6m euro Transelectrica-Alstom deal

National electricity carrier Transelectrica has recently signed a 6 million euro contract with Alstom T&D SA (France) in view of upgrading the EMS/SCADA control system of the national energy system, the company officials say. This ‘”turnkey” contract is the second signed by Transelectrica for the modernisation of the EMS/SCADA system since the beginning of the year. The company had previously signed a 4.8 million-euro contract with General Electric Canada in this regard. The EMS/SCADA system handles the acquisition and processing of significant data “about the situations in which the national energy system operates” in real time. It is also used to manage the energy market. Transelectrica officials say this control system  “is essentially dependent on state-of-the-art safe telecommunications infrastructures based on a fibre optics network covering the entire country.” The electricity carrier is currently investing in building its telecommunications infrastructure. ZF