Siemens Power Transmission
and Distribution, Inc. received a contract
to supply state-of-the-art energy management
and energy market management systems to
equip Russia's extra-high voltage power
system. The new Siemens systems will replace
the existing systems and add new functionality,
increase operating reliability of all equipment,
reduce overall network losses and improve
utilization of power plant capacity. The
order has a value of about $35 million;
commissioning is planned for late 2008.
Russia is not only the world's
largest country in terms of surface area.
It also has one of the largest and most
complex power networks in the world with
correspondingly high requirements regarding
data volume and the efficiency of power
system control. The System Operator-Central
Dispatching Office for Unified Energy System
of Russia (SO-CDU UES) contracted Siemens
to develop the new control system in response
to the requirements of the deregulated Russian
energy market.
Siemens will deliver a complete
system for the Russian 220-kV and 500-kV
extra-high voltage system consisting of
the central power system control center
in Moscow and seven regional control centers
distributed across the whole of Russia.
Two of these regional control centers are
configured as backup control centers for
the central power system control center.
The planned control system,
which is based on the latest advanced Spectrum
PowerCC architecture, will provide the necessary
energy management and market management
functions for the management of the entire
Russian extra-high voltage network as well
as the scheduling of generation resources
all the way from the year-long planning
environment to the second-to-second control
needed for real-time systems. Furthermore,
as planned, the system will provide all
interfaces and programs for data exchange
with the operator of the power trading system
and all other market players such as distribution
companies, producers and qualified users.
"This is truly a global effort
from Siemens, deploying the latest component
based technology from USA, Germany and Austria,
to address this large complex grid management
need," said Kevin Sullivan, vice president
and general manager of Siemens Power Transmission
& Distribution's Energy Management &
Automation division. "The advanced applications
provided by the Siemens Minneapolis location
are the result of years of development and
leadership in this global industry."
The system will operate with
open standards such as the IEC 61970 standard
for the Common Information Model (CIM) data
model, which will greatly facilitate the
exchange of power system and market data
amongst all stakeholders of the Russian
energy marketplace. For the first time in
Russia, all data relating to the extra-high
voltage network will also be gathered centrally
in the internationally standardized CIM
format. These standards create the basis
for expansions expected in an increasingly
deregulated energy market. Siemens will
develop the system to the specific requirements
of the Russian deregulated energy market
model with energy management functions and
energy market management functions matched
specifically to the stipulations of the
Russian market regulations.
About RAO Unified Energy
System of Russia Unified Energy System of
Russia (UES) keeps Russians plugged in with
more than 250 thousand miles of high-voltage
electric transmission lines and majority
stakes in more than 70 regional power distribution
companies. The utility, one of Russia's
largest companies, has 157,000 MW of primarily
fossil-fueled generating capacity. It provides
about 70% of the country's electricity and
exports power to neighboring nations. Competition
is being introduced in Russia's utility
industry; deregulation is scheduled to take
full effect in 2006. UES' generation and
distribution assets will be spun off and
UES will become the nation's transmission
grid operator. The Russian government owns
about 53% of UES.
The Siemens Power Transmission
and Distribution Group (PTD), headquartered
in Erlangen, Germany, is one of the leading
global players in its market sector. As
a product supplier, system integrator, solution
designer and service provider, Siemens PTD
ensures - for utilities and industry alike
- the efficient and reliable transmission
of electrical energy from the power plant
to the consumer. With a worldwide workforce
of about 25,850 and operations in nearly
90 countries, PTD had sales of 4.3 billion
euros in fiscal 2005.
