Knowledge · Applied engineering

Technical content for systems that cannot fail.

Protection, control, automation, supervision, and substation modernization explained through the engineering that connects design, configuration, testing, field work, and operation.

Technical guides

Applied engineering, explained in depth.

  1. Technician inspecting a substation transformer in a high-voltage yard
    Protection · Control · Retrofit

    Substation protection and control: how an SPCS works and when to modernize

    Understand the protection chain, the system layers, the signs of obsolescence, and the care required to plan a safe retrofit.

    Technical guide · approximately 25 min readRead the protection and control guide
  2. Substation control and supervision room with a SCADA panel displaying the single-line diagram
    Automation · SCADA · IEC 61850

    Substation automation: architecture, communication, and operation

    Understand how data, events, and commands travel through IEDs, networks, gateways, and supervisory systems — and what needs to be specified, tested, and maintained.

    Technical guide · approximately 24 min readRead the substation automation guide
POWER Challenge

Test your knowledge of substations.

Twenty intermediate and advanced questions on protection, control, automation, IEC 61850, networks, retrofit, and testing — graded on the server, with an immediate result.

20
questions
20 min
total time
10
top score
Learn about the challengeView the rules

Engineering is also built through knowledge.

New content will be added to this area to deepen technical decisions related to power systems and critical infrastructure.