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Implementation of safety and security system for HEP Proizvodnja d.o.o.

15.3.2021

 

Uninterrupted and uninterrupted production, prevention of negative behavior of individuals and timely response in case of danger are key to the operation of every hydropower plant as the leading source of renewable energy in Croatia. In order to increase the level of security of the facility, Eccos is in consortium with Securus d.o.o. for HEP proizvodnja d.o.o. performed an extremely complex and challenging implementation of a safety and security system for two production centers consisting of four hydropower plants. Eccos’ development team of about twenty engineers has successfully integrated the system with the existing main integration software of the HEP Group. Possibility of full integration of safety and security systems and third-party integration is what makes Eccos’ solutions different.

Implemented safety and security systems are integrated into the central integration platform HISP where all alarms and events of the safety and security system are collected and processed. Management is enabled from the local control and operational center of each hydropower plant as well as from the central control and operational center of HEP Group.

 

The biggest challenge for the implementation of safety and security systems in this project was in the preparation itself. Eccos and Securus engineers have experience in properly detecting and preventing possible causes and reasons why the observed objects may be exposed to certain hazards. Causes of endangerment can be natural forces and technological processes, negative action and behaviour of people or inadequate methods of protection which determines the type of data to be collected, and thus the possible choice of methods and techniques for their collection. An additional aggravating factor was the size, location, and inaccessibility of facilities that need to be protected. Modern and precise solutions were used while taking into account the possibility of their full integration with the existing system.

Challenging projects like this prove the quality of Eccos’ work in the areas of implementation and integration of safety and security systems, and the successful completion of this project motivates us for continuous development and introduction of new technologies.