Efacec to provide the power management system of Athens, one of the largest European capitals

Efacec received an order from Greek PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION, valued at around 5.6 millions euros, for supply of SCADA / DMS system that will manage the electric energy distribution network in Attica, the region that integrates the capital city Athens and it is responsible for a third of consumed energy in Greece, with 2.4 millions of customers.

Being responsible for generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy in all country, the PUBLIC POWER CORPORATION is the biggest company in the sector in Greece, with the installed capacity of 12.76 MW and the turnover of 6 billion euros in 2009.

The system to be supplied by Efacec includes software and hardware for the Control Centre, to be installed in Athens, allowing the network operators to monitor and act over the state of all major equipment of its electric energy network. The scope of supply also includes configuration and installation of 117 remote terminal units, for distribution substations spread along its network, allowing communication between the control centre and the field.

This important order reinforces the Efacec presence (particularly in the area of management and automation of distribution networks) in Central Europe, one of Efacec’s strategic markets for international growth.

Through over 30 years of activity in this business area, Efacec installed and commissioned, in more than 40 different countries, over 900 power network control centres, as well as more than 20,000 remote terminal units, with similar features as ordered in present contract.

Efacec received an order for a fully integrated transmission network Substation Automation System from Greek company TERNA ENERGY

TERNA ENERGY ordered an Efacec system from the Automation Business unit. The order includes the the supply, installation and configuration of the substation automation system for the 150/20 kV Methana transmission substation.

The solution is based on the Efacec’s CLP 500SCC platform, the distributed solution for automation, control and protection. The platform integrates the following Efacec technology components: station server (UC 500E), bay control units (BCU 500) and protection relays (from 420 family).

All components will intercommunicate through an Ethernet network, according to IEC 61850. Device synchronisation will be performed by GPS.