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We had a short interview with EnerjiSA about Smart Grids.

What Do You Know About Smart Grids?

Which Sections of Smart Grids Are You Interested In?

World developments about smart grids are followed by us soon. However, we observe that standard definition, terminology and a common understanding of Smart Grid are not yet clear.

Each country’s priorities in establishing a smart grid are different. For example, in one country, smart grids focus on demand control and management infrastructure to meet peak energy demand in another country; In order to utilize the energies of electric vehicles with dispersed production facilities, the related modules of smart grids are emphasized.

If Turkey is not yet at an early stage so primitive it. At this stage, we think that automation and asset management will be handled and this phase can take 1 to 3 years. After this stage, integration and maturation stages will be started and end users will feel the benefits of these systems more during the maturation stage.

EnerjiSA Scada System

Enerjisa Başkent Electric Distribution Inc. As (Enerjisa Başkent), first of all, to make our High Voltage Electricity network monitor and control; We focus on the SCADA system and Distribution Management Systems to manage it. While making these investments, our main target is to increase supply continuity and quality.

With the effective use of Distribution Management Systems, for future investments; We aim to minimize the losses of the system and the analysis that will guide.

However, the most important element of smart networks is the call center established in companies; It is the integration of geographic information systems, customer relationship systems and SCADA systems. These systems must operate in an integrated structure in order to realize both operation and investment processes with the highest efficiency.

In order to reach the Enerjisa Başkent smartly and efficiently by USTDA (USA Trade Development Agency); Grants were awarded in October on how these possible integration scenarios should be.

With this grant, our Company’s investment plans will be prepared by creating a long-term road map on how and how different IT infrastructures should be integrated.

About Future and Applicability of the Smart Grid in Turkey Feedback What?

As I mentioned above, I think that every country and every company’s priority of investing SCADA is one of the most important investments in Turkey, although they are different to the smart grid must be carried out.

However, SCADA investment is only one of the first and important steps on the road to smart grid, and the integration of the systems is an aspect that should not be overlooked in any way. In order to integrate the systems, attention should be paid to ensure that every invested system has this integration capability.

Can you talk about your EnerjiSA Company’s Investment Plan for Smart Grids?

The SCADA and DMS system investment, which will include Ankara, Kırıkkale, Çankırı, Kastamonu, Zonguldak, Bartın and Karabük provinces in the capital region and will include low voltage distribution transformers selected in accordance with consumption volumes and access difficulty criteria in all high-voltage networks, will start in 2012. .

Our preparatory process continues for the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project, which is also one of the smart grid investments, where the distribution companies keep their inventory and provide information to their business processes. When Turkey and collecting information for each company in the world and the most important thought to encounter problems such as the current retention difficulties, we first analyze our business processes from the first day of the GIS system up to date and institutional We revise our processes to be available at all levels.

Because, in GIS projects, it is very important how you keep the information in the GIS system updated and; what you do with this information rather than the program used for GIS. With this awareness, we aim to reset the inefficiency costs that may occur in the future; by giving more importance to the preparation process.
We aim to collect our inventory data as fully as possible until 2015 for institutional dissemination of our GIS system; and to complete the necessary investments as stages until 2015 to use the GIS system efficiently in our business processes.

With our Automatic Meter Reading System investment, we will take the necessary information to control and manage our network as well as the classical meter data from the meters that are read remotely in parallel with the speed of our SCADA / DMS investment, and integrate them with the SCADA / DMS system.

Lastly You Want To Add?

As Enerjisa Başkent, we support workshops and conferences on Smart Grid. Thanks to these networks, efficiency in electricity, reducing costs, efficient management of the network and increasing data security are in question. However, these systems are at the initial stage in Turkey.

Smart grid investments are long-term and need to be in a more mature phase; in order for end users to understand the benefits of this system. We believe that the concepts used to achieve the desired success of these investments should be defined very well; the necessary infrastructure should be prepared; the regulation should be made clearer and the players in this sector should remain agreed in the specified standards and definitions.

Murat Pınar, Distribution Operations Director / Şahin Yıldıran, R&D Manager

Company Information: Enerjisa Başkent Electricity Distribution Company

SCADA Scandal; American Department of Energy (DoE); For systems that can be remotely controlled and monitored, smart grids and other collective applications have released 21-step security recommendations.

The history of these systems is based on classical IT technology, so information from the host would be distributed but now it has been combined with the network. However, the open document effect was felt in the published document, the reason for this; the principle of privacy is still seen as valuable.

The principles of transparency and confidentiality underlying security standards have become even closer. It was concluded that the silence principle in security breaches provides an advantage for malicious sites and software.

Open talks for all are a way to improve security. One of the most used methods in the vulnerability is the attack on software that looks at the errors in the software, which can be used to log in to the servers, and it is enough to log in to the applications or to turn off harmful content.

These software flaws have been discussed in open forums and sessions in which a lot of people attend to provide the best quality assurance. Open source solution way; it has important implications for the development of quality safety and for new products to be placed on the market. Time and cost were in the third place for us in our efforts to improve quality security.

SCADA Scandal – Energy Hackers

Open sources and negotiations will make it easier for hackers to find software flaws, but we can assume that this war is on equal terms, but unfortunately, more money is transferred for peace and love, even in warfare situations like drugs and porn.

As a result of open discussions and sessions, private industries should be established to protect SCADA systems against malicious software. Here are 21 steps of the American Department of Energy’s security suggestions;

1. Identify all connections on SCADA
2. Disable all unnecessary connections.
3. Reassess and strengthen all remaining connections
4. Remove all unnecessary services installed on SCADA
5. Do not rely on special protocols to protect your system
6. Apply security features provided by device and system providers.
7. Increase the security level of all connections used as backdoors on SCADA
8. Watch Internal and External intrusion detection software 24/7
9. Tighten all technical checks on security, SCADA devices and networks and other connected networks.
10. Evaluate the physical security of all remote accesses connected to SCADA
11. Create a “Red Team” to identify and evaluate possible attack scenarios in SCADA.
12. Clearly define the cyber security roles, responsibilities and powers of administrators, system administrators and users,
13. Identify systems with critical functionality, such as document network architecture, or sensitive information that requires additional levels of protection
14. Establish a strict risk management process that will continue.
15. Create a network protection strategy based on in-depth defense principle
16. Identify cyber security requirements clearly
17. Create effective configuration management processes.
18. Perform routine self-assessment
19. Create system backup and disaster recovery plans
20. Establish authorities’ expectations for cyber security performance and identify staff responsible for their performance
21. Identify procedures and organize training to minimize the possibility that staff will inadvertently disclose sensitive information about the SCADA system design, operation or security controls.

While it is unpredictable how industrialists will comply with these suggestions, we are sure that the Red Teams can do their part in cases of failure and disaster, but their commitment to the principle of confidentiality in times of disaster is unknown.

Siemens Smart Grids Interview; Siemens, the unwavering giant of the Energy Sector, exchanged information with us as one of the first companies that started working on Smart Grids;

Siemens Energy;

What Do You Know About Smart Grids?

Which Sections of Smart Grids Are You Interested In?

In total, I can summarize the different technologies combined to use the electrical energy we use more efficiently.

Another concept is the art of managing the entire energy grid from production to consumption, from where we sit.

We are not interested in any particular part, but with all the pieces of the puzzle. Specialization topics can be summarized as communication and remote control.

About Future and Applicability of the Smart Grid in Turkey Feedback What?

Turkey unfortunately has an aging power grid. There are new requirements everywhere and investors are looking for a way to recover their investments in a short time.

Serious investment is required. Ex. It was mentioned about meters that can work bilaterally recently, but it is not clear how this will be implemented or how the tariffs will be legislation.

In terms of technology, compatible hardware, software and protocols should be used.

One thing is certain: it has to start somewhere and that place is planning. Technologies, methods, etc. that will be used after the plan is established. must be determined.

Can you talk about your company’s investment in smart grids?

Our company continues its activities to provide all hardware, software and protocol solutions that can be used in smart grids to Turkish investors.

The leading product among these is the “Smart Grid Compass”. Thanks to the compass, the expectations of the investor and operator are determined, the plan is created and the opportunity to choose the technologies to be used is provided.

All products in this picture, which was formed with Siemens Smart Grid Interview; station management, business center, planning center, remote monitoring equipment feeder automation etc. It is possible to talk about.

Gökhan Yanmaz

Sales manager