Australian switchgear engineers NOJA Power are celebrating the achievement of certification of their RC10 Recloser Controller to the IEC 61850 standard for substation communications by German certification provider TÜV Süd.

When presented with an ever-growing complexity of protection and automation functionality, modern Distribution Network operators are faced with a formidable challenge of interrogating and understanding network IEDs. It is, after all, their responsibility to have a solid grasp on the assets which they are charged with maintaining.

The table below shows you, in brief terms, just how much functionality has been upgraded. In retrospect, NOJA Power are well into their second decade of technology development – it’s no surprise there is an improvement in capability. The additions are all growth in a product which has been evolved over time to meet utility requirements.

As part of its ongoing commitment to developing the latest in distribution switchgear technology, NOJA Power today announces the global release of its latest Relay firmware 1.18.0.0. This firmware version is focused on rapid delivery of post fault information to operators, saving utilities significant time in power restoration after an interruption.

31 May 2017 Brisbane Australia – If a utility engineer has ventured anywhere near an industry conference in the last 10 years it could be assumed that they have been exposed to the new universal communications and substation definition standard of IEC 61850. Whilst it has been successful in the electricity transmission space, it has seen very little usage in distribution networks.

9 May 2017 – Brisbane Australia. Protection and Control Engineers do an admirable job. It is one of the few professions where the advance of technology is making their life more complicated, rather than solving their day to day challenges.

Many years ago, in the dawn of the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) age, control systems engineers dreamed of a platform wherein their design efforts could be effortlessly passed from controller to controller. Despite many years of automation, a universally adoptable standard has eluded the systems engineer.

14 March 2017 – Brisbane, Australia. NOJA Power today unveils the latest in advanced functionality development for its Recloser Controller, the RC10. This latest implementation of an ANSI standard protection code grants additional capabilities in Broken Conductor detection.

10 January 2016, Brisbane Australia – The benefits of implementing a SCADA system in distribution networks is well documented, but unfortunately for smaller utilities and municipals the upfront cost is simply too high to bear.

4 January 2017, Eugene OR – In the latest of network augmentation works planned for the Emerald People’s Utility District, EPUD has procured, deployed and commissioned NOJA Power’s OSM series reclosers for the replacement of aging network assets. EPUD has completely overhauled their Elmira Substation with the replacement of all four outgoing circuit breakers with NOJA Power OSM Reclosers.