Glossary

Technical terms explained for energy operations.

Understand terms used in SCADA, PPC, telemetry, energy management, industrial IoT, grid control, analytics, commissioning and resource optimisation.

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition

SCADA

A system for supervisory monitoring, data acquisition, alarms and qualified control of industrial processes.

PPC

A plant-level control system that coordinates generation and grid-interface objectives.

Technical term

The collection and transmission of measurements, status and events from remote equipment.

Technical term

A reference representation of expected energy use used for comparison and measurement.

FAT

A controlled test of configured equipment and functions before site installation or acceptance.