PSS® power system simulation and modeling software

Power system simulation and modeling software

Smart tools for smarter grids – mastering the challenges of changing energy systems

The utility industry is undergoing a transformation, and utilities need to adapt their business processes and tools in order to continue to achieve their objectives in a sustainable way. Power system planners and operators require powerful, flexible and intuitive software tools to support their daily grid simulation and analysis work.   To compete in this dynamic environment and position yourself as a utility of the future, you need the right partner and the right tools.

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American Electric Power

Accelerating Digital Transformation at AEP

Siemens grid protection software and expertise enable unified digital model of AEP network

American Electric Power (AEP), the largest transmission grid operator in the U.S., will strengthen their grid protection and extend their transmission grid digital twin with our leading highly detailed protection simulation software, PSS®CAPE! Check out the press release to learn more!

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Case Study: Amprion GmbH

Case Study: Amprion GmbH

Amprion GmbH adopts Common Information Model (CIM) to simplify network management and planning

The use cases where data and data linking are required are continuously growing at Amprion. Before implementing CIM, a lot of manual work as well as know-how was necessary to do that kind of work,” says Stephan Baack, engineer at Amprion GmbH.

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Case Study: Navigating Africa’s surging demand for renewables 

Energy System Planning Ltd. services leverage advanced transmission planning and analysis software for sound-decision making.

In the world’s second-largest continent, most of their clients rely on the capabilities of PSS®E, the primary transmission planning, and analysis software in the region, to support fact-based decision-making around grid development. Read the case study to learn about their challenges and experience.

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PSS® Time-based Modeling: Managing the Changing Electrical Grid

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Managing the Changing Electrical Grid

PSS® time-based modeling enables electrical utilities to efficiently manage expansion projects and grid changes overtime – resulting in increased accuracy of available data and network models. Watch the video to learn more!

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Robust Transmission Planning and Analysis with PSS®E

PSS®E Cloud

PSS®SINCAL – analysis and planning of electric and pipe networks

PSS®CAPE – highly-detailed protection simulation and analysis

PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

PSS®MOD – project modeling and data management for PSS®E

SIGUARD®DSA – transmission system stability and dynamic security assessment

SIGUARD® PDP - grid monitoring using synchrophasors

CTDim – current & voltage transformer dimensioning

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The energy transformation calls for powerful and user-friendly tools

With the depth and breadth of the Siemens PTI PSS® portfolio, we provide customers both “all-in-one” as well as highly specialized tools. It’s not just your toolbox – it’s your entire workbench.
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PSS® portfolio – smarter tools for smarter grids

Learn how the PSS® portfolio enables utilities around the world to thrive in this new world of digitalization.

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PSS® portfolio at a glance

The PSS® portfolio provides solutions for grid simulation, analysis, and modeling – enabling engineers around the world to design, maintain, and operate power networks of all types.

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Reimagine Grid Planning with PSS®E Cloud

In the 1970s, PSS®E was the first interactive network simulation software to run on premise and now it redefines what is possible in Grid Planning. PSS®E Cloud combines your most trusted transmission planning tool with the power of the cloud. Visit the PSS®E Cloud website to learn how users in U.S. and Canada can now unlock scalable computation power, secure collaboration, flexible remote working, and more!

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Software portfolio

PSS® portfolio

The Power System Simulator (PSS®) product portfolio provides a full set of integrated and specialized applications for simulating, analyzing, and modeling transmission, distribution, and industrial power systems as well as gas, water, heating, and cooling infrastructures. Easily integrated into any existing IT environment, our powerful and user-friendly tools feature an intuitive graphical user interface, customizable visualization options, automation capabilities, and efficient data management. Data exchange with other systems – for example, EMS, DMS, AMS, GIS, and other planning tools – is provided through industry standards such as CIM and other native interfaces.

PSS®E – high-performance transmission planning and analysis software

PSS®E allows operators to perform analyses of power flow, dynamics, short circuits, contingency, voltage stability, transient stability, and much more.

PSS®SINCAL – analysis and planning of electric and pipe networks

A simulator for planning, modeling, and analyzing all electrical power or pipe network types: PSS®SINCAL provides a full unbalanced power system model for high, medium and low-voltage grids.

PSS®CAPE - highly-detailed protection simulation and analysis

PSS®CAPE - highly-detailed protection simulation and analysis

PSS®CAPE supports transmission and distribution protection engineers with their entire workflow from detailed protection data collection, electronic setting management, setting calculations and validation.

PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

Bridge the gap between multiple utility domains, including operations and planning. With real and virtual worlds tightly aligned, PSS®ODMS provides utilities with a single source of truth for managing and exchanging network model data across their entire IT landscape.

PSS®MOD – project modeling and data management for PSS®E

PSS®MOD – project modeling and data management for PSS®E

Your solution for power transmission planning model management: PSS®MOD coordinates submission of network model data and provides access to complete study cases on demand for any point in time.

Reimagine grid planning with PSS®E Cloud

PSS®E Cloud

PSS®E Cloud combines your industry trusted transmission planning tool with the power of the cloud. Unlock scalable computation power, secure collaboration, flexible remote working, and more!

SIGUARD®DSA – transmission system stability and dynamic security assessment

SIGUARD®DSA – transmission system stability and dynamic security assessment

With SIGUARD®DSA, all key functions needed to provide a true stability cockpit are at your service, including may different stability analysis functions and full integration with the SCADA system.

SIGUARD PDP - Grid monitoring using synchrophasors

SIGUARD® PDP - Grid monitoring using synchrophasors

SIGUARD PDP (Phasor Data Processor) uses synchrophasors and facilitates the fast assessment of the currentsystem status. It immediately indicates power swings and  transients, helping the control center team to implement countermeasures

CTDim – Current and voltage transformer dimensioning

CTDim – Current and voltage transformer dimensioning

With CTDim, efficiently perform instrument transformer dimensioning while considering both protection and measuring cores. It allows you to decrease engineering and production costs by optimizing the CT and VT data.

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    The easy way to submit, track, and vote on PSS®E, PSS®MUST, PSS®ODMS, PSS®MOD, and PSS®SINCAL product ideas. To request access, contact sue.kapusta@siemens.com.

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    Our trainings empower you to solve today's and tomorrow’s energy challenges.

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Providing valuable solutions around the world

Greater efficiency, improved reliability, better transparency – customers in over 140 countries benefit from our power system simulation, analysis, and modeling software solutions.    

Customers use the PSS® portfolio to plan and analyze infrastructure, facilitating over

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of the world's energy consumption

That's 16,000 TWh each year. With the PSS® Portfolio, we enable our customers to keep the lights on.

Our PSS® portfolio is used to simulate

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of high-voltage transmission

lines every year

That's enough to circle the earth 64 times, or reach the moon 11 times.

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Whether you require a solution for system analysis or planning, safety and security calculations or power quality evaluations, strategic planning issues or data handling tasks: there is a Siemens PSS® solution right for you.

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PSS®E – high-performance transmission planning and analysis software

Robust Transmission Planning and Analysis with PSS®E

Robust Transmission Planning and Analysis with PSS®E

For over 50 years, PSS®E has continuously evolved to ensure transmission companies around the world can confidently tackle day-to-day and future challenges. Confidently tackle day-to-day and emerging grid planning challenges. With the grid changing faster than ever before, transmission planners can rely on PSS®E to ensure reliability through sound-decision making.
Reimagine grid planning with PSS®E Cloud

PSS®E Cloud

PSS®E Cloud

PSS®E Cloud combines your industry trusted transmission planning tool with the power of the cloud. Unlock scalable computation power, secure collaboration, flexible remote working, and more!
PSS®SINCAL – simulation software for analysis and planning of all network types

PSS®SINCAL – planning and analysis software for all network types

PSS®SINCAL – planning and analysis software for all network types

PSS®SINCAL is an all-in-one simulation & analysis software optimized for distribution grid and industrial planning. Intuitively build your network model, run fast and accurate calculations, and more.
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PSS®CAPE - computer-aided highly-detailed protection simulation and analysis

PSS®CAPE - computer-aided highly-detailed protection simulation and analysis

PSS®CAPE (previously known as Electrocon’s CAPE software) supports transmission and distribution protection engineers with their entire workflow from detailed protection data collection, electronic setting management, setting calculations and validation. 
PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

PSS®ODMS – CIM-based transmission network modeling and analysis

Bridge the gap between multiple utility domains, including operations and planning. With real and virtual worlds tightly aligned, PSS®ODMS provides utilities with a single source of truth for managing and exchanging network model data across their entire IT landscape.

PSS®MOD – project modeling and data management for PSS®E

PSS®MOD – project modeling and data management for PSS®E

Your solution for power transmission planning model management: PSS®MOD coordinates submission of network model data and provides access to complete study cases on demand for any point in time.

SIGUARD®DSA – transmission system stability and dynamic security assessment

SIGUARD®DSA – transmission system stability and dynamic security assessment

SIGUARD®DSA, the automated and integrated dynamic stability assessment tool increases transmission system security and improves operational planning processes.