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Newsletter No. 18 - 2011

Index

	- Important orders	- New product version releases
	- New project implementations	- Other news & events
	- Upcoming events	- Efacec Automation products and solutions
	- Past events

Important orders

During the first quarter of 2011, Efacec Automation received a set of important orders, in the area of power network management and automation, highlighting the following:
- Kenya – the supply and configuration of substation automation systems for 7 substations
- EDP Produção, Portugal – the supply of systems and equipments necessary to remodeling of 8 hydro power plants
- REN, Portugal – supply of a substation automation system for the Carriche transmission substation
- ENERGEST, Brazil – Efacec do Brasil supplies a generation operation center to ENERGEST
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New project implementations

During the first quarter of 2011, Efacec has concluded a set of projects, comprising systems installation and commissioning, of which we highlight the following ones:
- Landsvirkjun, Iceland
- GALP, Portugal
- EDP Produção, Portugal
- Metro do Porto, Portugal
- REN, Portugal
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Upcoming events

CIRED 2011 Efacec will be present at the 21st International Conference and Exhibition on Electrical Distribution that will take place June 6-9 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Past events

African Utility Week 2011, South Africa
Efacec was present at the African Utility Week that took place in Cape Town, South Africa, March 14-17, 2011. The African Utility Week is the annual forum where African and international experts exhibit their development strategies and technical improvements for the power and water sectors.

DistribuTECH, US
Efacec ACS participated in the DistribuTECH exhibition in San Diego, February 1-3, 2011. DistribuTECH is a major industry show with an emphasis on Smart Grid and Distribution Automation technologies.

New product version releases

Efacec announces the release of Automation Studio version 2.5 in early 2010 Q3

-	New Product Structure
		Three product editions New visual identity
-	Online Mode
		IEC 61850 browse/monitor environment now fully integrated IEC 61850 file transfer Built-in automatic IED data extraction System Control Panel
-	Simulation Mode
	Test mimic pages and user code within the toolset
-	IEC 61850 and SCL Handling
		Improvements to SCD generation New user-defined logical node wizard
-	Multiple usability/productivity enhancements and issue fixes
		colors pad, user-defined views in mapping editor, improvements to network scanner integration, user-defined workspaces, etc.

Other news & events

Efacec Participates in the First Interoperability Panel (IOP) for IEC 61850
THeld in Paris late March this year and hosted by EDF, UCA has organized the first Interoperability panel (IOP) for IEC 61850. Most worldwide vendors of IEC 61850 equipment and solutions participated with several products and all record tests between equipment of different manufacturers were witnessed by non-participating companies (consulting firms and utilities).

Opening Session of the Energy School | Automation
The opening session of the Energy School | Automation training sessions took place on the March 29, at the Efacec facilities in Maia, Portugal.
The opening was chaired by Mr. Luis Filipe Pereira, former president of the Executive Board of Directors.

1st Annual Conference of EnergyIn
The 1st annual conference of EnergyIn [www.energyin.com.pt] was held in Viseu, Portugal, February 10-11, 2011.
Several speakers had the opportunity to present their ideas about Energy Efficiency, Offshore Power, Solar Power, Sustainable Mobility and Smart Grids.

Efacec Automation products and solutions

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