AMA-SYSTEMS GMBH was founded 1976 and had its roots in trading and engineering for industrial automation. Over the years AMA established itself in the Open Communications Standards Market and evolved into a strong player with strategic partners: development of customer-specific software applications for manufacturing processes started in the 1990s and since year 2000 AMA-SYSTEMS has entered the energy market, providing specialized IT services, with software, hardware and solutions.

With almost four decades of experiences, AMA-SYSTEMS today unites outstanding competences in industrial automation, information and communication technologies serving customers in the energy and manufacturing industry as well as in the machine and plant manufacturing realm. At the center of our activity lies the solution of complex technical tasks in operative or productive environments – with flexibility, speed and efficiency deriving from our broad, trans-sectorial know-how.

One particular focus of AMA-SYSTEMS is communication in the energy industry. We provide products and services for the industry standards and protocols IEC 60870-6/ICCP/TASE.2 and IEC 61850 / IEC 61400-25 and support our customers from the HW up to Enterprise Data warehouses. At the core of this business lies the Europe-wide distribution and support of software products of internationally renowned vendors. Based on these products AMA-SYSTEMS offers gateways, tools, trainings, certification and consulting - especially for smart grid technology, conformance tests and software libraries.

Driven by its purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment, DNV GL enables organisations to advance the safety and sustainability of their business. DNV GL provides classification and technical assurance along with software and independent expert advisory services to the maritime, oil & gas and energy industries. It also provides certification services to customers across a wide range of industries. DNV GL, whose origins go back to 1864, operates globally in more than 100 countries with its 16,000 professionals dedicated to helping their customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.

In the Energy industry

In DNV GL we unite the strengths of DNV, KEMA, Garrad Hassan, and GL Renewables Certification. DNV GL’s 2,500 energy experts support customers around the globe in delivering a safe, reliable, efficient, and sustainable energy supply. We deliver world-renowned testing, certification and advisory services to the energy value chain including renewables and energy efficiency. Our expertise spans onshore and offshore wind power, solar, conventional generation, transmission and distribu­tion, smart grids, and sustainable energy use, as well as energy markets and regulations. Our testing, certification and advisory services are delivered independent from each other. Learn more at www.dnvgl.com/energy.

DNV GL’s professionals support utilities and manufacturers in the area of intelligent networks and communication such as SCADA EMS/DMS, substation automation, smart metering and data communication. For data communication DNV GL provides services for the IEC TC57 and IEC TC13 communication standards and models such as IEC 61850, IEC 61400-25, IEC 60870-5, DNP3, IEC 60870-6 (ICCP/Tase.2), Elcom-90, , IEC 61968 / IEC 61970 / IEC 62325 (CIM standards) and the smart meter standard DLMS/Cosem. For all these standards DNV GL provides consultancy, training, test tools such as protocol analyzers, simulators and conformance test facilities and test services such as conformance -, interoperability -, performance and acceptance testing.

Greenbird Integration Technology (HQ: Oslo / Norway) is a software company and IT consultancy delivering:

• Expert IT advisory and development services  - focused on Enterprise Architecture (EA), BPM, SOA, integration and middleware solutions.
• Greenbird MeterCloud - an advanced integration solution platform for utilities focusing on Smart Grid, Smart Metering and Smart Home applications.
  
  Greenbird MeterCloud solves integration challenges utilities face when implementing and operating a Smart Metering and Smart Grid infrastructure, helping utilities build automated processes and totally integrated solutions to monitor and manage:
  - Interactions with (prime) contractors during planning and rollout
  - Metering and infrastructure operations
  - Meter value collection and event / alarm handling across various communication technologies
  - Dataflow and distribution of meter values, events and alarms to various subscribers such as Billing / CIS, SCADA, Network information systems, Smart Grid analysis systems, Customer Engagement Portals or external sides such as Google PowerMeter or Microsoft Hohm.
  
  Greenbird MeterCloud provides out-of-the-box business integration processes and portlet based monitoring dashboards supporting the whole metering value chain from AMI rollout, AMR operations, metering, customer engagement to Smart Grid applications. Greenbird MeterCloud is built on top of Greenbird Foundation, a holistic SOA integration platform delivering enterprise capabilities such as reliable realtime messaging, enterprise service bus (validation, transformation, routing), business process management, complex event processing or multi channel integration.

GridClone, a Dutch company, was founded with the objective to provide high quality and flexible simulators for IEC 61850 based substation automation and power systems.

With the introduction of IEC 61850 advanced testing tools and simulators will be needed by utilities, system integrators and manufacturers of power system equipment. These tools and simulators will support the verification of the conformity and functionality of the integrated system and its components.

GridClone has professionals that have gained many years of experience in the power system domain, conformance testing of IEC 61850 devices and systems and development of IEC 61850 software test tools.

Hypertek is a contract research and development company that specializes in the applications of software and hardware to interoperable communications to and from embedded systems. Our activities provide us with experience and expertise in commercial, military, and utility communications projects. We have experience in the development of communications standards and their application to systems.

Hypertek has strived to maintain a balance between our research and standards development activities, and, hardware and software development of products and services for our customers. This balance allows Hypertek a unique perspective increasing the depth of our work in both standards and development.

Open Grid Systems Ltd. is a consultancy and software company based in Glasgow, UK providing services to the electrical power industry focussed on model-driven software engineering, open standards and cutting-edge technologies.

Open Grid Systems provides expertise in the areas of data management, information modelling, data transformation, data-exchange technologies, visualisation and power system network analysis software.  We utilise the power of open standards and model-driven architectures to provide modern, scalable solutions to the challenges faced by utilities in the smart-grid enabled world.

PCItek, formerly Project Consultants LLC, supports the utility industry with innovative products, integration consulting and standards training.  Our personnel have a broad depth of international experience in cyber security, IEC 61850, CIM Standards, enterprise architecture and system integration using industry standard methodologies.    

PCItek offers business products and services including:

• Products:
  • Garibaldi, an advanced enterprise and local key distribution center, part of CENTARI, a suite of substation security products
  • RIC, the Operations and Planning Ratings and Impedance Calculator
• Services:
  • Electric Utility Integration Consulting
  • RFI/RFP Generation and Vendor Selection
  • IT/OT Alignment and Process Improvement
  • Project Planning including Scoping, Project Management, Testing and Training
  • Requirements Analysis and Documentation
  • Enterprise Integration
  • Software Integration
  • Process Integration
  • Assuring Interoperability
  • Establishing Reference Architecture
  • Quality Assurance
  • Standards-based Training

PCItek is currently providing integration and consulting solutions to American Electric Power (AEP), MISO, NYPA and other utilities and ISOs to integrate their Transmission and Distribution systems and applications.

Focus on customers and their targets led TÜV Rheinland to its motto “Precisely Right”. The organization is core supplier of testing, inspection and certification to the energy industry ever since its establishment in 1872. TÜV Rheinland took a leading role supporting the safe and economically viable establishment of renewable technologies since their emergence. The stakeholder focus on fit for use, energy efficiency, functional safety and cyber security is entrenched in the services offered to our customers globally.

TÜV Rheinland engages actively in the standardization efforts for energy supply and delivery on regional and global level, with a particular focus on Smart Grid initiatives. As the technology develops and industry requirements expand, so does our service portfolio offered to the suppliers and users.

With UCAIug focus TÜV Rheinland provides the following services:

• IEC 61850 Conformance Testing
• IEC 61850 Interoperability Testing
• Cyber Security Testing
• Consulting
• Training

"Choose certainty. Add value" is the core philosophy behind the services that TÜV SÜD provides to its clients. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, the technical service corporation is far more than a mere testing and inspection organization. As committed and responsible process partners boasting comprehensive industry expertise, TÜV SÜD’s certified experts and technical consultants provide services throughout their clients’ entire value chains, focusing on their core competencies of Consulting, Testing, Certification and Training. 16,000 employees proactively optimise technology, systems and expertise at over 600 locations in Europe, America and Asia. Several TÜV SÜD experts are members of standardization committees, like IEEE, IEC and UCA.

The TÜV SÜD provides the following Smart Grid services:

• IEC 61850 Conformance Testing
• IEC 61850 Interoperability Testing
• Enhanced Cyber  Security Testing
• Trainings for IEC 61850 and Smart Grid
• Consulting for IEC 61850 and Smart Grid