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Elia Group SA/NV — Technical Presentation (August 2014)
7 slides from Elia Group SA/NV's technical presentation, August 2014
Slide 1: Exchange metering information of Elia through FTP or ECP?
Exchange metering information of Elia through FTP or ECP? Why is Elia proposing 2 different protocols and what are the advantages of both protocols
Slide 2: What is FTP and ECP? (1/2)
What is FTP and ECP? (1/2) Abbreviations: FTP = File Transfer Protocol ECP = Energy Communication Platform Both are software applications that are used to exchange electronic documents between 2 computers FTP is an old and well known protocol that is used very often for exchanging files. ECP is a ne
Slide 3: What is FTP and ECP? (2/2)
What is FTP and ECP? (2/2) ECP (as FTP) is not dealing with the content of the message. It is only a software for electronic data exchange. But it is more reliable and it offers more services. ENTSO-E has developed a standard “MADES” based on ECP V2.1. ( https://www.entsoe.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/e
Slide 4: Difference between FTP and ECP
Difference between FTP and ECP FTP = File transfert ECP = Energy protocol communication protocol • Existing and well known • New software package, protocol harmonized and • Widely used developped by different TSOs • Security is possible (SFTP) but no standard. Not • Uses modern technology: harmonize
Slide 5: Advantages of ECP for Market Actors, active in the international Energy Market
Advantages of ECP for Market Actors, active in the international Energy Market The goal of ECP was to create an harmonized solution for electronic document exchange in all TSO areas. This will create a “single face towards the market” for all the Market Actors for electronic data exchange. Only 1 in
Slide 6: Advantages of ECP Market Actors, included the local actors
Advantages of ECP for all the Market Actors, included the local actors. ECP can be used in a manual way (as FTP for copying information) or in an automatic way (B2B data exchange) ECP (compaired to FTP) can be connected to your applications in a more easy way than FTP. ECP uses “webservices”. ECP co
Slide 7: Conclusion
Conclusion ECP runs already since 1 year between different TSOs, power exchanges and CASC without interruption. It is more reliable than FTP. ECP contains more services than FTP and is easier to integrate in an automatic way. ECP will be supported by different TSOs. Elia is providing support for ins