Novosibirsk State Technical University NETI opened the Smart Energy Laboratory created through a trilateral cooperation between NSTU, RusHydro, and manufacturers of automation equipment for power facilities. The opening ceremony was attended by Anatoly Bataev, President of the University, RusHydro top management, and representatives of electrical engineering companies.
“Our power department is one of key departments for most power companies, and RusHydro is no exception. It is very important to ensure the quality of training, and to a certain extent, this is determined by the infrastructure we have at our University. I am grateful for such a gift as a new University laboratory,” Anatoly Bataev, NSTU President, said at the opening.
The laboratory uses equipment from leading foreign and Russian manufacturers: for example, EKRA provided training benches with digital substation protection devices and EVICON software and hardware package. The digital substation relay protection training bench includes modern equipment used in digital substations: relay protection IEDs, analog and binary signal converters. The EVICON software and hardware package will help students acquire skills needed to operate a modern SCADA system.
Providing the academic process with such modern simulators will allow to train qualified specialists to design and operate the latest equipment used at existing power facilities, develop new information technologies in the field of large and small-scale power generation, and improve the stability and reliability of power systems.
“We see the best students as future employees and are interested in making our company an attractive employer for them now. I am sure the modern information zone will become a point of attraction. Here students can prepare for classes and at the same time appreciate the scope and diverse activities of the power holding company, the innovative nature of projects implemented, and the company's high performance,” Dmitry Skorodumov, Deputy Director of Corporate Communications Department at RusHydro, said.
It is worth noting that this is not the first example of cooperation between EKRA and the country's leading universities. Training devices and systems to train specialists in the field of power engineering have been manufactured and delivered to I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University, National Research University MPEI, Tyumen Industrial University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, and others.
