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THE BIG PICTURE: 30 Innovations Revolutionizing the Power Industry

May 1, 2019 admin connected plant, digital, digital revolution, dispatchable generation, disruptions, distributed energy, distributed power, electricity storage, empowering the consumer, enabling renewable supply, iiot, iiot power, Infographics, irena, market design, new grids, news, power plant, Renewables, system operations, Uncategorized, vre

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:44 +0000

Between 2005 and 2016, the global installed capacity of solar PV increased more than seven-fold, and the capacity of onshore wind increased nearly three-fold, and owing to plunging costs, variable renewable energy (VRE) capacity is set to expand dramatically, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). To accommodate soaring shares of VRE generation, innovations […]

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Modifying Behavior to Protect Systems in a Malicious Threat Landscape

May 1, 2019 admin connected plant, cyber threats, Cybersecurity, ICS, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, industrial control systems, Instrumentation & Controls, International, malicious threat landscape, news, Technology, tripwire, triton

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:40 +0000

The malicious threat landscape for industrial control systems (ICSs) is constantly evolving and getting more sophisticated, thereby raising the need to have visibility, implement protective controls, and perform continuous monitoring. As a result, it is important to take a look at the attack vectors of some malware/malicious events—such as Triton—that have occurred over the last […]

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Certifying Precision Timing in the Smart Grid

April 30, 2019 admin connected plant, distributed energy, distributed power, ieee, ieee-sa conformity assessment program, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, networks, news, precise timing, precision time protocol, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology, test suite specification, unh-iol, university of new hampshire interoperability laboratory

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 04:00:38 +0000

Utilities deploying precise timing in their networks have an additional choice in evaluating solutions based on whether or not the devices are IEEE certified for compliance to the appropriate IEEE 1588 Power Profile. To reach this point, years of effort from the IEEE, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and […]

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New Cyberattack by Group Behind TRITON/TRISIS Reported

April 10, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, cyberattack, Cybersecurity, Dragos, fireeye, ICS, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, monaca, news, pas, Russia, Technology, trisis, triton

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:45:39 +0000

Cybersecurity firm FireEye has uncovered and is responding to a new intrusion at an unnamed critical infrastructure facility that it suggests in an April 10 blog post was perpetrated by the group behind the TRITON attack, which prompted a process shutdown at a Middle Eastern facility in 2017. But while details of the new attack are sparse, […]

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New TRITON/TRISIS Cyberattack Reported at Critical Infrastructure Facility

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 16:04:17 +0000

A new critical infrastructure facility has suffered a TRITON intrusion, says cybersecurity firm FireEye. The company confirmed in an April 10 blog post that it has uncovered and is responding to an “an additional intrusion by the attacker behind TRITON at a different critical infrastructure facility.” Details about the attack are sparse, but FireEye and […]

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Replacing Retirees and Improving Reliability High on To-Do Lists

March 31, 2019 admin aging workforce, Business, Commentary, connected plant, gas turbine, hr, iiot, iiot power, news, power plant reliability, renewable energy, siemens, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

What keeps you up at night? The question has become cliché as panel moderators now routinely ask it as a “thought-provoking” final query to close out executive roundtable sessions at industry conferences

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Autonomous Power Plant Takes Shape in Japan

March 31, 2019 admin AI, autonomous power plant, Business, Cloud computing, connected plant, Cybersecurity, Gas, iiot, iiot power, International, mhps, microsoft azure, news, osisoft pi, paul browning, Physical security, takasago machinery works facility, Technology, tomoni point, workforce

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s first autonomous combined cycle power plant is currently under construction at the Takasago Machinery Works facility in Japan, and it will be operational by 2020, according to Mitsubishi Hitachi

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Working with Peers Is Critical to Power System Reliability [PODCAST]

March 29, 2019 admin connected plant, Cybersecurity, HACK, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, information sharing, Instrumentation & Controls, news, power podcasts, reliability, resiliency, stuxnet, Technology, the power podcast, Ukraine, william doering

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:59:46 +0000

When conversations around the power industry turn to computer hacking, more often than not experts say it’s not a question of if, but rather, how systems have been compromised. William Doering, adjunct professor in the John E. Simon School of Business at Maryville University and a director with Guidehouse—a management consulting services provider—said he has […]

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Cyberattack Debilitates Major Aluminum and Hydropower Producer

March 19, 2019 admin Business, connected plant, Cybersecurity, cyberx, Dragos, Hydro, hydropower, iiot, iiot chemical, iiot cyber, iiot power, indegy, International, lockergoga, news, Norway, notpetya, nozomi, ransomware, Renewables, wannacry

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:05:53 +0000

Norsk Hydro, a major global aluminum producer that is also Norway’s third-largest producer of hydropower, has been stricken by an extensive cyberattack—reportedly ransomware—that forced its entire global network offline. The company powers its sizable aluminum production operations with 20 hydropower plants concentrated in Telemark, Røldal-Suldal, Sogn, and Vennesla, producing a total 10 TWh per year. […]

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DOE and FERC Mull Incentivizing Cybersecurity, Physical Security of Power and Gas Infrastructure

February 4, 2019 admin Business, Congress, connected plant, Cybersecurity, DOE, ferc, grid security, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot oil & gas, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, Markets, nerc, news, Physical security, reliability, technical conference

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:22:17 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) want to explore how federal and state authorities could incentivize cybersecurity and physical security in the power and natural gas sectors. The agencies issued a notice on Feb. 4announcing they would jointly hold a technical conference on Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 10 […]

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