Industry Solutions

Solution Overviews

• Overview: New Substation LAN and WAN Solutions (PDF - 1.46 MB)
• Modeling, Design, Visualization, and Monitoring for the Substation (PDF - 401 KB)
• Alstom Grid and Cisco (PDF - 783 KB)
• Cisco Connected Grid Portfolio (PDF - 2 MB)
• Connected Grid Solutions for the Substation At-A-Glance (PDF - 490 KB)
• Improve Wide Area Monitoring (PDF - 556 KB)

Webcasts

• Extending the Smart Grid into the Wind Farm Substation

  Webcast On-Demand: Registration Required

Case Studies

• State Grid of China Expands Network with Connected Grid Design Suite (PDF - 1.2 MB)

  Connected Grid Design Suite helps plan thousands of substations.

• Western Power Distribution Chooses Cisco (PDF - 795 KB)

  Building a pilot communications infrastructure to support 11kV grid reinforcement monitoring.

• Ausgrid and Cisco Services Help Create Smarter Substations in Australia (PDF - 224 KB)

  Architectural approach focuses on helping Ausgrid to achieve security and operational efficiency for substation automation.

• Electric Utility Streamlines Substation Operations (PDF - 313 KB)

  Duke Energy standardizes on Cisco Connected Grid for migrating serial networks to a standards-based IP infrastructure.

• Hydroelectric Power Plant Integrates Communications (PDF - 153 KB)

  Russian Federation energy company improves safety and efficiency with Cisco Smart Grid solutions.

• Energy Company Secures Physical Sites and Substation Network (PDF - 187 KB)

  First Wind implements IP-based video surveillance, physical access controls, and connected grid solutions.

Videos

• Connected Grid Design Services Substation Workbench (4:09 min)
• Substation Automation (3:45 min)
• Next Generation Utility Core Operational Networks (4:29 min)
• IP Multicast Technology for PMU Networks (4:19 min)
• Case Study: Western Power Distribution Chooses Cisco (8:55 min)
• Connected Grid Services

White Papers

• Multiprotocol Label Switching for the Utility Wide Area Network (PDF - 299 KB)
• Connected Grid Design Suite Solution Overview (PDF - 401 KB)
• Cisco IOS Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) for Connected Energy
• PMU Networking with IP Multicast
• Substation Automation Solutions for Utility Operations
• Substation Automation for the Smart Grid
• Cisco & OSIsoft: Building an intelligent grid to manage utility data (PDF - 775 KB)

Relevant Solution Products

Cisco Connected Grid Routers and Switches
These ruggedized substation router and switches are deployed in the most demanding substation environments.

• Connected Grid Design Suite (CGDS) (PDF - 401 KB)
• Cisco 2000 Series Connected Grid Routers
• Cisco 2500 Series Connected Grid Switches