Designing protection and control electronics to survive its service life in a pole-mount application is no simple feat. Overhead distribution switchgear suffers the full ferocity of the midday sun and the equipment resilience to handling these high temperature environments is thoroughly tested.

Electricity distribution operators and technicians conduct their work in among the most naturally hazardous environments. Whilst improvements in workplace health and safety, training and culture abound, opportunities to improve the safety of operators from a technical mitigation standpoint can provide further guard rails for gaps in primary tactics.

For the electricity distribution grid operator, for much time the control systems of the grid were protected by “Security by Obscurity”. The SCADA protocols and communications infrastructure that was (and in most cases still is) used to control the electricity distribution grid is based on essentially insecure protocols with no inherent design to handle the threat of adverse action by internal players or third parties.

NovaTech hosted an Electric Utilities Symposium at PPL’s Walbert Training Center in Allentown, PA. This event was a part of PPL’s Vendors and Technology program, introducing PPL employees to NovaTech and its products and services.

NOJA Power releases a video tutorial series for their NOJA Power CMS Software Package

Cost Effective Analysis under Renewable Proliferation

Australian Switchgear Engineering firm NOJA Power today announce an augmentation to their suite of mounting options for their OSM Recloser system. The OMB-38 mounting bracket provides compatibility with legacy recloser systems where the auxiliary voltage transformer is mounted on the recloser itself, providing a simple mechanical replacement for failing field assets.

Preparing the Distribution Grid for Transition to IoT operating Principles

Enhancing the NOJA Power GMK Integrated Solution for Renewable Connection

Arc faults in medium voltage electrical equipment can be devastating. One of the most feared hazards of the electrical industry, a failure of electrical equipment causing an arc causes astronomical releases of energy, with temperatures exceeding 35,000 degrees.