SmartandScalableIoT ServicesforLargeandCriticalInfrastructures

Introduction

SmartSocietyServices

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1. About SmartSocietyServices

2. Our Challenges

3. Our Solution

4. Flexible PublicLighting Service

5. SmartMeterHeadEndService

6. DistributionAutomationService

AboutSmartSocietyServices

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• SmartSocietyServicesofferssmartandscalableIoTservicestoremotelymonitor,controlandmanageobjectsanddeviceswithinlargeandcriticalinfrastructures

• Havingastrongutilitybackground,wedeliverservicesinthefieldof• PublicLighting• SmartMetering• MicroGrids• DistributionAutomation• LoadManagement

• Ourservicesarepoweredbyanopensource,independentandhigh-securityIoT platform

• ProvidedashighlyscalableSoftware-as-a-Service(SaaS)anddesignedforcloudinfrastructures

Independentstart-upof

Made in

Largest

energynetwork

companyinthe

Netherlands

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AboutSmartSocietyServices

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• Foundedin2014

• Turnover€1mio (2016)

• 35people(15internalstaff– 20viapartners)

• BasedinUtrechttheNetherlands

• BusinessDevelopment&SalesintheNetherlands,GermanyandBelgium;restoftheworldvia(local)partners

We• thinkandwork‘agile’• havelean&meanprocesses• arecustomerandresultdriven• knowandunderstandthelegacy,sensitivitiesand

challengesoflargeinfrastructureorganizations

OurexperienceinSmartGrid/Cityprojects

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Challenge

• Drivenbyproduct/vendor/technologyandcreatingalock-in

• Closedandproprietarysilosystems

• Hardtoachievepositivebusinesscases

Wayforward

• Continuous(user)feedback&beingflexibletofuturechanges

• Openinnovation,-source,-data,-standards

• Collaborate,shareandreplicateresources

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• Management of large numbers of different devices

• Use of and transition to (open) standardsandprotocols

• Highdependencyofspecificand/orclosedhardware

• Integration of different systems is difficult and expensive

• Lock-in on (proprietary)technology and suppliers

• Increase inIT/OTcomplexities and costs

• InflexibilityofandupfrontinvestmentsinIoT-architecture

KeyissuesAlliander inmanagingutilityinfrastructuresandimplementingIoT systems

Solution:creatingindependencybetweenITandOTinfrastructure

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Monitoring• Lightsensors• Faultdetection• Electricityuse• PowerQuality• Temperature• NetworkLoad• …

Controlling• Switchingon/off• Schedulingof

decentralisedactions• Redirectenergyflows• Demand/Supplysite

management• …

Open - nolock-inonaspecifictechnologyand/orsupplierbyusingopenprotocolstandardsandopensourcetechnology

Generic - notlimitedtooneusecase,onevaluepropositionorspecificdevice(s)

Independent - stayincontrolofyourownroadmapandbeflexibletofuturechangesbybuildingonanopenplatformecosystem

Scalable – designedforhighperformance,dynamicallyscalingupanddownwithnumberofdevices

IndustrialIoT platformforcriticalinfrastructures

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Monitoring• Lightsensors• Faultdetection• Electricityuse• PowerQuality• Temperature• NetworkLoad• …

Controlling• Switchingon/off• Schedulingof

decentralisedactions• Redirectenergyflows• Demand/Supplysite

management• …

• Connectinglinkbetweenapplicationsandsmartdevicesformonitoring,controlandmanagement

• Genericdesignenablesseveralfunctionaldomainsandeasyapplicationintegration

• Differentcustomerusecasescanusespecificdevicefunctions

• Multipleprotocolsupport(e.g.IEC61850,DLMS,OSLP)

• Stateoftheartsecurityinalllayersanddevicecommunication

• IndependentofIPcommunicationinfrastructure(e.g.CDMA,GPRS,LTE)

BusinessbenefitsforAlliander

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• createindependencybetweenphysicalinfrastructureandITlandscape

• beincontroloffuturesmartgriddevelopmentswithoutdependencyonaspecificvendorortechnology

• co-develop withotherpublicinfrastructureoperatorsandbenefitallfromlargerecosystem

• combinefunctionalityanddatafromdifferentIoTservicestocreateadditionalbusinessvalue

• Stimulatingopenstandardsforbroadadoptionandimplementationinsmartgridapplications

OurServices

SmartMeters SubstationRTU’sPublicLightingswitchdevices

Telecomnetwork

Applications

Smartdevices

Partners

FlexibleSwitchingofPublicLighting

SmartMeterHeadEndSystem

DistributionAutomationandLoadManagement

SaaS

Partners

SmartMeters SubstationRTU’sPublicLightingswitchdevices

Telecomnetwork

Applications

Smartdevices

Partners

FlexibleSwitchingofPublicLighting

SmartMeterHeadEndSystem

DistributionAutomationandLoadManagement

SaaS

Benefitsofourservices

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LowerITcosts• managedITinfrastructuremeansnoadditional

hardwareandsoftwarecosts• Painlessoperation:wemanageallupdates,

upgradesandavailability

Payasyougo• Noupfrontinvestments• Fixedmonthlysubscriptionservice• Payaccordingtonumberofdeployeddevices

Openandindependent• Openstandards&supportsofopenprotocols• IndependentofITinfrastructure(AWS,Azure,

onpremise)• Nolock-inonspecificsupplierortechnology

Benefitsofourservices

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Highavailable• Designedforcloudinfrastructures:onpremise,

customerspecificormultitenant• Dynamicallyscalingupanddownwithnumberof

devicesbeingdeployed• Highperformancedesign• LoadbalancedActive- Activesetupovermultiple

serversanddatacentersindifferentavailabilityzones

Futureproof• Newfunctionsareeasilyadded• Seamlessintegrationwithothersystems,third-

partyapplicationsandback-endsystems• GenericIoT platformenablesexpandinginto

futuresmartgridfunctions

Designedandbuiltwithsecurityinmind

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• Highlyencryptedcommunicationtoandfromdevices• Highlyencryptedcommunicationtoandfrom

applications• Nodevicekey/certificateisevertransportedorstored

unencrypted• DDOSprotection(cloudhostedsolution)• Complexauthorizationsystem(whoisallowedtodo

what)• FullAudittrail(whodidwhatandwhen)• Authenticationofexternalapplicationsbasedon

certificates• IP-whitelisting,VPNtunnelsandfirewalls• EverypartofOSGPcanliveinadifferent(firewalled)

network

Everymajorreleasewillbescrutinizedbyanexternalsecuritycompany

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PublicLightinginTheNetherlands

Drivers:𝟭 Customer:needformorecontrolandless

dependencyonspecificsupplierortechnology𝟮 Technology:needforreplacement‘RippleControl’

2013 ProofofconceptinAmsterdamandLeiden

2015 Smallscaleroll-outinTheNetherlandsandGermany(15municipalities)

2016 Refinements,scaling-upandintegrationwith2productiondevices

2017 Startlargescaleroll-out(2-3years)Inapprox.1/3oftheNetherlands,800.000streetlightswillbemonitoredandcontrolledvia 25.000substations

2013

2015

2017

FlexiblePublicLightingService

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• ReplaceRippleControlwithflexibleandremoteswitching ofpubliclightinginfrastructure

• Switchupto4groupsseparatelywith1controller

• Easilycreateswitchingschedulesyourselfusingfixedtimes,astronomicaltimesandlightsensors

• Autonomous operation

• Saveonenergythroughinsightinburninghours

• Powerfulprovisioningofswitchingrightstoauthorizedpersonsandorganizationsonadevicelevel

• BasedonanindependentandsecureIoT platform

• Bi-directional communication,independentofIPtelecomnetwork

OverviewFlexiblePublicLightingService

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CDMAmobilenetwork

Smartcontrollerin25.000substations

Operator&Installationapplications

OpenSmartGrid Platform

• Ripplecontrol• Lock-inonspecificsupplier• Proprietarytechnology

• Getincontrol• Moreinformation• Savecosts

Currentlyinstalledswitchingdevices

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FlexiblePublicLighting– features 1/2

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PublicLightingFunctions• Setupswitchingschedules• Organizedevicesinlogicalgroups• Manualswitching• Monitoractualstatus• Monitoroperatinghours• Basicreportingfunctions• Lightsensorsupport

Deviceinstallation• Deviceinstallationandcommissioningsupport• Replacementandremovalsupport• Deviceself-testsupport

Devicemanagement• Remoteconfiguration• Remotefirmwareupdate• Timesynchronization• Authorizationmanagement

FlexiblePublicLighting– features 2/2

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Deviceproperties• Substationlocated• Input230VACwithtoleranceof80%-110%• 4xbi-stablerelais• Switchcapacity:4x230VAC/16Acosphi=1• HousingIP22• Autonomousoperation(max.5secdeviation)

Devicecommunicationproperties• CDMA,GPRS,LTE• bi-directionalIPcommunication• TLS/AESsecured• IEC61850orOSLPprotocols• LAN10/110BASE-Tsupport• ControlledbyOpenSmartGridPlatform

Currentlysupporteddevices

FlexiblePublicLightingService- Pricing

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Subscriptionprice/month

Switchcostsmonth/device

Telecomcosts

Projectcosts

Switchcontroller

€

Onetimesetupcosts

∼ €95persubstationperyear(15yearscontractperiod,rollout5years)

SmartMeterHeadEndService

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• Managemulti-vendorandmulti-typesmartmetersinlargevolumeswithoneheadend

• Operatorfriendlyinterface

• Easyjobexecutionandmonitoring

• Dynamicmeterselection&filterpreview

• Savetimeandcostsduetopowerfulfailuremanagement

• BasedonanindependentandsecureIoT platform

• Providesabasisforexpandingintofuturefunctionse.g.distributionautomationandloadmanagement SmartMeter

Simulator

OpenSmartGridPlatform

Telecomnetwork

SMHEApplication

Externalapplications(MDM,Billing,…)

SmartMeters

SmartMeterHeadEnd– features 1/2

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Dataretrieval,storageandmanagement• Request,collectandmanagemeterreadsat

everytimeinterval• Retrieval of power quality,voltageand

other electricaldata• Scheduleandcollectsmartmeterevents• Reporting real timeanddaily

register reads and events• Basic data verificationandvalidation• Purging processed dataateverytimeinterval

Devicemanagement• Configurationandfirmwaremanagement• Powerfuldeviceauthorizationmanagement• Managementofenergytariffs• Initiateremote meter commands• Triggerfunctionsviaschedules, adhoc

or events

SelectionofSmartMeters

Job

Recipe

ExecutionScheduledtime+

priority

SuccesfulFailure

SmartMeterHeadEnd– features 2/2

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Deviceinstallation• Fieldmeterinstallationsupport• Administrative meter installationsupport• Replacementandremovalsupport• Inventorymanagement

Devicecommunicationproperties• CDMA,GPRS,LTE• Bi-directionalIPcommunication• Securehandlingofkeysandcertificates• DLMS/COSEMprotocol• DSMR4.x• ControlledbyOpenSmartGridPlatform

Currentlysupporteddevices

DistributionAutomation

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• Low-barrierassetdataacquisitionandsubstationmonitoringandcontrol

• Supportsgridoperatorsinimprovingreliability,safetyandoperationalefficiencybyprovidinginsightinandcontrol overthedistributionnetwork.

• Managemulti-vendor andmulti-type RTU’swithdifferentcommunicationprotocols

• BasedonanopensourceandsecureIoT platform

• Providesabasisforintegrationwithothersmartgridfunctions e.g.smartmetersandloadmanagementdevicescanbeusedforDistributionAutomationusecases

Managementapplication

Distr.Mngtapplication

SCADAsystemAnalyticsplatform

DistributionAutomation– features 1/2

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Monitoringandcontrolsubstations• Monitorsubstationscurrentlynotmonitoredby

SCADA/EMS/DMSsystems• Localintegratedviewofsubstationlayoutand

currentstatus• InterfacetopushdatatoSCADA/EMS/DMS

system• Controlassetscurrentlynotcontrolledby

SCADA/EMS/DMSsystems• Interfacetoreceivecontrolsignalsfrom

SCADA/EMS/DMSsystem

Acquiredynamicassetdata• Acquiredatacurrentlynotacquiredby

SCADA/EMS/DMSsystems• Interfacetomakeacquireddataavailableto3rd

partyanalyticsplatforms

DistributionAutomation– features 2/2

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Devicemanagement• Setdeviceoperationsparametersandsetpoints• ManagementofRTUsetup,configurationand

firmware• SynchronizetimeofRTU’s• Deviceauthorizationandauthentication

management

SmartandScalableIoT ServicesforCriticalInfrastructures

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