Project Overview
EPC: BELECTRIC GULF LTD
Client Name: MEMR
Developer: KFW
Consultant Name: ILF BERATENDE INGENIEURE GMBH
Objective: Solar power plant monitoring system for 52 MWp solar plant.
Location: South Amman, Jordan
Challenges
- Exchanges monitoring and control parameters with NEPCO (National Electric Power Company) Substation over IEC 60870-5-101
- Interlocking between PV switchgear and NEPCO (National Electric Power Company) Substation
- Grid code compliance with NEPCO (National Electric Power Company)
- PQM, MFM, Inverters over Modbus RTU/TCP
- Protection Relay communication over IEC61850
- Secure web access for remote supervision
System Architecture
Solutions
- Redundant SCADA Solar Plant:
- Redundant systems help ensure that data is consistently available and accurate, even in the event of hardware or software failure
- Secure Web enables monitoring
- Cyber security compliance
- Scalable and flexible SCADA architecture
- PLC/RTU for Delivery station and Power station:
- High processing power
- Highly reliable network configuration
- Multiple communication protocol supported
- Data Communication Protocols:
- IEC 60870-5-101 for NEPCO SS interface
- IEC 61850 for Relays
- Modbus TCP/RTU for field devices
- Communication Media:
- Fiber-optic backbone
- Secure Ethernet network
- VPN for remote access
- NEPCO Interface Panel
- Developed to meet NEPCO’s interconnection standards.
- Enables real-time data transfer to NEPCO Control Center over Protocol: IEC 101 with secure dual-path redundancy.
- Interlocking between PV switchgear and NEPCO (National Electric Power Company) Substation
Value Creation
- Intuitive SCADA data screen
- High system uptime and reliability and Minimized downtime
- Enhanced operational visibility and fault diagnosis
- Increased Data Integrity and Availability
- Seamless integration for remote supervision over Web
- Secure, scalable and standards-based SCADA infrastructure
- Regulatory Compliance: Grid code compliance with NEPCO
