Siemens Smart Grid Solutions
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Vision
Smart Grid has become a hot topic with everyone from Washington to families around America's kitchen tables hopeful that stimulus funding - also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - can help utilities to continue to supply clean, reliable electric power while incorporating renewable energy sources and increasing customer choice.
Siemens recognizes that Smart Grids are more than just smart meters. That's why we are proud that we are the only supplier of products, services and solutions across the entire energy conversion chain. Whatever the scope of your Smart Grid project, we can help you from start to finish - from consulting and planning, to products and services, to implementation.
Siemens' Smart Grid vision blazes a trail to transform today’s grids into intelligent networks. State of the art technologies, components and systems are used to create integrated solutions and services that match the specific needs of our customers.
Smart Grid is one of the major trends in transmission and distribution, primarily distribution.
Many in the political and regulatory landscape are advocating Smart Grid due to its contribution to achieving energy policy goals.
Many utilities are embracing Smart Grid as a way to meet the challenges of our future, including demand for increased reliability, limited resources, aging workforce and assets, and the drive for consumer choice and information.
Electric utilities need a partner to help master the challenges you are facing, specifically to be competitive while satisfying requirements. Siemens Smart Grid solutions are the enabling technologies and services to meet these challenges.
Companies from complementary markets, such as IT, have Smart Grid strategies, but only Siemens has products, services and solutions for the entire energy conversion chain -- from oil and gas extraction and transportation to power delivery to the end consumer, including consulting, software and asset management tools.
Upcoming Events
Listen to The Energy Collective Webinar: "Rethinking the Electric Grid: Modernizing the Nation's Transmission Systems"
When: October 28, 2009
With $4 billion of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designated for the “Smart Grid,” or modernization of the nation’s electrical transmission systems, investment has accelerated at a feverish pace in viable projects initiated by utilities, research facilities, and technology companies.
The Smart Grid represents more than a commercial opportunity. It will make possible more efficient and lower cost delivery of power, better informed customers, smart appliances, distributed energy, electric cars and a host of other innovations yet to be invented.
In an effort to help our members better understand the policy, investment opportunities and trends swirling around this topic, The Energy Collective hosted the second of their fall panels on energy topics: “Rethinking the Electric Grid."
In addition to fielding questions from the audience, our expert panel responded to following questions:
Where is the leadership for innovation coming from? Utilities? Technology companies?
What policies are needed at the federal and regional levels to support smart grid deployment?
How will greater decentralization of the grid change the power distributors' business models?
What role does FERC need to play, acting in concert with utilities?
What roles will the customer and customer feedback play in the development of smart grid?
What technology breakthroughs are needed?
The Webinar was moderated by Marc Gunther, The Energy Collective. And the panel included:
Dave Pacyna, Senior Vice President & General Manager of the NAFTA Transmission & Distribution Divisions of Siemens Energy Inc (SEI)
Jim Greer, Senior VP, Asset Management and Engineering for Oncor
Katherine Hamilton, President of the Gridwise Alliance
Customized solutions
Siemens is committed to enabling our customers to master the challenges of the T&D industry by providing smart solutions for secure reliable power grids with environmental and economic efficiency.
There is no single, off-the-shelf Smart Grid solution as every electric utility operates somewhat uniquely. Our smart grid vision is a flexible way of designing and managing power grids, where the grid is considered to be a living infrastructure responding faster, more flexibly and intelligently to the energy needs of society.
What You Missed at GridWeek 2009
Rebecca Lutzy of The Energy Collective outlines, "What you missed at Grid Week: interview with Wes Sylvester, Director, Smart Grid for Siemens Energy."
Get a summary of this very successful conference held in Washington, DC, September 21-24 wtih over 1,200 business and government leaders.