Security Coordination Centre SCC, Belgrade, Serbia, News

Vojvode Stepe 412, Belgrade

Security Coordination Centre SCC, Belgrade, Serbia, News

Vojvode Stepe 412, 11000 Belgrade

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6. Mar.2024.
OPC ST meeting in Belgrade

Outage Planning Coordination (OPC), one of the oldest RCC services, continues its course of keeping power system secured on year ahead and week ahead time horizons. A group of outage planning experts from all European TSOs and RCCs is gathered within OPC Sub Team (OPC ST), a part of OPC STA Task Team under the umbrella of ENTSO-E Steering Group Regional Coordination, in order to monitor existing processes as well as to develop new features in outage planning coordination.

29. Feb.2024.
TCI WG meeting in Belgrade

Training and certification of staff working for Regional Coordination Centres (RCCs) is one of the tasks of RCCs according to Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2019/943. Training and Certification Implementation Working Group (TCI WG) was established in 2022 under the umbrella of RCC Working Table (RWT) in order to implement requirements from RCC Training and Certification of Staff Methodology approved by Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER).

9. Feb.2024.
SCC on Balkan Solar Summit 2024

The second consecutive Balkan Solar Summit was held in Banski Dvor in Banja Luka, and judging by the reactions of the audience, professional public, lecturers and sponsors - expectations were exceeded and good foundations were laid for the next edition that awaits us on 27 and 28 February 2025. years.

2. Feb.2024.
SCC on ISE 2024 in Barcelona

ISE (Integrated Systems Europe) 2024 exhibition was held in Barcelona from 30. January till 02. February 2024. ISE is the largest exhibition for audio-video (AV) and systems integration industry in the world. SCC’s engineers participated in this manifestation in order to achieve additional knowledge in AV and system integration industry field, with main focus on state-of-the-art solutions for video walls technology and control rooms. SCC plans to improve operational activities with video wall implementation in its operational room. SCC engineers’ attendance on such event was significant and fruitful step for further activities on this project.

1. Jan.2024.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new employees: Ms. Jelena Hristov-Vasiljević and Mr. Stefan Marić. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

13. Nov.2023.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new employees: Ms. Tijana Milovanović and Mr. Aleksandar Bučalina. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

16. Oct.2023.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new employees: Mr. Luka Stojisavljević and Mr. Marko Tvrdišić. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

4. Oct.2023.
ENTSO-E RCA report

To fulfill the obligations from Art. 17 of the Regulation (EU) 2017 / 1485 on establishing a guideline on electricity transmission system operation, ENTSO-E publishes annual report on Regional Coordination Assessment. This report distinguishes between legally compliant services and legacy services, both performed by RSCs/RCCs.

30. Sep.2023.
End of TRINITY project

After four years of hard work, TRINITY project comes to an end. Final review meeting was held in Valencia on the 15th and 16th of November 2023 in front of European Commission reviewers. Following successful identification and definition of use cases, requirements, assets and KPIs in WP2, TRINITY project developed four different products

26. Sep.2023.
Visit by GSE

JSC Georgian State Electrosystem (GSE) is Georgian TSO which aims for full integration into ENTSO-E. As part of a five-day workshop organized by EKC for Georgian TSO delegation, SCC’s engineers participated as lecturers on the topic of power system security of supply. As part of the presentation, a visit to the premises of SCC was also organized.

21. Sep.2023.
Visit by TEİAŞ

TEİAŞ is SCC’s service users with the largest power system. Meetings and workshops with TEİAŞ are always a source of interesting knowledge about power system operation bearing in mind the geography and other specificities of the Turkish power system.

20. Sep.2023.
RWT meeting in Belgrade

On the 20th of September 2023, SCC Ltd. Belgrade had a pleasure to organise physical RWT meeting in our premises. We had pleasure to host this meeting for 11 representatives coming from: Baltic RCC, Coreso, Nordic RCC, Selene CC and TSCNET, including several colleagues that were connected via video link.

1. Aug.2023.
New Director

Based on the decision of Supervisory Board, starting from 01.08.2023 new Director of SCC Ltd. Belgrade will be Mr. Luka Okuka. All the best to Mr. Okuka on this position - challenges bring us together.

17. Jul.2023.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new employees: Ms. Jasmina Đorđević and Ms. Anđela Krljaš. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

22. May.2023.
SCC on CIGRE Serbia 2023

36th CIGRE Serbia conference was held in the period 22nd – 26th May 2023, in Zlatibor. SCC participated with the paper “Usage of T-COORDINATION platform in the processes of coordinated security analysis and coordinated capacity calculation”, describing parts of development within TRINITY project.

1. Dec.2022.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new Operational and development engineers: Ms. Bojana Stevanović and Mr. Branko Radičević. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

18. Nov.2022.
Regional Coordination Conference

Every year, the Regional Coordination Conference brings together leading experts from the industry, associations, EU institutions, regulatory authorities, the academic world and the Member States to debate on developments and challenges related to TSO regional coordination and the European power system in general.

1. Oct.2022.
R2D2 kick-off meeting

At the beginning of the October 2022, R2D2 consortium officially started its activities with a General Assembly in Valencia (Spain). More than 40 experts, from 17 European entities participating in this international research effort, met during two days in different workshops and sessions in order to define the demonstration activities that will be run by the project during the next three years.

15. Jul.2022.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new Operational and development engineers: Ms. Katarina Đorđievska and Ms. Jovana Mićić. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

30. Apr.2022.
End of CROSSBOW project

After four and a half years of hard work, CROSSBOW project comes to an end. Final review meeting was held in Belgrade on the 28th and 29th of June 2022 in front of European Commission reviewers.

13. Apr.2022.
Visit by SEleNe CC

The goal of SEleNe CC - SCC meeting was to improve coordination and cooperation between mentioned companies. There was enough time to discuss about TRINITY PROJECT as well. SCC was visited by the CEO of SEleNe CC Yannis Kampouris, with part of his team.

1. Nov.2021.
New employee in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, the need for IT expert position occurred. SCC engaged Mr. Velimir Nešić on this position. We give a warm welcome to our new colleague.

3. Oct.2021.
SCC on CIGRE Serbia 2021

35th CIGRE Serbia conference was held in the period 3rd – 7th October 2021, in Zlatibor, RS. SCC participated with two papers describing parts of development within CROSSBOW and TRINITY projects (see more on crossbowproject.eu and trinityh2020.eu). Both papers were presented to the audience consisted of people from university, institutes, equipment producers, system operators and energy producers.

21. Jul.2021.
Small steps make big changes

Association "Čep za hendikep" is an original "grassroots" civic initiative which was established in 2012 with a mission to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and to strive for the realization of the full potential of every person with disabilities using the available resources in the community.

1. Jul.2021.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC Ltd. Belgrade hired 2 new Operational and development engineers: Ms. Kristina Janošević and Mr. Nikola Bošković. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

10. May.2021.
TEIAS became SCC service user

After successful harmonization of Services agreement for Regional Security Coordination between TEIAS and SCC, Chairman of the Board and General Manager of TEIAS Mr. Orhan Kaldirim and Director of SCC Mr. Duško Tubić have signed Services agreement. TEIAS will procure services from SCC starting from 10th of May 2021

1. Apr.2021.
Key Innovator acknowledgement

The Innovation Radar is European Commission's data-driven method focused on the identification of high potential innovations and the key innovators behind them in EU-funded Research and Innovation projects. We are delighted to inform you that SCC was recognized as one of the 'Key Innovators'.

20. Aug.2020.
End of ENAS project

SCC together with Schneider Electric DMS NS finalised ENAS project by implementing new tool for operational work called Enterprise Transmission Network Analyzer (eTNA). In eTNA old capabilities are upgraded with new features: European Merging Function (EMF), Remedial Action (RA) module, enhanced Net Transfer Capacity (NTC) module, server-based tool, results stored in database and many more.

1. Oct.2019.
TRINITY kick-off meeting

At the beginning of the October 2019, TRINITY consortium officially started its activities with a General Assembly in Brussels (Belgium). More than 40 experts, from 19 European entities participating in this international research effort, met during two days in different workshops and sessions in order to define the demonstration activities that will be run by the project during the next four years. As discussed in the Assembly, goal of the Project is to develop a set of solutions to enhance cooperation among the transmission system operators of SEE in order to support the integration of the electricity markets in the region, whilst promoting higher penetration of clean energies. This strategic goal will be driven by end-users (5 TSOs, 4 NEMOS, 2 RES Producers and 1 RSC) and will be achieved through the deployment in the region of four independent, but complementary, products: T-Market Coupling Framework; T-Sentinel Toolset; T-RES Control Center and T-Coordination Platform.

16. May.2019.
Three new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC hired 3 new Operational and development engineers: Ms. Dušica Drašković, Mr. Dario Stefan and Mr. Predrag Simić. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

15. Jun.2018.
OST became SCC service user

After successful harmonization of Services agreement of Regional Security Coordination between OST and SCC, General Director of OST Mr. Klodian Gradeci and Director of SCC Mr. Duško Tubić signed Services agreement.

7. Jun.2018.
Start of ENAS project

At the end of 2016, Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) granted a donation to SCC for the project ‘Technical assistance for South East European Regional Security Coordination Initiative’ - SEE RSCI. This project included technical assistance for improving RSC business processes, upgrade of existing software used for providing RSC services to our users as well as development of new software tools, which included alignment of our operation tool with the RSC requirements defined by the Network codes/Guidelines and ENTSO-E MLAs. After preparatory works and successful tendering procedure, in 2018 Contract for development software and consulting services was signed between SCC and Schneider Electric DMS Novi Sad, thus starting ENAS (Electricity Network Analysing Software) project.

2. Apr.2018.
Five new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC hired 5 new Operational and development engineers: Ms. Marijana Marić, Mr. Andrej Tasić, Mr. Filip Aleksić, Mr. Petar Marković and Mr. Petar Orlić. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

1. Mar.2018.
MEPSO became SCC service user

After successful harmonization of Services agreement of Regional Security Coordination between MEPSO and SCC, General Director of MEPSO Mr. Sašo Vasilevski and Director of SCC Mr. Duško Tubić signed Services agreement. MEPSO will start to procure services from SCC from 1st of March 2018.

1. Jan.2018.
ESO became SCC service user

After successful harmonization of Services agreement for Regional Security Coordination between ESO and SCC, ESO CEO Mr. Ivan Yotov and Director of SCC Mr. Duško Tubić have signed Services agreement on October 31st 2017 in Sofia. ESO will procure services from SCC starting from 1st of January 2018.

15. Dec.2017.
New employee in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, the need for Head of operational department was created. SCC welcomed Mr. Nikola Đerić, new member of the working team. We give a warm welcome to our new colleague.

1. Dec.2017.
IPTO became SCC service user

After successful harmonization of Services agreement for Regional Security Coordination between IPTO and SCC, IPTO CEO Mr. Manousos Manousakis and Director of SCC Mr. Duško Tubić have signed Services agreement. IPTO will procure services from SCC starting from 1st of December 2017.

1. Nov.2017.
CROSSBOW kick-off meeting

The CROSSBOW consortium officially started its activities with a General Assembly hosted by the Ministry of Energy and the national Transmission System Operator in Bulgaria (ESO). The opening session counted with the welcome of Bulgarian Minister of Energy Ms. Temenujka Petkova. In total, 77 experts from the 24 entities participating in this international research event met during two days in different workshops and sessions in order to define the demonstration activities that will be run by the project during the next four years, targeting the wide adoption of clean energies in South Eastern Europe.

1. Mar.2017.
Two new employees in SCC

Due to business development and increase in business volume, SCC hired Business - Technical Assistant and Operational and development engineer, respectively, Ms. Maja Lipjankić and Mr. Nemanja Stojković. We give a warm welcome to our new colleagues.

6. Dec.2016.
Visit by NORDIC RSC

It was our pleasure to host NORDIC RSC representatives: Mr. Jens Møller Birkebæk, NORDIC RSC Manager, Mr. Stig Richard Hansen and Mr. Viktor Johansson. SCC shared the knowledge and experience of RSC services with our colleagues.

1. Aug.2016.
Two new employees in SCC

In order to improve quality of services and due to increase in business volume including Intra Day Congestion Forecast procedure 3 time per day, as minimally required by Regional Group Continental Europe, SCC hired 2 new Operational and development engineers

27. Aug.2015.
Visit by ENTSO-E

The goal of ENTSO-E - SCC meeting was to present SCC's activities and developments plans, to discuss possible way of SCC cooperation with SEE TOSs and involvement of SCC in ENTSO-E activities and projects. This meeting was attended by representatives of Serbian Transmission System Operator “Elektromreža Srbija” (EMS) and energy consultant company “Elektroenergetski koordinacioni centar” (EKC), which is strongly supporting SCC’s development in our first business years.

1. Aug.2015.
SCC started operational work

Founded as a regional company, SCC’s main objective is to develop necessary services defined by ENTSO-E’s Policy Paper “Future TSO Coordination for Europe” in order to fulfil operational planning standards which are defined by European Network Codes/Guidelines. According to this paper, main services that RSCs should provide to TSOs are:

15. Jun.2015.
Establishment of SCC

Following the form defined by ENTSO-E’s Policy Paper “Core strategy for TSO Coordination” and European network codes and guidelines, the need to improve mutual cooperation and coordination in the South East Europe (SEE) was first recognized by the Transmission System Operators (TSOs) of Serbia (EMS AD) and Montenegro (CGES AD), as well as by the Independent System Operator (ISO) from Bosnia and Herzegovina (NOSBiH). These 3 national entities established the Security Coordination Centre SCC Ltd. Belgrade on 15 June, 2015. The goal of SCC is to be modernly organised, efficient company, with applied advanced technologies and high-quality professional staff, that performs Regional Security Coordinator (RSC) services, instead of each individual TSO. In that manner, resource savings are achieved and quality of coordination is increased, which is in the spirit of modern European regulations in the field of electricity transmission.