Smart Grid Training

TÜV SÜD is a global training provider for Smart Grid, offering courses for both beginners and intermediates.

Level

Description

Smart grid training for beginners

Basic Knowledge IEC 61850 for Engineers and Technicians

The new guidelines call for a fast transition to the Smart Grid. Therefore, device manufacturers, power suppliers as well as power distributors have to be familiarised quickly with the standards of IEC 61850.

Who should attend
Technical staff working in power supply units, inspection engineers, electrical engineers, manufacturers of components, operators of power supply stations, operators of local and regional energy networks and industrial installations.

Course content

  • Management of energy systems
  • Introduction to IEC 61850 and  IEC 61400-25 (international standard for wind energy)
  • Automation and protection of substations
  • Communication and SCADA protocols
  • Products and projects
  • Migration concepts
  • Real time communication & GOOSE

Smart grid training for intermediates

What is new in IEC 61850 Edition 2?

With IEC 61850 edition 2 being launched soon, this training course will provide an overview of this new version of the standard with the updates and modifications in comparison with edition 1. The IEC 61850 training course will help you to gain the necessary depth of knowledge and insight in to this new standard.

Who should attend
Technical staff working in power supply units, inspection engineers, electrical engineers manufacturers of components, operators of power supply stations, operators of local and regional energy networks and industrial installations.

Course content

  • Overview of the new version of the standard
  • Updates and modifications in comparison to edition 1 of IEC 61850

Smart grid training for integration IEC 61850

IEC 61850, the new standard to facilitate interoperability in power utilities

Since 2004, IEC 61850 has been the global standard for Power Utility Automation. Our experts will provide detailed knowledge of the standard required for system integrators and substation developers. The planning, design and engineering procedure for real applications, all the way to configuration and testing.

The challenge
Implementation of the standard in an existing environment of devices. It is particularly important to see which information will be needed or can be provided by the other systems.

Who should attend
Electrical engineers, communication experts and consultants.

Course content

  • IEC 61850 basic adjustments
  • Define interfaces between automatisation tasks and communication
  • Data models / data modelling for Smart grids, description of devices
  • Tests for Smart Grids: Compliance, conformity, interoperability
  • Security for Smart Grids: IEC 62351 and other important standards

Your benefits at a glance

  • You gain In-depth knowledge of IEC 61850 and all changes in Edition 2
  • You gain in-house expertise
  • You can better manage and configure the smart grid related systems
  • You can better detect vulnerabilities in the network
  • You better understand the protection
  • You can respond faster to unexpected events
  • You will better understand the protection
  • You can respond faster to unexpected events