Enhanced Data Transports in Constellation 4: Enabling Smarter, Faster Grid Operations

As energy networks become more complex, the ability to efficiently exchange data across systems and applications is critical. With the 2025 release of Constellation 4, Silicon Grid introduces Enhanced Data Transports, ensuring seamless, high-speed, and reliable data integration across grid operations, flexibility markets, and real-time monitoring systems.

What’s New in Enhanced Data Transports?

Constellation 4 expands its communication capabilities by integrating industry-leading protocols, allowing for faster, more secure, and more flexible data exchange. Key enhancements include:

✅ IEC 61850 – High-Speed Data Integration

• Enables real-time communication within industrial microgrids and substations.

• Directly integrates with protection relays and circuit breakers for instantaneous grid response.

✅ IEEE C37.118 – Synchrophasor Measurement Support

• Facilitates wide-area monitoring and stability assessment.

• Improves fault detection and response, enhancing system reliability.

✅ Expanded API & Market Integration

• Provides seamless connectivity between ANM, DERMS, and flexibility trading platforms.

• Enables real-time data sharing with market operators, improving decision-making.

Why This Matters for Clients

For utilities, network operators, and flexibility market participants, enhanced data transport delivers:

🔹 Improved Interoperability – Easily integrates with SCADA, DMS, and third-party applications, ensuring seamless communication between systems.

🔹 Faster Decision-Making – High-speed data exchange enables instant responses to grid conditions, congestion, and market signals.

🔹 Lower Cost of Ownership – Streamlined data management reduces IT complexity, minimizing operational costs.

🔹 Future-Proof Flexibility – Supports hybrid deployments (on-prem, cloud, and edge computing) for scalable, adaptable grid management.

Silicon Grid’s Commitment to Industry Transformation

At Silicon Grid, we believe that data is the backbone of the modern grid. By delivering cutting-edge transport capabilities in Constellation 4, we are enabling utilities and energy operators to move beyond outdated, siloed systems and embrace a more connected, intelligent, and efficient energy future.