IEC 61850 - A BRAND NEW WORLD

IEC 61850 is an approved international standard for communications in substations that is creating opportunities for a revolution in the world of electric power systems protection and control. It represents the next step in integration of multifunctional IEDs based on the development and implementation of advanced distributed protection and control functions. But for this revolution to succeed, we need to understand what it is and how we can use it in order to take full advantage of its potential. That is why IEC 61850 and its applications are and will be one of the key topics for discussions in our industry in the future. More