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Communications Systems for Distributed Energy Resources (DER)

related to IEC TC 57 WG 17 (IEC 61850-7-420)

The scope of the standard IEC 61850-7-420 covers mainly the following domains:

Note that the definitions of information models and information exchange methods for wind power, hydro power and substation automation and integration have already been published!

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Background information on DER activities in the Northwestern Germany (by EWE Oldenburg - the fifth biggest German power utility):

	English: 10 BULLENSEE-ASSUMPTIONS [pdg] Detailed evaluation results of BULLEN-ASSUMPTIONS 8 [pdf] Shaping the future now - with concepts for tomorrow [pdf]
	German: 10 BULLENSEE-THESEN [pdf] Thesen zur dezentralen Mikro-Kraft-Wärme-Kopplung [pdf] Heute die Zukunft prägen - mit Konzepten für morgen [pdf]

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Meetings of WG 17

San Diego (2007-02-07)

Oldenburg / Germany -- Workshop and WG meeting (2007-06-18 to 22)

• The next step in the standardization of IEC 61850-7-420 is to prepare the final draft international standard (FDIS) to be published in December 2007
• Presentations of workshop available for download

Gatineau, in the province of Quebec, Canada (2007-10-30 to 2007-11-02)

Fredericia / Denmark (2008-02-25 to 2008-02-29)

Kassel/Germany (2008-05-26 to 2008-05-31) -- NEXT MEETING!

USA (2008-09-08 to 2008-09-13)