What Keeps Energy Managers at C&I Facilities up at Night

Credit to Author: Jenny Roehm| Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:27:00 +0000

Energy managers at large facilities have several concerns and priorities in today’s evolving energy landscape. These include optimizing energy usage, reducing costs, improving sustainability, and ensuring resilience in the face of various challenges. Let’s take a look at a few challenges and how Schneider Electric…

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How 5G supercharges utility smart grids for efficiency and sustainability

Credit to Author: Eli Daccach| Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:40:20 +0000

Although our current 4G LTE communication network is robust, businesses and consumers quickly outgrow the network and push its limits. Today’s networks are becoming overloaded in major cities, with regular slowdowns occurring at busier times. The rise of internet-connected “smart” devices also drives the need…

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Grid-Interactive Buildings: Schneider Electric leaders share 6 ways to maximize decarbonization and cost savings

Credit to Author: Andre Marino| Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Buildings are a major contributor to global emissions. Innovative technologies are available today to help cost-effectively reduce their carbon footprint; however, maximizing sustainable and financial impacts requires interaction between buildings and the main power grid. We’re transitioning from a unidirectional energy delivery system to a…

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How Can Risk-Based Asset Management Enable Managers To Make Decisions Regarding the Lifecycle of Their Assets?

Credit to Author: Guest Blogger| Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:19:41 +0000

As the energy sector undergoes massive electrification, the electric distribution industry faces challenges in managing the changing regulations and policies, integrating DER, adapting to the digital landscape, and dealing with the effects of climate change. To maximize the value extracted from assets, utilities must make…

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5 ways to make cities more sustainable and resilient

Credit to Author: Estelle Monod| Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Cities generate over 70% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and it’s estimated that the urban population will increase to 7 billion people by 2050 – that’s 80% of the world’s people. Without action, this growth will drive a significant increase in emissions in our…

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Power grid flexibility – our hybrid future

Credit to Author: Alexis Grenon| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:18:11 +0000

How quickly things change. Our power grids were initially designed for continuous, centralized energy production. However, today’s electricity consumers seek more control over their energy future and are driving the growing presence of distributed energy resources (DERs). This growth is disrupting utility operations. With the…

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How edge computing is driving smart grid responsiveness and resilience

Credit to Author: Eli Daccach| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:31:39 +0000

Today’s electrical utilities are rapidly transforming into smart utilities. Utility companies are digitizing the control of the electricity distribution network to improve responsiveness, efficiency, and resiliency. Smart utilities leverage data… Read more »

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5 Green Business Ideas for a Sustainable Future

Credit to Author: Schneider Electric| Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2022 13:58:12 +0000

5 Green Business Ideas for Sustainable Future  Entrepreneurs and business leaders are known to have the brightest minds—they assess the needs of our society, curate ideas to fulfil the gap,… Read more »

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