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2 Presentation Outline PRESENTATION OUTLINE Western Power Distribution and Project FALCON Overview Communications Requirements and Design Initial Results Lessons Learnt

3 Overview 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

4 Overview VOLTAGE RISE/DROP VOLTAGE STABILITY HARMONIC IMPA THERMAL CAPACITY BI-DIREIONAL ENERGY FLOW EQUIPMENT SUITABILITY POWER FAOR FAULT LEVEL LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES LOW CARBON GENERATION

5 Overview LCNF provides up to 500m to support DNOs develop and trial innovative solutions Allows DNOs to develop solutions to integrate new Low Carbon technologies whilst retaining security, reliability and value for money of existing network Tier 2 provides funding for larger projects through competition FALCON successful Tier 2 project in 2011

6 Overview Flexible Approaches for Low Carbon Optimised Networks

7 Overview COMMERCIAL TECHNIQUES Load Reduction 1. Control customer demand to increase capacity on 11kV network using innovative commercial arrangements Distributed Generation 2. Control distributed generation to increase capacity on 11kV network using innovative commercial arrangements

8 Overview ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES Dynamic Asset Ratings 1. Dynamic calculation and utilisation of 11kV asset ratings to free up unused capacity Automated Load Transfer 2. Automatic load transfer between 11kV feeders within primary substations to increase available capacity Meshed Networks 3. Creation of a meshed (interconnected) 11kV network in suburban and rural areas to maximise capacity Battery Storage 4. Deployment of new battery technologies

9 Speed Directi on PROJE FALCON Communication Requirements COMMUNICATION REQUIREMENTS Ampacity P341 Tx. DAR relay Ambient air temp Ampacity P341 Tx. DAR relay P847 PMU relay IEC Check clock sync signal IEC IEEE C Proposed D400 RTU IEEE C P847 PMU relay DNP3 IEC DNP3 Tx 1 oil temp Tx 2 oil temp Marlborough Street Falcon router Existing D20 RTU DNP3; NTP?; C Primary TX. DAR FALCON comms Falcon TDMS VT VT VT VT VT VT Solar sensor Wind sensor Falcon FEP Existing PoF Existing FEP ihost Ocker House Airspan NMS Network management DNP3 IEEE C PMU aggregator Gridkey aggregator DNP3 SSH Tollgrade Super aggregator Falcon router Tipton NTP

10 Communication Decisions COMMUNICATION DECISIONS 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 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?

11 Communication Physical Design

rugged pole mountable device All substations devices are Ethernet connected Engineering

12 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 PROJE FALCON Substation Detailed Connectivity

13 PROJE FALCON WiMax Radio Network WiMAX Radio Network: Site to site communications primarily wireless Proposal to use MoD 1.4GHz spectrum, initially on a T&D licence AirSpan AirSynergy picocells mounted at 9 locations Omni Directional coverage Pole mounted on WPD sites - max height 15m Cisco 1.4Ghz CGR1000 Module

14 Communications Network Field Deployments

15 Initial Results INITIAL RESULTS Initial performance of 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

16 Lessons Learnt CONCLUSIONS/LESSONS LEARNT Radio Planning Radio Spectrum allocation critical No substitute for field testing Physical Network Essential to understand substation connectivity requirements Physical network can now be decoupled from the application logic

17 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

18 Timescales TIMESCALES Mobilise Design Build Implement Trials Consolidate & Share High level Design approved Low Level Design approved Telecoms installation complete Trials Data Analysed Final Report Produced

19 Sharing our learning Sharing our learning: Conferences White papers Via our website

Project FALCON FINAL REPORT A WiMAX Based Telecommunications System to Support Engineering Trials. 08 September

Project FALCON FINAL REPORT A WiMAX Based Telecommunications System to Support Engineering Trials. 08 September FINAL REPORT A WiMAX Based Telecommunications System to Support Engineering Trials 08 September 2015 www.westernpowerinnovation.co.uk Contents Executive Summary... 6 1 Introduction and Overview... 7 1.1