Berlin, 3 June 2015 – The Austrian Power Grid AG (APG), the Austrian transmission grid operator headquartered in Vienna, has entrusted PSI AG with rebuilding a computer system for the secondary and tertiary control of the Austrian transmission grid.
APG is Austria’s control area manager and therefore responsible for the stable functioning of the electrical energy system. Amongst the cooperations arranged to date are a grid regulator cooperation with the ELES (Slovenia) control area as well as a cross-control-area procurement of primary power control. An inclusion in the International Grid Control Cooperation (IGCC – transmission grid operators from Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic and Belgium) has also already been implemented. Beyond that, in the future a cross-control-area activation of secondary power control and tertiary power control with Germany will be implemented.
PSI is providing a network regulator on the basis of its PSIcontrol energy control system for the implementation of this project. This system will allow APG to flexibly reproduce the legal and market-related conditions of the secondary and tertiary control as well as an increased availability of the network regulator.
Along with an advanced power frequency regulator, the project includes a training system, a test system as well as flexible interfaces for the connection of additional IT systems for a secure data exchange and an integrated HMI functionality for the presentation of various systems on a uniform display. It goes without saying that the grid control system will completely fulfil the requirements of the BDEW whitepaper regarding the increasingly important IT security issues.
On the basis of its own software products, PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions for energy management (gas, oil, electricity, heat, energy trading), production management (mining, metals, automotive, mechanical engineering, logistics) and infrastructure management for transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs 1,700 persons worldwide.
