BS EN 61400-25-5:2017

What is BS EN 61400-25-5 - Wind energy generation systems about ?  

The IEC 61400-25 (all parts) is an international standard that covers the communications between wind power plant components such as wind turbines and actors such as SCADA systems. Internal communication within wind power plant components is beyond the scope of IEC 6140025 (all parts). 

BS EN 61400-25-5 is one of the parts of the series that specifies standard techniques for testing of compliance of implementations, as well as specific measurement techniques to be applied when declaring performance parameters. The use of these techniques will enhance the ability of users to purchase systems that integrate easily, operate correctly, and support the applications as intended. 

BS EN 61400-25-5 covers the following aspects: 

• The methods and abstract test cases for compliance testing of server and client devices used in wind power plants 
• The metrics to be measured in said devices according to the communication requirements specified in IEC 61400-25 (all parts) 

Who is BS EN 61400-25-5 - Wind energy generation systems for ? 

BS EN 61400-25-5 on communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants is useful for: 

• Wind turbine manufacturers 
• Wind power transmission system operators (TSOs) 
• Wind power distribution system operators (DSOs) 
• Wind power plant designers and developers 
• Wind energy research institutions 
• Wind energy certifying bodies and standardization groups 

Why should you use BS EN 61400-25-5 - Wind energy generation systems ? 

The wind power plant information model and the information exchange model, constitute an interface between client and server. The wind power plant information model serves as an interpretation frame for accessible wind power plant data.  

Guidance in BS EN 61400-25-5 can help you order to provide a uniform communication basis for the monitoring and control of wind power plants and aids for efficient exchange of information exchange and the mapping to communication protocols.  

BS EN 61400-25-5 can assist you in the information exchange methods, and to standardize the communication. BS EN 61400-25-5 can be used as a basis to which procurement specifications and contracts could easily refer.  

Adopting BS EN 61400-25-5 enable components from different vendors to communicate with other components, at any location. Object-oriented data structures can make the engineering and handling of large amounts of information provided by wind power plant less time-consuming and more efficient. 

What’s changed since the last update? 

BS EN 61400-25-5:2017 supersedes BS EN 61400‑25‑5:2007, which is withdrawn. BS EN 61400-25-5:2017 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 61400-25-5:2017. These include: 

• Harmonization with structure and test cases in IEC 61850-10:2012. 
• The use of SCL in the compliance testing process is out of the scope for this edition but will be considered for Edition 3. 
• Reduction of overlap between standards and simplification by increased referencing to the IEC 61850 standard series 
• All test cases applying SCL files are still not a part of the present document as the SCL specifications for the wind power domain are still pending to be published