EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
We’ re not just building out a concrete substation, we’ re actually leveraging the technology and software like DERMS to enhance the grid, optimising the management of electricity flow.
As I said, grid reliability, sustainability and flexibility is very important.
Can you elaborate on how software solutions can help manage the growing presence of distributed energy resources and balance supply and demand in a more flexible grid? Schneider Electric’ s EcoStruxure is a microgrid advisor – I would call it the secret source of a microgrid where it acts as the brain and really allows that flexibility.
We all know building out renewables is not the issue – it’ s really integrating those renewables. Leveraging solutions like DERMS will allow us to integrate much faster. We have software
applications, dashboards and tool board applications like NetZero dashboard that provide insights to sustainability strategies.
Everyone is on the sustainability path. It’ s not just a mission statement or a logo, it’ s reality. Some of us are much more advanced, some of us have a big machine behind us. Of course, some of us don’ t. So software applications like our NetZero dashboard within our sustainability division allows us to help empower not only grid operators, but many people providing that data. Data is really the key. But how do we decipher that data? How do we make that data much more meaningful and work for us?
Energy storage is another big thing. I’ m a big believer in that renewable resources are only good if you have battery storage. Using the old analogy, the sun doesn’ t shine when the sun
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