By Marcos Blanco The optimal incorporation of SCADA systems into a PV power plant can have a significant bearing on the profitability of a project. Marcos Blanco looks at how the layout and design of ...

Pipelines, water and wastewater, power and other process industries rely heavily on SCADA systems for monitoring and control. ISA112 standards will focus on cross-industry best practices. Supervisory ...

The juicy headlines in cyber warfare may center on IT battles between Google and Chinese hackers, but security experts at US Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Md., are much more concerned about SCADA ...

Discussing why pipeline companies might want to design SCADA systems for maintainability, he says, “Missed alarms and downtime can easily lead to spills that cost over $30,000 per barrel of oil in a ...

ISA's Standards and Practices (S&P) board has approved a new committee to be designated ISA112, SCADA Systems. This approval follows solid support for the idea from a survey conducted via InTech and ...

All of this can be accomplished with the use of a SCADA system within the automation process. However, none of these functions are available if the system is not designed with a reliable power source ...

Download this article in PDF format. When most people think of the Internet of Things (IoT), home automation is what comes to mind. But in terms of complexity, home automation is a simple network ...

The Internet of Things needs technology to connect people to machines and processes. From the operators on the plant floor to the execs in the C-suites, supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA ...

As utilities get smarter and more connected, the threat landscape for energy systems becomes vaster and more dangerous than ever before. A layered defense should consist of a combination of security ...

“Hexagon’s partnership with Scada Systems reinforces our mission to deliver a complete design and engineering solution for projects with electrical and instrumentation needs,” said Mark White, Senior ...