Description
Digital engineering and validation environment where companies in the energy sector develop, validate and demonstrate software and critical systems for the energy value chain — generation, transmission and distribution — under real operating conditions.
It covers SCADA/RTU systems, substation automation, industrial protocol integration, OT cybersecurity, operations and trading applications (ETRM), and electric vehicle charging and smart metering systems.
It addresses recurring challenges in the modernisation of the sector, including legacy SCADA and RTU systems, fragmented industrial protocols (IEC 101/104/61850, DNP3, Modbus, OPC UA, MQTT), stringent availability requirements and limited maintenance windows, increasing OT cybersecurity demands and the complexity of telemetry impacting reporting and compliance.
Coordinated by Wirtek – Pragmasoft (a Wirtek company), a software and engineering company based in Matosinhos, part of the Danish Wirtek Group (listed on Nasdaq First North Copenhagen) with development centres in Portugal, Romania and Denmark. Pragmasoft, with 25 years of activity, is the original member of ATE. It provides project-based engineering services (software development, IoT, and quality assurance) through co-development, fixed-price and consultancy models, with AI-assisted delivery and 100% intellectual property ownership retained by the client.
Reference cases and partnerships include: Efacec (over 15 years), VIVAVIS (IEC 61850 testing and certification), SCADA International (ETRM), and the Port of Aalborg.
Technology
Energy storage and batteries, Electrification in transport and mobility, Renewable electricity generation, Electricity transmission and distribution
TRL Level
TRL 7, TRL 8, TRL 9
Available Resources
- Engineering for generation systems: SCADA dashboards and RTU automation logic; substation automation (remote control, transformer tap changer control, circuit breaker automation); embedded systems and RTUs (development and international certification); OT cybersecurity.
- Engineering for transmission systems: SCADA/remote control and operations management (data acquisition, alarms, events, configuration and deployment); trading applications (ETRM); reporting and big data dashboards.
- Engineering for distribution systems: end-user applications (Android, iOS, and web); EV and metering integration (OCPP 1.6, DLMS); battery testing environments (laboratory and software-based testing); infrastructure cybersecurity.
- Communication protocols: IEC 101/104/103/61850, DNP3, ICCP, Modbus, OPC UA, Profibus, SNMP, Kafka, MQTT, and legacy systems.
- Collaboration and support models: joint projects/co-development, fixed-price delivery, and consultancy; legacy system auditing and stabilisation; IEC certification support; AI-assisted delivery. Multidisciplinary team of 22 specialists based in Matosinhos, supported by the Wirtek Group (Denmark and Romania).
Conditions of Use
Engineering services are delivered on a project basis under coordination of Wirtek – Pragmasoft, through co-development, fixed-price or consultancy models. Validation and demonstration activities are performed within project contexts and subject to prior agreement. Intellectual property of developed solutions belongs 100% to the client.
Potential Stakeholders
- Transmission System Operators (TSO) and Distribution System Operators (DSO)
- Energy producers and asset operators (including renewables)
- System integrators and energy technology providers (OEMs)
- Electric mobility and smart metering operators
- Companies with legacy SCADA/RTU systems requiring modernisation
- Public entities, universities and R&D centres
- Partners and startups in the ATE ecosystem
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