from the transmission medium. Through our application of cryptography, we ensure the highest level of security. Additionally, advanced measuring techniques provide users with information about efficient energy use and enable implementation of DSR (Demand Side Response) for industrial customers.

SCADA

Pentacomp cooperates with leading SCADA equipment manufacturers. In our prospective design of Smart Grid, the integration of a supervisory control system and data acquisition (SCADA) is recommended. SCADA monitors and controls the elements of the electrical grid through a set of advanced analytical and computational functions. As a result, it is possible to achieve the remote monitoring and control network devices in order to accomplish a reliable and structured performance. Pentacomp’s unique combination of an agile approach to software development, perennial equipment experience in the energy sector, and the cooperation with our Partners enables the high quality delivery of comprehensive solutions. These valued solutions include;

1. The automation of electricity distribution for Medium Voltage (MV) and High Voltage (HV) grids.
2. The implementation of the IEC61850 standard.
   Scalable remote control systems with variable types of connectivity and open communication protocols
3. IT/OT SCADA system which is a system using
   i. A real time dispatch platform,
   ii. An Outage Management System (OMS) – which conducts the aggregation and data analysis of power failure
   iii. The integration of third party business system such as AN and GIS.

MDM – CENTRAL MEASURING BASE

The key element of a network’s infrastructure is Meter Data Management (MDM). This application downloads and stores data from smart meters which can then be used for information administration and analysis. As a result, users gain more control of their network. This significantly improves customer service through our use of a more effective demand forecasting system, and enabling the preparation of the right sales offer. Moreover, it eliminates illegal energy consumption and motivates users to conserve it. In order for the MDM system to remain efficient, it is necessary to use an appropriate, diverse data model. In light of Smart Grid we bring this solution to life, making it possible to process and share collected data.

Billing

The indispensable part of the service, in terms of sales and the distribution of energy, is a high-quality billing system. Its implementation requires integration with measuring systems and data acquisition systems, and above all, a properly executed data migration process. Billing systems help analyse large volumes of data, which enables the effective management of the entire sales process. This solution allows service processes to be automated, which ensures a higher level of security as well as a reliable method of data entry.

Depending on the client’s needs, the functional scope of the billing system may include:

• information about customers
• contracts
• measuring device management
• technical support
• energy rates price calculation
• meter readings
• settling of accounts
• debt collection