Case Study
Distribution Automation project for DSO
Distribution Automation project for DSO
The Distribution System Operator – a leading distributor and supplier of electricity in Romania- required to create and implement the backbone of modernization to a fully digitized utility: for remote automation, distribution control, and IoT for security and resilience. The solution should manage both the legacy and the next generation components that make up today’s evolving smart grid.
Challenges:
- Increase IT & OT efficiency and security
- Improve grid reliability and control
- Reduce the number of service interruptions
Objectives:
- Virtual SCADA System
- Distribution Automation with Network-Embedded Microservices
- IoT Security
Business Solution:
- Eximprod ES200 virtual RTU
- Cisco IOx IR809 Industrial Integrated Services Router
- Cisco Fog Director
Business Benefits:
- Connected existing and new smart grid automated control for Utility distribution systems operators
- Ensured ease of management for SCADA using the Cisco Fog Director
- Advanced cybersecurity deployed in OT
Eximprod Solution:
Eximprod deployed a solution consisting in using Digital Smart Grid applications including:
- Virtualized SCADA System: ES200, virtual Remote Terminal Unit, for Energy Distribution Automation running on Cisco IOx IR809 router
- Distribution Automation with Network-Embedded Microservices: securely connecting existing and new Smart Grid automated control of secondary substations
- IoT Security- SCADA platform runs as a microservice directly on the Cisco IoT Secure Gateway
This solution allowed the DSO
- modernize and add software and services for remote automation and increased distribution control
- real-time visibility of the business – enables a quick response
- a secure, stable and very predictable network
- reduced and controllable cost base
