Centralized protection blogs and media features

Energy Central / Distributech 2024
Demonstrating in real-time the power of collaboration for next-generation grid technology

At the Distributech 2024 conference, a focal point for industry influencers shaping the future of energy, Jesse Koskela and his colleagues stood out as key contributors in the discourse on groundbreaking innovations in grid technology.

ABB Review
Centralizing protection

In this ABB Review article, Jani Valtari explores how combining the functions of multiple relays into one device, centralized protection and control (CPC) reduces network complexity, thus providing the means to better manage substation protection. And, by offering CPC as a virtualized image, ABB enhances scalability and flexibility – a boon for time-critical P&C applications.
T&D World
Virtual substation protection, control and automation

In this T&D World article, Henry Niveri explores virtualization as a solution to many of the challenges substation operators are facing today.
Mission Critical magazine
Virtualization: a key enabler of the future power grid

In this Mission Critical magazine article, Henry Niveri discusses the transition to virtualized protection and control as a key enabler in the battle to stabilize the electricity grid in the age of renewables, offering new possibilities to optimize and achieve flexibility and scale.
ABB Review
The virtues of virtualization

In ABB Review 02/2023, you can learn how virtualization helps solve challenges medium-voltage substation operators face, such as the need to reduce costs, simplify equipment maintenance and updates, and accommodate increasing numbers of distributed power sources.

Modern Power Systems
Virtualization and grid stability

Substations must continue to become smarter, more secure, and easier to manage. In this article in Modern Power Systems, Henry Niveri discusses virtualization of protection and control as a key part of this journey.
Power Electronics World
Virtualization - a key enabler of the future power grid

Power grids are undergoing a period of radical change. In this PEW feature article, Henry Niveri explores the transition to virtualized protection and control in the age of renewables.
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IoT Chat
The driving forces behind grid modernization

In this IoT Chat episode, ABB’s Jani Valtari joins a group of industry experts and thought leaders from Intel, VMware, and DELL, to discuss innovations in grid modernization, including virtualization of protection and control, and how the new solutions will help make grids more resilient.
Blog
Virtualization is an important step in bringing clean electricity to the world

The electrical grid will continue to change which means that the solutions enabling the grid must also continue to evolve. Virtualization will be a beneficial tool in making electrical grids sustainable and resilient – a key step in bringing clean electricity to the world.
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Did you know that ABB developed the next-generation protection system for safe and smart substations?

After 30 years of research and development, ABB’s SSC600 is a new approach for distribution networks that centralizes all substation protection and control functionality in just one digital device.
Blog
Eight tips for a successful internal start-up – Centralized Protection and Control case study

In this blog, Jani Valtari discusses how digital transformation is creating more potential for radical innovations and how internal start-up methods are strong tools to harness this potential.
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Merging unit – an essential building block of the future digital medium-voltage substation

In this blog, Juha Ylinen explores how mega trends, such as digitalization and integration of renewables, are driving power systems to the next level. Is the next innovation a digital substation completely without wires? Or is it a substation with only basic measurement products, while the protection and control algorithms are computed through the cloud?

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