The New National Control Centre, Ireland

The new National Control Centre for the Electricity Supply Board (ESB), Ireland, currently undergoing site commissioning, will be in operation in September 1986. The Control Centre will control a single 2200 MW island network. The control centre is being supplied under a supply contract with Landis & Gyr, Zug, Switzerland. There is a high degree of customer participation and emphasis is laid on customer interfacing. The central hardware comprises a dual main 32-bit computer system with Virtual Memory Operating System, four dual front-end processors and four display processors. Remote Terminal Units communicate with the Control Centre on a private communication network, mostly Microwave and Power Line Carrier. This paper describes the control centre in a general way with emphasis on contractual arrangements, customer involvement and testing procedures.