SCADA/EMS Platform is Upward-Compatible

e-terraplatform is the new, upward-compatible release of ALSTOM Grid’s product for SCADA and EMS.

Aug. 31, 2010

E-terra platform is the new, upward-compatible release of ALSTOM Grid’s product for SCADA and EMS. In this release, the SCADA, Network security analysis, Power System simulator and Generation management subsystems of e-terraplatform have been extended by a set of innovative modules to support:

Integration of renewable and distributed energy resources into the grid
Online network stability applications to prevent blackouts
Optimization of the generation fleet
Enterprise message bus integration & CIM-based modeling
Extended scalability and cyber security

The platform responds to the operator’s needs for greater supervisory control and wide-area network security monitoring; power balance monitoring and control; management of renewables and distributed energy resources; preparation and scheduling for look-ahead operations; disturbance analysis; prediction of events and simulation of alternative operating procedures; asset management and equipment maintenance prioritization and reporting for regulatory compliance.

These subsystems operate from a core of software and information technology providing a secure architecture framework for Enterprise message bus integration.