Substation Automation

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Substation Automation

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Electrical substations represent the critical interconnections within the power grid, providing the voltage conversion, power conditioning, and protection functions required between the various levels of transmission and distribution networks. Not surprisingly, substations are a locus of the emerging smart grid, with the automation of substation functions appearing long before the term "smart grid" came into use. Early automation systems reduced or eliminated the need to continuously staff larger substations by offering simple remote monitoring and control. Today, substations are becoming key points of end-to-end smart grid instrumentation and automation.

The size, cost, and complexity of substations vary dramatically. Major transmission substations manage power for entire cities, while local distribution substations are the final step into local residential neighborhood feeder circuits. Regional differences in the structure of the grid also drive differences in substation design. Hence, substation automation implementations, including supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment, communications, protective relays, and other electronic devices, vary by both global location and position within the grid infrastructure. Accelerating technology evolution and a drive toward a system standard such as IEC 61850 is making substation automation cost effective closer and closer to the edge of the grid.

This Pike Research report reviews the history, drivers, key technologies, evolving standards, and leading vendors associated with substation automation technologies. The size and growth of the global substation automation equipment market is forecast through 2020 and segmented by automation device categories (SCADA, protective relays, sensors, communications), by transmission and distribution substations, by new versus retrofit installations, and by major world regions.

Key Questions Addressed:

What is the size and expected growth of the market for substation automation equipment? How does the market (and opportunity) differ by world region?
What equipment categories are included in substation automation?
What applications and utility needs are driving greater automation deployment?
What standards are emerging within each world region?
Which key drivers and inhibitors are most likely to influence the development of automation technologies?
How does substation automation fit within the overall smart grid?

Who needs this report?

Utilities
Vendors of substation and power equipment
Vendors of SCADA, sensor, and communications gear
Network infrastructure vendors
Systems and engineering integrators
Government and regulatory agencies
Investor community

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary

1.1 Modernizing the Power Delivery Grid

1.2 The Role of Substation Automation

1.3 The Substation Automation Market Outlook

2. Market Issues

2.1 Power Delivery Modernization

2.1.1 A Historical Perspective

2.1.1.1 Industry Goals

2.1.1.2 The State of Technology

2.1.1.3 Customer and Regulatory Barriers

2.1.2 The Smart Grid

2.2 Electrical Grid Overview

2.2.1 Components of Grid Modernization

2.2.1.1 Customer Usage and Applications

2.2.1.2 Distribution Automation

2.2.1.3 Substation Automation

2.2.1.4 Transmission Network Modernization

2.3 Substation Automation – Key Applications

2.3.1 Key Substation Technologies

2.3.1.1 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

2.3.1.2 Protective Relay Technology

2.3.2 Emerging Substation Automation Applications

2.3.2.1 Outage Management and Recovery

2.3.2.2 System Operations

2.3.2.3 Equipment Monitoring

2.4 Substation Automation – Key Challenges

2.4.1 Cost and Value

2.4.2 Information Management

2.4.3 Communications

2.4.4 Standards Adoption

2.4.5 Regulatory Hurdles

2.5 Substation Automation – Utility Examples

2.5.1 Company A – North America

2.5.2 Company B – North America

2.5.3 Company C – North America

2.5.4 Company D – Asia Pacific

3. Technology Issues

3.1 Substation Overview

3.1.1 Transmission and Distribution Substations

3.1.2 North America versus Other Regional Grid Design Models

3.2 Automation Technology – Current State-of-the-Art

3.2.1 Switchgear – Circuit Breakers and Fuses

3.2.2 Transformers

3.2.3 Relay Technology

3.2.4 Power System Applications and Data Analytics

3.2.5 Communications

3.3 Networking and Communications Standards

3.3.1 The Internet Protocol (IP) Suite

3.3.2 SCADA Standards

3.3.2.1 Distributed Network Protocol (DNP)

3.3.2.2 IEC 61850

3.3.3 NIST Standards

3.3.4 International Standards Cooperation

3.4 Remaining Technology Challenges

3.4.1 Distribution System Design

3.4.2 Data Management and Analytics

3.4.3 Cyber Security

4. Key Industry Players

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Power Companies

4.2.1 American Electric Power (AEP)

4.2.2 Dominion Virginia Power

4.2.3 Electricite de France (EDF)

4.2.4 Exelon Generation/PECO

4.2.5 Iberdrola

4.2.6 Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E)

4.2.7 Portland General Electric (PGE)

4.2.8 Progress Energy

4.2.9 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)

4.2.10 Southern California Edison (SCE)

4.2.11 Southern Company

4.2.12 State Grid Corp. of China

4.2.13 Tennessee Valley Authority

4.3 Power System Vendors

4.3.1 ABB

4.3.2 Accenture

4.3.3 Ambient Corp.

4.3.4 Cisco Systems

4.3.5 Cooper Power Systems

4.3.6 Current Group

4.3.7 Echelon

4.3.8 EnerNex

4.3.9 GarrettCom

4.3.10 GE Energy

4.3.11 IBM

4.3.12 Landis+Gyr

4.3.13 RuggedCom

4.3.14 S&C Electric Company

4.3.15 Schneider Electric

4.3.16 Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)

4.3.17 Siemens

4.3.18 UTILICASE

4.4 Other Institutions

4.4.1 Edison Electric Institute (EEI)

4.4.2 Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

5. Market Forecasts

5.1 Forecast Introduction

5.2 Defining the Transition to Automation

5.2.1 Stages of Automation

5.2.2 A Typical Automation Project Work Plan

5.2.3 From Automation Readiness to Automation

5.3 Forecast Methodology

5.3.1 Estimates of Existing Substations

5.3.2 Growth Projections by Region

5.3.3 Projections of Substation Modernization by Region

5.3.4 Forecast Segmentation

5.4 Global Substation Automation Forecast

5.5 Regional Forecasts

5.5.1 North America

5.5.2 Europe

5.5.3 Asia Pacific

5.5.4 Latin America

5.5.5 Middle East and Africa

6. Company Directory

7. Acronym and Abbreviation List

8. Table of Contents

9. Table of Charts and Figures

10. Scope of Study, Sources and Methodology, Notes

List of Charts and Figures

Total Substation Automation Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, North America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Europe: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
Simplified Grid Transmission and Distribution System
Smart Grid Fundamentals
Example Distribution Substation
SCADA System General Layout
Example Substation Equipment Layout
Simplified European vs. North American Distribution Network Architectures
The Evolution of Substation Automation: Infrastructure to Business Applications
Overview of IEC 61850 Functionality and Associated Communications Profiles
NIST Smart Grid Framework 2.0

List of Tables

Voltage Level Definitions
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, World Markets: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Region, World Markets: 2011-2020
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, North America: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, North America: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, North America: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, North America: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, North America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, North America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, North America: 2011-2020
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, Europe: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Europe: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Europe: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Europe: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Europe: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Europe: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Europe: 2011-2020
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Asia Pacific: 2011-2020
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Latin America: 2011-2020
New and Retrofit Automated Substations by Installation Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
New Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
Retrofit Transmission Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
New Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
Retrofit Distribution Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Device Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020
Total Substation Automation Revenue by Installation Type, Middle East and Africa: 2011-2020