A standard-based software infrastructure to support weather forecasting in distributed energy systems

Weather forecasting in distributed energy systems may influence the operation of a wide set of devices spread around the power system, and which concern production, consumption and distribution of electrical energy. Often, both weather and power system devices encompass some communication skills and are able to be remotely monitored and operated by energy management systems. Despite this interaction readiness, most of them rely only on non-standard communication protocols and some interoperability issues still remain. This paper presents an innovative plug & play approach for the integration of weather stations with power system devices, supported by a standard-based and service-oriented software infrastructure called NEMO, based on the IEC 61850 and DPWS communication standards, to perform a seamless device integration and communication of weather-related devices with power system devices.