With 17 million passengers annually, Hamburg Airport is the largest international commercial airport in northern Germany and the fifth largest airport in Germany overall. Around 160,000 take-offs and landings take place here every year. Around 50 airlines fly directly to up to 105 national and international destinations from Hamburg. With Spectrum Power 5 the power supply systems at the airport are safely monitored and controlled. The range of functions tailored to the needs of the operating personnel enables efficient and effective network operation.

Solution overview:

• Spectrum Power 5 Version 5.75
• New project, start of operations: Q4/2023
• System hosting in the AWS Frankfurt data center in a Virtual Private Siemens Cloud
• Network operation for electricity
• Redundant, geographically separated multi-computer system
• System access via AWS Workspaces for maintenance, office, and service workstations with two-factor authentication
• Hosting service contract for functional provision, IT security, update and patch management service
• Remote control protocol IEC 61850
• Data points in the system: ~12,000, of which ~10,000 are remotely reported
• ~35 medium-voltage ring stations
• ~200 medium-voltage switchgear panels

SCADA functions:

• Topology in the electrical network
• Automatic reporting functions
• Remote alerting via e-mail and/or phone

Advanced functions:

• Study and test mode
• Temporary network elements
• Switch order management 
• Automated switching programs 
• SIEM (Security Information and Event Management System)