Digitalization of Switchgear and Substations : Implementation experience and integration with the Protection World

Moderator: Frank Richter
Presenters: Farnoosh Rahmatian (A3), Paolo Mazza (A3)

Digitalization is one of the most critical transformations required to address the energy transition.
This workshop provides an overview of key challenges for Substations, Switchgear and T&D equipment, focusing on utilities’ perspectives and strategies, the state of standardization, integration with protection and control systems, component readiness, the benefits and challenges of extended instrument transformer bandwidth, and the future convergence of protection and monitoring.