Endesa Combining Network Control Systems Project Across Latin America

Aug 31, 2011 1:10 PM

Endesa Group in Latin America will implement advanced control systems for six of its companies in Chile, Brazil and Colombia.

Endesa recognized that some of its current systems needed to be brought up to date. The motivation of this current project with Siemens reflects the desire of Endesa LatAm to transform its systems toward a unique and integrated platform for the group. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2013.

Endesa's objectives for the regional advanced control systems project include providing real-time information and a reliable method to obtain a safer and more efficient operation for the electric power grid, improving quality and operative costs, providing a set of network analyses tools that help the operator with operative decision making, providing historical information that allows analysis of the electric power grid and the elaboration of internal and external reports to corporate and regulating entities.

Further objectives include the ability to optimize response times in order to fulfill or improve quality indicators of service, implement solutions based on best existing practices that leverage existing investments by participating companies (with state-of-the-art systems that enable future incorporation of new functionalities), increase integration with other systems that enables investment optimization, and create flexible architecture systems to fulfill legal requirements established by regulating entities, such as the technical standards of security and quality of service unique to the needs of each country.

The control system, Siemens' Spectrum Power, is a message-based SCADA platform, with application functionality (such as network analysis and historical archiving) provided by separate components. This architecture enables a system to be tailored to meet a utility's current needs, and expands it as those needs grow. Spectrum Power is integrated into a powerful, end-to-end range of products and solutions which allows swift adaptation of electric power systems to new conditions.

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