Advanticsys has developed a monitoring system that can collect and transmit data from all existing substations.

Spanish company Advanticsys has successfully completed an ambitious project in Georgia, a country situated at the crossroads between Eastern Europe and western Asia. This region has significant hydraulic resources that are largely exploited by the Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE), which is seeking to increase the reliability of its substations in order to improve and guaranty the supply of energy while also cutting costs.

The monitoring system from Advanticsys can collect data from all the substations that this giant energy company has in the Kakheti region, and send it to the control center located in the capital city of Telavi.

GSE’s substations are older, and as a result represent a high blackout risk as well as having increasingly high maintenance costs. The company is therefore seeking ways to improve its operations, which is made possible by remote monitoring. Advanticsys has provided a complete solution—including hardware and software—through MPC devices (Multi Protocol Controllers) that include all communications protocols. These devices give GSE a comprehensive view of each substation’s status, including voltage measurement, current, power and the status of circuit breakers, so that the company has a complete picture of each substation based on over 50 measurement criteria. In order to avoid communications interruptions in the event of a power outage, the controllers for the system’s GPRS virtual private network are equipped with a backup battery to provide extra security. Advanticsys sells its products in 35 countries located in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. It is currently entering the Chilean market as well.