COURSE OVERVIEW

Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of IEC 61850 and its role in smart grid. It covers the importance of smart grid in the energy industry; the components of a smart grid system; the challenges facing traditional power systems; the benefits of a smart grid approach; the basics of IEC 61850 and its purpose in the smart grid; the different parts of the IEC 61850 standard; the benefits of using IEC 61850 in smart grid systems; the different communication protocols, data models and engineering processes used in IEC 61850; and the benefits and limitations of each communication protocol, data model and engineering process and their applications in smart grid systems. During this interactive course, participants will learn the concept of substation automation and how it can be implemented using IEC 61850; creating, modifying and analyzing IEC 61850 data models; the IEC 61850 engineering processes; the role of IEC 61850 in distribution automation, demand response, renewable energy integration and cybersecurity; the different types of distribution automation systems, demand response programs, renewable energy sources and cybersecurity threats facing smart grid systems; and overcoming the challenges facing the implementation of IEC 61850 in distribution automation, demand response, renewable energy integration and cybersecurity.

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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies:

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable:

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy materials will be issued
Training Methodology	:	80% theory, 20% practical
Training Program	:	4 hours per day, from 09:30 to 13:30