COPA-DATA explores how IEC 61850, real-time data, and rigorous testing are transforming energy transmission, making grid modernization essential to balance growing energy demands with climate goals.

Here, Khalid Qarooni, Technical Sales & Business Development Engineer at COPA-DATA, explores the potential impacts of IEC61850 on the energy sector.

By Christoph Dorigatti, Vice President of global business development at automation supplier COPA-DATA, explains how energy data management systems (EDMS) are critical to complying with EU sustainability reporting requirements.

COPA-DATA will introduce groundbreaking advancements to revolutionize sustainable production and data integrity in regulated industries.

COPA-DATA will showcase its innovative zenon software platform at the upcoming ISPE Europe Annual Conference in Lisbon from April 16th to 20th, 2024.

COPA-DATA will be presenting its zenon software platform at BrauBeviale 2023 in Nuremberg from 28 to 30 November. The specialist for industrial software will show how the transformation process towards sustainable production can be innovatively and digitally designed.

To support the integration of battery energy storage systems (BESS) onto energy grids, COPA-DATA has engineered its software platform zenon for use in BESS applications.

In the words of Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, and in the modern age of international travel, this first step is often an airport.

Cyber security is consistently hailed as a top global concern for governments, individuals and businesses alike. However, most rhetoric on the subject focuses on securing information technology (IT), rather than operational technology (OT). In this article Reinhard Mayr, head of information security and research operations at automation software supplier COPA-DATA, examines the need for a different approach.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) states that leveraging the digital twin to support Industry 4.0 business models could increase operational efficiency by ten per cent, to simulate the behaviour of real machines for operational gains.