Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming mainstream in our cities as an increasing number of people opt for this cleaner mean of transport. One of the less known advantages of EVs is that they can potentially be used to store energy and deliver power to the grid

According to the United Nations (UN), 840 million people in the world still do not have access to electricity.

The IEC 61850 Standards are a foundational series of publications which pave the way for the use of a variety of digital technologies relating to smart energy.

Peter Jensen has been nominated Chair of IEC Technical Committee 13 until June 14 2026.

The IEC is working on a new standard which aims to define the configuration languages required to achieve digital substations

Michael Schwan has been nominated Chair of IEC Technical Committee 99, which prepares safety standards relating to high voltage electrical power installations, notably dealing with their system engineering and building.

The IEC 61850 publications are among the core IEC standards for the smart grid. Experts from all over the world work on these documents inside Technical Committee 57 and its many working groups.

As more renewable energy sources and other distributed energy resources (DERs) interconnect with the electricity network, the risk of cyber attacks increases. The IEC 61850 series, as well as other core standards for the smart grid, are evolving to take these augmenting risk factors i

Ultra high voltage (UHV) transmission systems offer the ability to transport electricity over long distances with minimal power loss using either alternating current (AC) or direct (DC) current.

To this day, the main source of renewable energy remains hydro power. A key IEC 61850 Standard specifies the role of this much relied upon source of energy.