PROJECT FALCON EUROPEAN UTILITY WEEK

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Western Power Distribution and Project FALCON Overview

Communications Requirements and Design

Initial Results

Lessons Learnt

PROJECT FALCON Presentation Outline

K E Y FA C T S : • Wholly owned by

Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL - NYSE listed)

• 4 UK Distribution Licences

• 7.7 million customers

• 55,000 sq km area

• Largest length UK network 216,000 kms of overhead lines and underground cables, and 184,000 substations

PROJECT FALCON Overview

LOW CARBON

TECHNOLOGIES

LOW CARBON GENERATION

VOLTAGE RISE/DROP VOLTAGE STABILITY HARMONIC IMPACT THERMAL CAPACITY

BI-DIRECTIONAL ENERGY FLOW EQUIPMENT SUITABILITY POWER FACTOR FAULT LEVEL

PROJECT FALCON Overview

PROJECT FALCON Overview

LCNF provides up to £500m to support DNOs in the development of trials of innovative solutions

The fund allows DNOs to develop solutions to integrate new Low Carbon technologies whilst retaining the security, reliability and value for money of the existing network

“Tier 2” provides funding for larger projects through a competition

FALCON was a successful Tier 2 project in 2011

Flexible Approaches for Low Carbon Optimised Networks

PROJECT FALCON Overview

PROJECT FALCON Overview

Load Reduction

Distributed Generation

1. Control of customer demand to increase capacity on the 11kV network through the use of innovative commercial arrangements

2. Control of distributed generation to increase capacity on the 11kV network using innovative commercial arrangements

COMMERCIAL TECHNIQUES

ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES

Dynamic Asset Ratings Automated Load Transfer Meshed Networks Battery Storage

1. Dynamic calculation and utilisation of 11kV asset ratings to free up unused capacity

2. Automatic load transfer between 11kV feeders within primary substations to increase available capacity

3. Creation of a meshed (interconnected) 11kV network in suburban and rural areas in order to maximise capacity 4. Deployment of new battery technologies

PROJECT FALCON Overview

COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS

PROJECT FALCON Communication Requirements

Tx 2 oil temp

Tx 1 oil temp

Ambient air temp

IEC 61850

FALCON comms

Falcon router

P341 Tx. DAR relay

CT

CT

CT

IEC 61850

DNP3; NTP?; C37.118

P341 Tx. DAR relay

CT

CT

CT

Proposed D400 RTU

Marlborough Street

Primary TX. DAR

IEEE C37.118

VT

VT

VT

P847 PMU relay

CT

CT

CT IEEE C37.118

VT

VT

VT

P847 PMU relay

CT

CT

CT

Wind sensor

Spee

d

Dir

ecti

on

Solar sensor

Existing D20 RTU

Ampacity

Ampacity

IEC 61850 DNP3

Check clock sync

signal

DNP3

SSH DNP3

Falcon router

Airspan NMS Network

management

NTP

Tollgrade Super

aggregator

iHost Gridkey

aggregator

Tipton Ocker House

Falcon TDMS

Falcon FEP

Existing PoF

Existing FEP

PMU aggregator

IEEE C37.118

DNP3

COMMUNICATION DECISIONS

Substations to have IEC61850 Ethernet to control plant and monitoring at substation sites

Sites connected together using a “WiMAx” radio system using Internet Protocol

1.4 Ghz and 3.5 Ghz frequencies to be used on a test and development licence from the MoD

Backhaul provided by WPD’s existing microwave and fibre optic trunk network

So what does the solution look like…?

PROJECT FALCON Communication Decisions

PROJECT FALCON Communication Physical Design

PROJECT FALCON Substation Detailed Connectivity

S u b s t a t i o n E t h e r n e t

• Primary Substation has dedicated router and switching using rugged substation devices

• Secondary Substation combines functionality into a single rugged pole mountable device

• All substations devices are Ethernet connected

• Engineering laptops have Secure access for configuration/maintenance

PROJECT FALCON WiMax Radio Network

W i M A X R a d i o N e t w o r k :

• Site to site communications will be primarily wireless

• Proposal to use MoD 1.4GHz spectrum, initially on a T&D licence

• AirSpan AirSynergy pico-cells mounted at 9 locations

• Omni Directional coverage • Pole mounted on WPD sites

- max height 15m • Cisco 1.4Ghz CGR1000

Module

PROJECT FALCON Communications Network Field

Deployments

INITIAL RESULTS

PROJECT FALCON Initial Results

Initial performance of the radio solution for FALCON is encouraging as we approach completion of the rollout;

Low rate of initial connection failures due to pre-planning and coverage modelling;

Good system performance with: low rates of packet loss/dropouts; Throughput as expected; Low latency (measured approx 10ms/hop, 20-25ms round trip);

Straightforward, repeatable deployment process, allowing use of suitably trained/qualified contractor staff;

Flexible architecture.

CONCLUSIONS/LESSONS LEARNT

Radio Planning Radio Spectrum allocation is critical There is no substitute for field testing

Physical Network

Understand the substation connectivity requirements Physical network can now be decoupled from the application

logic

PROJECT FALCON Lessons Learnt

CONCLUSIONS/LESSONS LEARNT Protocols & Standards

Understand the protocols especially between devices and control centre

Not all devices will comply to required standards Use Case analysis has been vital in identifying issues

System

FALCON has managed to build a usable WiMAX radio based trials system, gathering a significant number of learning points along the way;

A repeatable “formulaic” approach to system rollout has been perfected;

PROJECT FALCON Lessons Learnt

TIMESCALES

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mobilise Design Build Implement Trials Consolidate &

Share

High level Design approved

Low Level Design

approved

Final Report Produced

Trials Data Analysed

Telecoms installation complete

PROJECT FALCON Timescales

PROJECT FALCON Sharing our learning

wpdinnovation@westernpower.co.uk

www.westernpowerinnovation.co.uk

Sharing our learning: Conferences White papers Via our website