Smart Grid – Lanner

Rugged IIoT Gateway Enables Street Lighting to Become “Smart”

Jorge Peregrina — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 22:31:08 +0000

Smart LED street illumination has been embraced by multiple municipal governments worldwide, as the starting point for IoT-based smart city establishment. Since the street lighting infrastructure already exists, many city planners take smart lighting as the opportunity to enable their IoT foundation by consolidating sensors, wireless communication points and open-interface technologies. Indeed...

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Deploying Building Automation Gateways for Energy Monitoring and Access Control

Lanner Blog — Wed, 31 May 2017 15:54:41 +0000

Most of the modern multi-story green buildings come with BAS (building automation system) for smart control of air circulation, water conservation and building climates. That is the reason why BAS-empowered buildings are sometimes referred to “smart buildings”. The BAS is a distributed control system based on computer networking to integrate monitoring and control subsystems...

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Employing High Availability IEC 61850 Substation Automation Gateway into Service

Lanner Blog — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 05:50:13 +0000

Utility institutions today are operating globally and relying on substation automation systems to have a secured and reliable solution for controlling and monitoring status of the substations and grids. Historically, substation automation structures involve multiple proprietary protocols which consist of numerous remote thermal units, PLCs, HMIs and plenty of computing systems to be wired together.

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IP Video Surveillance Platform for Power Substations

Lanner Blog — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 22:32:57 +0000

IP Video Surveillance Systems are a crucial implementation for the protection of assets found in Power Substations and are a significant instrument for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) compliance. Substations, a key element of power grids, are mission critical for providing electricity to millions in North America. More often than not, substations are at distant unmanned ...

Reinforcing Control and Prevention Against Cyber Threats for Energy Sectors

Lanner Blog — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:05:26 +0000

Since the trend of IoT (Internet of Things), energy sectors all over the world have been frequently the main targets for deliberate malware as consequences of planned attacks can highly devastate reliability, serviceability and public trust. One of the recent incidents was the power cut during Christmas season in Ukraine, 2015, followed by a series of cyber attacks to local energy companies.

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An Integrated Communication Platform with a Substation Monitoring System

Lanner Blog — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:03:06 +0000

It’s not too difficult for a substation automation company, based in Hebei, China, to find industrial computer manufacturers. The challenging task was finding a partner who was capable of providing low-cost customized solutions to meet their needs. The Challenge This company needed a cost-effective communication platform that could be customized based on their requirements, and ...

A Communication Platform in a Wind Power Monitoring System

Lanner Blog — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:01:39 +0000

Wind power is a renewable source of energy and China has been actively expanding its wind installations over the past decade. Presently, China is the leader in wind power capacity, making up over 26% of the world total. Wind farms can consist of several hundred wind turbines in remote, harsh environments. Researchers believe that, with ...

Intelligent Solar Power Monitoring System

Lanner Blog — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:00:10 +0000

Introduction The mounting concerns for climate changes have had many governments seek out feasible energy solutions that are more environmental friendly and less exhaustible; one of the more popular and better developed renewable energy solutions is the solar energy and the reason being solar power systems convert readily available and inexhaustible sunlight directly into electricity ...

Intelligent Building Solution – Building Energy Monitoring System

Lanner Blog — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:56:39 +0000

Introduction The global energy shortage is now a global crisis. And actions such as energy substitution are being taken to avoid the serious social and economic implications such crisis could potentially bring. Governments around the world have been tackling the energy shortage by implementing technologies to tap into renewable energy sources such as solar and ...

The Integrated Data Communication Platform for Power Substation Management

Lanner Blog — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:53:52 +0000

Introduction In order to strike the right balance between maintaining the most reasonable cost and ensuring the strictest facility management, system automation is usually depended upon for facility monitoring and process control. The key for successful substation management therefore lies in establishing efficient communications between control centers and off-site automation systems. Requirement Device interoperation is ...