60-minute session

Next Generation Smart Meters have the potential to be a key enabler of the energy transition. Many countries worldwide already understand their potential to deliver climate goals affordably and effectively. According to market intelligence firm Guidehouse, the global penetration of smart meters will climb from approximately 44 percent at the end of 2020 to 56 percent by the end of 2028, resulting in over 1.2 billion devices globally.

Europe has an opportunity to lead the way in deploying transformative meter technologies, becoming a beacon of excellence.

To achieve this, what can be learnt from other next-gen meter deployments happening worldwide? How could this inform second wave rollouts?

Expert panelists delve into a range of opportunities and risks to Europe’s adoption of smarter meters. They share insights from their experiences in future-proofing meter specifications across several markets and discuss how to avoid the pitfalls of ‘legacy’ technology. The discussions also explore the potential of advanced real-time decision-making at the grid edge to detect appliance usage in real-time, enable demand response at scale, find network faults, and accelerate the energy transition.

Register to watch the recording and learn from leaders in your field:

• The Global landscape – lessons from energy transformation leaders
• Insights from National Grid’s Next Generation Meter
• The potential of truly intelligent next gen smart meters to deliver the energy transition and reduce costs

Speakers

Michael Jary, Managing Director EMEA & APAC | Sense

Carlos Nouel, VP of Transformation Programs | National Grid

Sergio Lazzarotto, President and Executive Director | DLMS

60-minute session

Congestion management is a challenge for many grid Distribution System Operators (DSOs) and to reliably manage congestion they require detailed insights into the hot spots and bottlenecks, accurate forecasting and network calculations and collaboration between customers, market parties and stakeholders but this all needs to be underpinned with precise asset data.

Stedin, DSO for 2.3+ million customers in the Netherlands, realised that the asset data they used for their network calculations resulted in anomalies.

Join this recorded discussion to hear industry experts discuss:
• Stedin’s approach to validating asset data for their 22,000 Medium Voltage substations
• The value Stedin is getting from the uplifted asset data
• Use cases for reducing incidents, congestion management, capacity planning and asset management

Speakers:

Wouter van Deurzen, Data Quality Manager | Stedin

André Kleinrensink, Project Director | eSmart Systems

60-minute session

With the rapid spike in electric vehicles (EVs) globally, the need for efficient and reliable charging infrastructure is becoming increasingly urgent.

According to the European EV Charging Infrastructure Masterplan, 6.8 million chargers must be in place by 2030. As a result, utilities are experiencing immense pressure to make essential upgrades to their transmission infrastructure and at the same time connect an ever-growing list of charging assets to the grid.

With the International Energy Agency reporting the average time to build clean energy infrastructure at over a decade, what can developers, EPCs and utilities do to collectively speed up the process across planning, design and construction to get assets up and running faster?

Join this recorded discussion to learn more about how connected construction solutions accelerate EV charging deployments.

EV charging experts and technologists will discuss how high-volume deployments can leverage the cloud to control costs and speed up deployments that span hundreds or thousands of distributed locations.

In this webinar, you will learn best practices to:

• Template work so you can complete projects more than 30% faster
• Centralise data in the cloud across all internal, field and vendor teams
• Introduce better communication across groups using real-time project and site data
• Automate construction approvals, reporting, and forecasting

Speakers

Sebastian Hymas, Head of Project Controls | Evyve Charging Network

Lynne Toogood, Chief Operating Officer | Connected Kerb

Mathieu Michel, Sales Engineer | Sitetracker

The deployment of electric-vehicle charging stations, rooftop photovoltaic systems, and other energy-related high-volume infrastructure involves the site-specific tailoring of largely repeatable installation efforts. Connected construction tools built upon an ever-expanding foundation of cloud-based data enable greater efficiency, shorter project timelines, and improved communication from job sites to project managers to executive teams to customers.

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60-minute session

Utilities are evolving operating environments to keep up with new energy demands and a fast-changing technology landscape. Many are integrating utility-scale and residential distributed energy resources (DERs) into their electric grids at an unprecedented pace.

Meanwhile, the TDM technology they use for communications in IEDs such as relays and RTUs approaching end-of-life. In response to these changes, more and more utilities are turning to IEC 61850 to introduce automation and digitalization to their electric grids.

Join this recorded webinar to learn how IEC 61850 is revolutionizing the utility industry. Our panel discuss the following IEC 61850 topics:
• Substation automation and control digitalization using IEC 61850
• Transitioning TDM-based substations to IEC 61850
• Building a communication infrastructure blueprint for IEC 61850 implementation

Speakers:

Prithpal Khajuria, Director – Energy & Industrial Sectors, Intel Corporation

Dominique Verhulst, Global Head of Utilities, Nokia

Hansen Chan, IP Networks Product Marketing, Nokia

60-minute session

Join this recorded discussion to learn from Nokia’s experiences in designing mission-critical private wireless networks for power utilities worldwide. Our panel of experts discuss use cases, spectrum and devices for utility private wireless networks, along with technology evolution and approaches for building resilient, future-proof private LTE/5G RAN solutions.

The panel also provide insights on key topics such as:

• How to plan a private wireless network to ensure sufficient coverage and capacity for utility use cases
• How to select, handle and optimise site and battery configurations for different site types
• The pros and cons of multi-sector sites and small cell site alternatives.

We look forward to sharing what we’ve learned about how a well-designed private wireless solution can help you build a smarter grid, reach your net-zero goals and support new business models.

Speakers:

Dr. Ali Shah, Head Business Development | Nokia

Hemant Relan, Radio Solutions Manager | Nokia

Dave Chapman, Services Solutions Manager | Nokia

Long-duration energy storage has an important role to play in the decarbonisation of the energy sector, especially if we wish to reach the Green Deal and RePowerEU goals.

The rising share of renewables in the power mix brings with it new challenges, not least of these are the structural strains on existing power-generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure.

Hosted by Smart Energy International and Power Engineering International in collaboration with The European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE), experts address:

• Technologies such as pumped hydro, redox flow batteries, metal-air batteries and mechanical storage technologies with a special focus on thermal energy storage.
• Solutions to supply and demand or changes in transmission flow patterns

Moderator: Patrick Clerens, Secretary General, EASE

Speakers:
Lidia Aviles, Founder, AELSTONE 
Lorena Skiljan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Nobilegroup
Bjarke Buchbjerg, Chief Technology Officer, Kyoto Group AS
Dr. Robert Pfab, Chief Operating Officer, Carbon-Clean Technologies GmbH

60-minute session

In the current scenario where homes and buildings are becoming energy producers and playing an active role in grid stability, it is paramount that home energy management systems do not become independent islands. Instead, interoperability and standardisation must become the pillars that drive this trend in the right direction.

This recorded discussion explores the current market trends in home energy management systems, including the increasing adoption of smart home and building technology and the growing demand for sustainable solutions.

Energy experts will spotlight a few of the challenges and opportunities facing the industry, and how KNX technologies can help address these issues.

Confirmed Speakers:

Maarten Hemker, Product Manager | xxter B.V.

Michael Prader, CTO | EKON GmbH

Moderator:

Jesús Arias, Membership & Business Development | KNX Association cvba

In this discussion, experts from Kraken unpack the essential role consumers will play in the future of energy, and how utilities, retailers, and system operators can use new technologies to collaborate with consumers.

With recent developments and trends –The Inflation Reduction Action Act, incentives for low-carbon devices, clean energy investments, and increased consumer engagement with low-carbon devices and renewable energy sources – signalling a massive change in the energy industry, many industry players are not well-positioned for this transition.

Industry experts explore what is required to speed up the energy transition from customers who are willing to participate in consumer flex – to balance renewable generation with demand in real-time.

Understanding that customer loyalty can be developed via customer-centric, vertical tech stack solutions – creating simple products that are easy to use, green, and affordable—vertical solutions result in customer data being all in one place, helping utilities to understand better the products and services their customers need.

Speakers

Devrim Celal, CEO | KrakenFlex

Lara Beers, Global Director of Business Development | Kraken

Alex Schoch, Head of Flexibility | Octopus Energy

Leveraging customer energy resource flexibility at scale

Join this recorded discussion about a utility’s journey toward decarbonisation by tapping into old and new resources. Learn how a utility’s strategy leverages grid edge resources such as demand response, battery storage, DERs, and voltage optimisation. 

Speakers

Nicholas Tumilowicz, Director, Distributed Energy Management | Itron, Inc

Jay Oliver, Managing Director, Grid Systems Integration | Duke Energy

You are invited to access the latest Europe Energy Talks – available online – which was hosted in Frankfurt, Germany, where experts discuss the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition in view of the expanding energy crisis in Europe.

Siemens Energy and Enlit Europe collaborated to host the Europe Energy Talks, where key players including BASF, EnBW, Shell, Uniper, and MVV participated.

Together, the panel explored how we can ensure energy security and affordability – and still accelerate the journey to net zero.

Moderator:
Kelvin Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Enlit Europe

Welcome address:
Ariel Porat, Senior Vice President, Head of Hub Europe, Siemens Energy

Panel:

Marcus Adlon, Managing Director | MVV Green Heat GmbH
Dr. Hannah König, Head of Procurement | EnBW
Dr. Holger Kreetz, COO Asset Management | Uniper
Jens Müller-Belau, Managing Director Energy Transition (Germany) | Shell
Christoph Schuette, Managing Director | Siemens Energy Germany

The energy transformation requires all of us to face some uncomfortable truths.
Join Siemens Energy to talk about them! 

In this session, the Graphene Flagship and invited guests aim to illustrate the power of European collaboration using one of the largest scientific research initiatives funded by the European Commission.

The Graphene Flagship unites 170 partners from across Europe to take graphene and other two-dimensional materials from the realm of academic laboratories into European society in different application areas, including energy.

The unique balance between academic and industrial partners in the Graphene Flagship allows the project to tackle challenges that no individual country or organisation would be able to take on by itself.

The strength of many organisations is combined to create something that is more than just a sum of its parts. While academic partners are good at identifying what is doable, industrial partners are better at deciding what is worth doing.

The Graphene Flagship Spearhead Projects are the quintessence of this model of collaboration. Led by companies, these projects exploit the academic and industrial partnership fostered by the Graphene Flagship to bring graphene and other two-dimensional materials into devices close to the market application.

What you will learn:

• The Graphene Flagship structure and activities in energy generation and storage
• Case study: A Spearhead Project developing the next generation of circuit breakers
• How the Graphene Flagship supports the creation of new companies growing out of research to step into the market

Moderator: Areti Ntaradimou, Editor | Smart Energy International

Speakers:

Patrik Johansson, Vice Director | Graphene Flagship

Vittorio Pellegrini, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Innovation Officer | BeDimensional S.p.a.

Anna Mikaela Andersson, Senior principal scientist | ABB

60-minute session

The implementation of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is moving forward to enable the integration of new distributed energy resources and to bring more transparency to a well-balanced energy grid.

Smart meter data connectivity

Massive smart meter rollouts bring the question of smart meters´ connectivity; how do you make sure that grid managers receive metering data in due time, without connectivity disruption?

• How to simplify the selection of a connectivity provider, when dealing with global rollouts?
• How to ensure the best connectivity is chosen at installation?
• How to ensure Smart Meters maintain connectivity across their active life?

In this webinar, experts from Thales discuss smart metering connectivity and how grid managers can overcome network coverage issues, to benefit from a reliable and scalable connectivity infrastructure.

Discussion points:

• Common pain points for smart meter makers and utilities (multiple meter SKUs, long installation time, network disruptions, physical maintenance…)
• How to choose a metering connectivity technology
• The benefits of IoT cellular connectivity
  • Out-of-the-box connectivity provisioning (during manufacture, meter installation, or in the field)
  • Securing resilient network coverage
  • Review of use cases

Speakers:

Neil Bosworth, Head of IoT Segment Management | Thales Digital Identity & Security

Jose Sanchez Santana, Head of Product Line Management IoT Solutions | Thales Digital Identity & Security

Join this recoded discussion on assessing the value proposition of a private broadband wireless network as the communications foundation for digital connectivity of an offshore wind farm.

Through the use of case studies focusing on enhancing worker safety, welfare, and efficiency, along with asset optimisation, we examine the challenges, quantified benefits, and role of a private 4.9G/LTE network that connects workers, vessels, sensors, and operations centers. An example multi-year return on investment (ROI) for support of focus case studies will be explored.

Key topics:

• Lessons from field case studies on enhancing worker health, safety, and efficiency, along with asset optimization      
• Assessing the value proposition during wind farm construction and its operation
• Example multi-year ROI with deploying a private 4.9G/LTE network supporting target case studies

Speakers:

Graham Gow, Associate Director | BVG Associates

Pad Browne, Consultant | BVG Associates

Dominique Verhulst, Global Head of Utilities Vertical | Nokia

Join Nokia for a live discussion on the broadband market, opportunities, challenges, and how utilities realise success.

This starts with examining the US broadband market and how it is different today, driven primarily by new funding sources and business models.

Industry experts address critical ways to get started, steps to accelerate monetisation, and how it enhances grid operations. Real-life case studies of how Nokia helps utilities solve key broadband and grid challenges will be highlighted. The discussion wraps-up with a utility-led discussion on how they realised success with broadband and its impact on their community.

Speakers share insights on:
• What has recently changed, and why now is the time
• Key technical and commercial pain points
• Lessons from field case studies
• New resources to help utilities capitalise on this opportunity

Speakers:

Ginny Gardea, Business Development – Broadband | Nokia

Kevin Kloehn, VP of Customer Relations | Vantage Point

Ross Henzel, Director of Business Development | DQE Communications LLC

Ryan Smith, Business Development – Utility Broadband | Nokia

Utilities are deploying new innovations to systems and analytics to eliminate the rigid, hardware-bound silos and technical debt that have held digital transformation strategies hostage.

Greenbird Technologies CEO, Thorsten Heller, and partners discuss how composable systems & composable data are being utilised to address the demanding data requirements of evolving high-value applications in flexibility services, grid analytics, AI, ML, edge computing, and more.

Learn how Greenbird delivers enterprise integration and how ecosystem partners help accelerate innovation like digital twin and advanced analytics.

What you will learn about composable systems & composable data:

• What does it mean?
• Why do we need it?
• Why do we need it now?
• What are possible use cases or examples?
• How can we implement a “composable” architecture?
• What is the alternative?
• Is there an alternative?

Find out how composable data and analytics initiatives free up resources once limited by physical architectures and facilitate operational processes and customer experiences that address rapidly evolving market and regulatory requirements.

Moderator: Thorsten Heller, CEO and Co-Founder | Greenbird

Speakers:
Lasse Jamt, Vice President Renewables & Utilities | Kongsberg Digital

Bert Lutje Berenbroek, Founder & CEO | NET2GRID

Andrew Cook, Senior Product Line Manager | ITRON

Bianca van Effrink, VP International Business Development | Greenbird

The future of business transformation is at the edge. Grid edge computing provides one of the most effective ways to create value-generating business operations. However, edge computing also provides its own set of challenges.

These challenges typically involve the combination of data from multiple sources and the sharing of data across various ecosystems- regulated and unregulated markets, organisations divided physically and operationally.

In this recorded session, the panel discuss how to increase grid operational efficiency through grid edge data pre-processing. In addition, we hear from experts on how to access grid data for consumer digital convenience without compromising the digital security of strategic infrastructure or consumer control of data confidentiality.

Speakers:

Sergio Lazzarotto, President & Executive Director | DLMS

Camille Marzuoli, Managing Director | Energy & Utilities, SIA Partners

Peter Jensen, Senior Researcher, EDF

Michael Jary, Managing Director EMEA | SENSE

Francesco Marini, VP Pre Sales: Manufacturing, Operations, and Service | Gridspertise

Join this recorded discussion on the benefits of broadband wireless as the communications foundation for digital connectivity for offshore wind farms.

Through the use of case studies focusing on safety, welfare and efficiency, we examine the challenges, benefits, and role of a private 4G/5G network that connects workers, vessels, sensors and operations centers. Communications requirements during wind farm construction, as well as its operation, to improve worker safety and productivity, optimize costs and build a foundation for future innovation will be explored.

Speakers share insights on:

• Key technical and commercial pain points
• Personnel safety offshore
• Private 4G/5G network benefits as a communications foundation for digitalisation
• Lessons from field case studies

Speakers:

Graham Gow, Associate Director | BVG Associates
Pad Browne, Consultant | BVG Associates
Chris Jones, Head Energy Europe | Nokia

To support the restoration and deployment of power to communities under conditions of Russian aggression, DTEK, the leading private energy company in Ukraine, is desperately, and urgently, seeking your attention and support.

In this 60-minute session, high-level speakers give a general overview of the current situation in Ukraine’s electricity market amid the war.

Ukraine’s power sector

Huge damages to critical infrastructure, significant changes in the energy landscape, and unpredicted challenges of management and day-by-day operation are the new reality for Ukrainian energy companies. But even in such conditions, stable operation of energy systems and synchronization with European power grids has been achieved.

DTEK is participating in a live broadcast in partnership with Enlit Europe, Smart Energy International and Power Engineering International to address this critical need and facilitate the response to any questions that you may have in order to fast-track your support and donations.

A list of urgent materials and equipment needed for the restoration of Lines; Grids; Substations is available on request. Please contact enliteuropeseries@clarionevents.com

Speakers:
Oleksiy Povolotskiy, Corporate Governance and Compliance Director, DTEK
Ruslan Volynets, Director of Customer Relations/ Representative, DTEK Grids and Board of Directors in E.DSO, Vice Chairperson of the Energy Community ECDSO-E Coordination Group

Our purpose connects us: With your support, we can reconnect and distribute power faster than doing it alone. You will also have the opportunity to connect with DTEK in person this November, in Frankfurt.

Register to attend Enlit Europe, Frankfurt 29 November – 1 December

In this second episode of Sustainable Energy Islands, the focus shifts to next-generation innovative energy technologies that aim to support the energy transition on islands.

Across the EU there are more than 2,200 inhabited islands, and despite often having potential access to plentiful renewable energy resources, such as solar, wind, or wave, many still depend on either costly diesel imports or interconnection to the mainland or a neighbouring larger island for their energy supply.

Watch Part 1: Sustainable Energy Islands in Action

With energy security being top of everyone’s mind at the moment, plus the genuine drive to transition Europe’s energy systems to a low-carbon, sustainable model, a growing number of islands in the region are investigating innovative ways of reducing energy costs, increasing renewable energy production, building energy storage and demand response systems and ultimately ensuring energy self-sufficiency.

We will explore next-generation microgrids, the development of tidal energy and airborne wind energy or kite power, hydrogen concepts for islands, and effective network communications.

Host:
Nigel Blackaby, Content Director | Enlit Europe

Speakers:

Ian Heath, Vice President, EMEA | Trilliant Networks Operations
Charlie van Dijl, Investment Advisor | Energy Investment Management
Karin Bilo, Ecologist | SeaQurrent
Joep Breuer, CTO | Kitepower

Since Google, Facebook and other companies located in Silicon Valley, showed the rest of the world the hidden power of harnessing data, attempts to replicate the success of the largest corporates in the world have been legion.

In 2017, the Economist published a story titled, ‘The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data’, which has seen a lot happen since globally.

End users have accepted the need to trade data for convenience and comfort, although the regulations have grown around the user privacy. Another important aspect is that data is now a target for many companies, either in the software or hardware industry. Some predict that hardware will become less important while software will gain importance, with data driving the change.

Furthermore, the once-off sales targets are shifting to subscription plans everywhere, thanks to Netflix and Spotify, based on data and services. The home and building industry does not escape from this debate.

There is a great opportunity for all the stakeholders involved in this industry, especially when tackling energy management, although there are some challenges that need to be addressed:

• Data coming from different sources, applications, and vendors… complicate the task of processing it in the most optimal way.
• The lack of standard interfaces imposes barriers for the software developers to extract the data smoothly.
• A vendor-locked approach keeps the data in silos, thus not contributing to synergistic solutions that enhance the data compilation.
• Security is crucial, and so it has to be at the centre of the equation.
• The ethical usage of the data, and the need of offering alternatives where data is not shared while maintaining the level of comfort.

In this recorded discussion, contributors to the KNX technology talk about the problems faced by the new business models in the home and building automation industry and will provide their vision on how it can be solved.

Speakers:

Christian Kiefel, CEO | ProKNX SAS

Dario Tolio, CTO | Ilevia srl

Jesús Arias, Membership & Business Development | KNX Association cvba

Energy saving, imperative for buildings

There has been a shift over the past few years where buildings are no longer only energy consumers, they are now energy producers. With this new role in mind, buildings must manage the energy surplus and decide whether to put the energy in storage or charge the electric vehicles faster. 

With electric vehicles on the rise and decentralised energy production becoming more popular, this is becoming even more crucial. Buildings and houses can also play a significant role in helping the grid avoid power outages, by being included in selective load shedding.

WATCH: How Digital Twin technology can help homes and buildings perform better
WATCH: Building a sustainable future for a smart living

You are invited to watch a recent keynote address by Joost Demarest, CTO at KNX Association, who provides an insightful presentation on how to tackle energy management with an approach to energy saving using a global, connected and secure international standard.

*Keynote from Joost Demarest, KNX Associations’s CTO, at FLEXCON 2022.

About KNX Association

With more than 30 years of existence, and with the largest interoperable portfolio of certified devices on the market (over 8,000) covering all the applications in the commercial and domestic building industry, KNX is in a prime position to contribute to the energy management need in buildings and houses. From field devices to fully vertical solutions and services, companies in the commercial and domestic building industry can find the right approach to their business case.

As the adoption of electric vehicles and distributed energy resources like solar, wind power, and battery storage become more widespread and add more load to the grid, the introduction of these new elements creates disruption and presents grid reliability challenges that must be addressed.

In choosing to manage their data better and smarter via the establishment of streamlined processes (versus building more infrastructure), Australian utility, United Energy, is addressing key use cases to glean critical insights to solve these challenges.

Some of these use cases include:

• Active Premise Load Shedding
• Battery and Electrical Vehicle Identification
• Blown HV Fuse and Candling Fuse Detection
• Customer-to-transformer Mapping
• Dynamic Voltage Management
• Fault Location identification
• Network Neutral Deterioration Detection
• Maximizing Rooftop Solar Installations
• Revenue Assurance

Attendees will understand project drivers, use case applicability, and the vision for applying future (and unanticipated) use cases as well as how the nature and urgency of each use case will determine whether back-office analytics or edge-based intelligence makes the most sense to utilize.

Learn how United Energy has changed its overall approach and how they are now equipped with the right tools to proactively manage its grid. Ultimately, this approach enhances operational efficiencies, lowers costs, maximizes the adoption of EVs and DERs, ensures grid reliability, protects and extends the life of grid assets, provides new avenues for customer engagement, and opens the door to new revenue streams.

Also of interest:
Leveraging smart meter data analytics for proactive grid management
United Energy – Distribution automation excellence 

Moderator:

Gary Kessler, Senior Product Line Manager | Itron, Inc.

Speaker:

Tobie de Villiers, Head of Network Intelligence Manager | CityPower, Powercor, and United Energy

Within the Digitalisation of Utilities in the framework of the energy transition, telecommunication services become one of the requested pillars, as they provide the information connectivity required in an increasingly distributed environment.

The solution is a mix of providers and technologies and among them, the use of their own power assets, which contributes to achieving the most efficient solution. In addition, the power assets can be very well used to provide telecommunication services to third parties contributing as well to adding revenues to the utilities.

Join this recorded discussion where PRIME Alliance and EUTC (European Utilities Telecommunications Council), come together to unpack this topic.

Moderator: Julian Stafford, General Secretary | EUTC

Host: Miguel Ángel Sánchez Fornié, General Secretary | PRIME Alliance

Guest Speakers:

Alberto Sendin, Head of Smart Grids – Ide Spain | Iberdrola

Markus Hofsäß,  lead of “Smart Grid Network Development” in E.on and coordination of Smart WAN Rollout in Bayernwerk Netz GmbH

Listen to this rare interview with the largest and arguably most successful B2B energy retailer in the United Kingdom, EDF UK. Mark Teuton, Senior Manager of Business Solutions at EDF UK explores the challenges, opportunities and tools to be deployed to manage the complexities and risks of B2B energy retail markets.

Topics covered include:

• The differences (and similarities) between B2B retail and B2C markets
• Key capabilities needed to survive and thrive
• Which technologies are the key enablers to a B2B retailer
• How far to go with automation
• Diversification beyond the kWh
• What lessons can B2C energy retailers learn from the experience of the B2B market

Moderator: Mike Ballard, Vice President Industry Strategy | Oracle Energy and Water

Speaker: Mark Teuton, Senior Manager of Business Solutions | EDF UK

IEC 61850 is defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as one of the core standards for the smart grid. It provides the communication architecture for digital substations and plays a central role in grid operations in the era of decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization.

Since its introduction, its use cases have expanded towards control centers, distribution feeders, and distributed energy resources (DERs).

The wide scope of IEC 61850 provides the networking foundation for introducing grid intelligence and automation everywhere. To get the most from IEC 61850, utilities must ensure that their communications, protection, and SCADA organisations understand its impact on their use cases, testing, operations, and performance so they can develop effective shared deployment plans.

This session will enhance your understanding of IEC 61850 applications and requirements.

Key topics
• The history, evolution, and current state of adoption of IEC 61850 among utilities and in the three relevant IEC committees: TC 38, TC 95, TC 17
• Testing needs of IEC 61850, with a focus on power system protection
• Communication needs of IEC 61850 in substations, mission-critical wide area networks, and field area networks
• Time synchronization needs of IEC 61850 applications
• Evolving IEC 61850 communications to support future substation virtualization

Speakers:
Andrea Bonetti, Senior Specialist, Relay Protection and IEC 61850 | Megger
Dominique Verhulst, Global Head of Utilities Vertical | Nokia
Hansen Chan, IP Product Marketing Manager | Nokia

Moderator: Paddy Young, Director- Enlit Europe | Clarion Energy

Join experts from Northern Ireland Electricity Networks and Oracle Energy and Water for a discussion about flexible and scalable approaches to Enterprise DERMS. Our speakers discuss how to enhance business processes to engage customers, facilitate local markets, and financially settle for energy and service provision.

The journey to Net-Zero requires a transition from large-scale, centralised power generation to efficiently managing an ever-growing fleet of renewable and intermittent distributed energy resources (DERs).

Additionally, it requires increased grid capacity from higher levels of electrification of transportation and residential heating.

Along the way, DER management has progressed to focus on network operations and dispatch. Not only do these factors lead to constant growth in the devices, systems, data, and complexity that must be managed for grid operations, they also create opportunities.

Speaker: Cormac Bradley, Future Networks Manager | Northern Ireland Electricity Networks

Moderator: David Kirkland, Solution and Innovation Director | Oracle Energy and Water

As the oil & gas sector continues its strategic pivot to a clean energy future, we focus on the technologies that are helping to accelerate this decarbonisation journey.

We explore how artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and automation can limit the impact of oil leaks, minimise methane emissions and reduce operational risk.

Learn more about:

• Process optimisation through IoT and data analytics
• Using AI-enabled platforms to support decision-making, with insights from predictive, prescriptive, and cognitive analytics
• Reducing manpower with robotics and automation
• Boosting efficiencies with immersive technologies
• Optimising R&D and talent management strategies

Moderator:

Kelvin Ross, Editor-in-Chief | Enlit Europe, Power Engineering International, Smart Energy International

Panelists:

James McCallum, Founder and Chairman | Proteus

Michele Lauriola, Technical Leader – Digital Services, Turbomachinery and Process Solutions | Baker Hughes

Mika Tienhaara, Chief Executive Officer | ROCSOLE

Chandran Jayabalan, Head of Oil and Gas Sector (Asia) | Aggreko

Smart Energy International hosted insightful webinars to explore these trends with market stakeholders, discussing their impact on business models, consumers, policy and regulation, as well as the energy transition.

We have listed the top five discussions to provide a holistic review of the energy market in 2021:

• The evolution of the grid edge

As more intelligent devices are connected to the grid, the challenge of communication between the grid and such devices is becoming increasingly important. This webinar explores issues of latency and real-time communication, and how grid operators can enable automation through the grid edge.

• Data and resilience – key in the energy transition

This webinar looks at how energy firms can design and use IT infrastructure to facilitate a sustainable energy transition and how data can be used to securely transition the utility business model to remain flexible and resilient.

• The implementation of energy policy in the electricity and gas market

Italy is one of the countries that are most committed to pursuing the objectives that aim to environment protection, energy security, and the reduction of polluting and climate-changing emissions laid down by the European Union.

This webinar explored the measures being implemented by firms including Terna, Italgas, Enel, Anigas and association ANIE Rinnovabili to ensure Italy becomes a southern European gas hub and that renewable energy capacity is expanded in line with targets set under the 2030 National Energy and Climate Plan.

• Digitalisation for climate neutrality

The shift towards a low carbon economy –especially the deployment of renewable sources of energy and the decentralisation of energy generation –calls for increasing digitalisation of the energy system.

Learn how digital developments (big data, the internet of things, smart grids, smart metering, smart homes and buildings, smart charging solutions for electric vehicles, and more recently artificial intelligence, 5G and high-performance computing) impact multiple aspects of the European energy landscape.

• Pandemic + Green Recovery = Chance or missed opportunity?

Tune in to watch this session as experts unpack some of the energy transition lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. They explore how the pandemic has delivered positive change and whether there is going to be a green recovery from the pandemic.

Smart Energy International will continue to follow market trends in 2022 through discussions and partnerships with market leaders. Register to attend our webinars in 2022 here.

To fully realise the potential of a truly smart city, the Internet of Things will play an important role in enabling the collection and communication of data on energy consumption that will serve as one of the foundations of energy management.

With urban areas being responsible for 70% of greenhouse gases and home to more than half of the population, KNX, using technology based on International Standards, is committed to transforming cities of the future into more sustainable ones.

In this recorded session, contributors to the KNX technology talk about the challenges faced by the Smart City, and how interoperability at the core of the ecosystem can flawlessly orchestrate Energy Management.

Four pillars of Energy Management:

1. Energy Generation: Demand-side management to influence the energy consumption habits also falls under energy management practices that can be employed by energy suppliers.
2. Home: Every household can adopt energy management into its daily activities and contribute to energy conservation, sustainability, and renewable energy production. Smart home energy management can improve energy efficiency, but it also allows each household to become self-sustainable with their own self-generated renewable energy.
3. Mobility: Individual households also have EV chargers installed for their cars. Homes with the right technology can automate and manage energy consumption in combination with EV chargers. This way the charging of electric vehicles can be done in a more efficient way that does not interfere with the usage of other electric devices.
4. Buildings / Infrastructure: Energy management can be taken to the next level by having various buildings or households capable of communicating with each other. This can be housing complexes, townships, or even large factories and industries. Such networked infrastructure of smart homes, buildings, and other setups provide the basis of a sustainable smart city.

Moderator: Areti Ntaradimou, Editor | Smart Energy International

Speakers:

Massimo Valerii, CEO | Sinapsi S.r.l.

Michael Schuster, Managing Director | Enertex Bayern GmbH

Rene Rieck, Global Product Marketing Manager | Alexander Maier GmbH

Jesús Arias, Membership & Business Development | KNX Association cvba

Over the last few years, digital technologies have transformed the economy and society, affecting all sectors of activity and the daily lives of all living in the European Union (EU).

In a society where individuals will generate ever-increasing amounts of data, the way data is collected and used must put the interests of the individual first. This is in accordance with European values, fundamental rights and rules. Citizens will trust and embrace data-driven innovations if they are confident that personal data sharing in the EU will be fully compliant with the data protection rules.

Informed decision-making

The EU can become a leading role model for a society empowered by data to make informed decisions. To fulfil this ambition, the EU can build on a strong legal framework with its internal market and with competitive companies of all sizes and varied industrial bases. This framework should include data protection, fundamental rights, safety and cybersecurity.

If the EU acquires a leading role in the data economy, it has to act now and tackle issues ranging from connectivity to processing and storage of data, computing power and cybersecurity. To achieve this, the European Commission announced it will promote the development of common European data spaces in strategic economic sectors and domains of public interest, including the energy sector.

The time is now to gather input from high-level experts and policymakers on how this energy data space can be best designed and deployed in the EU.

What we will discuss

This live discussion will address:

• issues with access, exchange, security and governance of energy-related data;
• the preparedness of the energy sector to promote a higher availability and cross-sector sharing of data in a customer-centric, secure and trustworthy manner under a Common European energy data space; and
• the role of data-driven innovation and of the cloud-edge technologies supporting the ongoing sector’s digital transformation.

Moderators:

Areti Ntaradimou, Editor Smart Energy International & Content Director at Enlit Europe | Clarion Energy

Patricia Arsene, Policy Officer | European Commission, DG CONNECT

Speakers:

David Zenner, Head of Consumer Centricity | Elia

Georg Hartner, Expert on Energy Data Management | GEODE / Oesterreichs Energie

Martine Gouriet, Director Digital Usage | EDF/ Gaia-X for the energy sector

Natalie Samovich, Chair of the WG Smart Energy | AIoTI

Luis Morencos, Energy Industry Director, Western Europe | Microsoft

Svetoslav Mihaylov, Policy Officer | European Commission, DG CONNECT