Collaborative Engineering and Testing of Smart Grid Automation Applications

The energy system is undergoing a significant transformation, shifting towards a cyber-physical system of systems driven by factors like the integration of renewable energy sources and the digitalisation of energy services. This evolution introduces increased complexity, necessitating an enhanced development process that integrates diverse team competencies. This work focuses on introducing a model-based, service-oriented, and cooperative development and validation platform tailored for smart grid automation applications. The objective is to establish an archi-tecture for an interoperable, distributed, and service-oriented ecosystem that delivers modular services to collaborative development teams throughout the entire life cycle of applications. The related platform facilitates the management of engineering data crucial for achieving a continuous, transparent, and interoperable digitalization of the energy system. The paper intro-duces the collaborative approach and its associated framework architecture and services, illus-trating their application on a selected scenario addressing the topic of substation automation focusing on control development and acceptance testing. Finally, the initial results are dis-cussed, offering insights into future developments.