Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you about the latest news on IEC 61850,
IEC 61400-25 and other standards like CIM and IEC 60870-5-101/104.

1. The Draft International Standard for "Wind turbines -
   Communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants -
   Mapping to communication profiles"
   (CDV IEC 61400-25-4) has been approved on May 04, 2007:

   - Web services (under preparation / test)
   - IEC 61850-8-1 MMS (available as International Standard; preview)
   - OPC XML DA (under preparation / test)
   - IEC 60870-5-104 (under preparation)
   - DNP3 (under preparation / test)

   http://www.nettedautomation.com/standardization/IEC_TC88/index.html#25-4

   First implementations of IEC 61850-8-1 (MMS) under way for
   wind turbine controller.


2. Siemens PTD implements IEC 61850 Process Bus with PROFINET
   according to IEC 61784-2 (CP3/6)
   News release in German:

   http://www.etz.de/news/E61155Zcr%20U%2BB.pdf


3. Communications Systems for Distributed Energy Resources (DER):
   IEC 61850-7-420  DER Logical Nodes
   Workshop on International Standardization for Distributed Energy Resources
   Oldenburg/Germany, June 19.-20., 2007

   http://www.dispowergen.com/std/der/meetings/oldenburg.html


4. POWER-GRID EUROPE Madrid (Spain), June 26 and 27, 2007
   Six IEC 61850 paper presentations at the
   POWER-GRID EUROPE Madrid (Spain), June 26 and 27, 2007

   http://www.nettedautomation.com/news/n_77.html


5. New content of seminars and hands-on training
   offered by NettedAutomation and UTInnovation

   http://www.nettedautomation.com/seminars/uca/index.html

   The next public seminars are scheduled for:
   16.-18. July 2007      Frankfurt (Germany)
   03.-05. September 2007 Frankfurt (Germany)

  
http://www.nettedautomation.com/download/Sem/prog/Public-Seminars_2007-04-18.pdf

   Build your customized in-house course ... to meet your needs:
   http://www.nettedautomation.com/seminars/uca/rfq/index.html

6. News on ICT standards (information and communication technology)
   for generation, transport, distribution, and use
   of electrical energy

   http://www.nettedautomation.com/news