Our Infrastructure Business empowers utilities in the new world of energy and is paving the way for more electric, digitized, and distributed energy to power the digital economy. Currently, the generation of electricity is responsible for about 35 percent of carbon emissions in the United States alone1. Global energy consumption will increase by 40 percent in the next 25 years, and electricity consumption will increase by 80 percent2. Through connected products; edge control; and apps, analytics, and services, our proven EcoStruxure™ Grid architecture equips our electric utility customers for the changing energy landscape by:
We are also reshaping energy landscapes by extracting maximum value from microgrid and helping utilities leverage exciting new prosumer trends. In the spirit of forward-thinking, last year, Schneider signed a groundbreaking framework agreement with Neoen, the premier French independent power producer, for 750 MW of solar solutions and services worldwide. The multi-year agreement touches three continents and includes:
Neoen and Schneider Electric welcome this collaboration as a major joint initiative in providing more affordable and reliable clean energy. Energy management accounts for 76 percent of our sales, and through efforts including this and others like it, Infrastructure allows us to co-create solutions with electrical utilities that fit their needs and environments while reducing costs, and increasing operational excellence.
Become a next-generation energy provider by enabling safer, more reliable, and efficient power management.
Enable re-thinking the design, operation, and maintenance of electrical installations.
Control and monitor with a single solution, from a pole-top device to a large MV / MV or MV / LV substation.
Reliability for South Australia Power Networks thanks to EcoStruxure
South Australian Power Networks (SA) had a bold vision to keep electricity flowing for 1.5 million households through the most extreme storms. So, they turned to EcoStruxure for reliable monitoring and management of their extensive network, helping keep the people of South Australia safe — and powered — through extreme environmental conditions.
Advanced distribution management system (ADMS)
Improves outage responses and optimizes evolving grid operation; critical grid management capabilities
Decentralized feeder automation systems
Reduces the impact of outages and helps manage power restoration
RM6 medium-voltage switchgear
Complete solution to enable the connection, supply, and protection of transformers
MiCOM™ compact and modular substation and bay controller
Provides open automation processing in demanding electromagnetic environments
We have over 1.5 million customers. To be able to restore power to the majority of customers on a feeder in under a minute is something that has never been done in our history. Without Schneider Electric, we probably wouldn't have been able to progress as fast as we have.
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