Alstom launches Smart Grid-ready solutions at Distributech 2011
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Washington DC 02 February, 2011 Alstom Grid, a world leader in the field of electricity transmission and electric grids for over a century, is demonstrating once more its commitment to Smart Grid development and implementation by showcasing its offering of complementary Smart Grid-ready solutions and presenting its latest large-scale U.S. Smart Grid demonstration projects at DistribuTECH 2011 Conference & Exhibition February 1-3, 2011, in San Diego, CA, in booth #1026.
These Smart Grid-ready solutions will include the following with dedicated demonstrations:
· Compact Optical Sensor Intelligence (COSI): Ahead of the competition, Alstom Grid will launch on the U.S. market its new Smart Grid-ready Digital Instrument Transformer, offering significant benefits in accuracy, safety, overall lifetime costs and operational flexibility. Optical sensors are key technology in AC and DC applications utilizing digital secondary systems with IEC 61850-9-2.
· Urban Power solution for eco-cities: the Urban Power Demand Response platform for eco-districts and eco-cities balances and optimizes the management of distributed energy resources for clusters of buildings, eco-districts or eco-cities, to reduce the urban carbon footprint and energy costs.
· e-terradistribution IDMS for distribution networks: the next generation Integrated Distribution Management System platform monitors and optimizes distribution grids from the control room to the customer delivery point. It is capable of reducing outage times by 30 percent and system losses by 5 percent, and enables the next generation self-healing grid.
· Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS): bringing a focus on grid intelligence and system situation awareness, the DERMS platform is designed to visualize, predict, and optimize demand response and distributed generation.
· Voltage Source Converter (VSC): this new HVDC converter technology offersthe most efficient means for connecting offshore wind farms to the onshore electric grid when transmission distances are greater than 40 km. It uses a self-commutated switching device, an Insulated Gate Bi-polar Transistor (IGBT), and a semi-conductor device which can be turned on and off by an external controller.
Distributech 2011 is a great opportunity for Alstom Grid to highlight our integrated offering of Smart Grid-ready solutions. By covering the entire transmission system from generation point to the large end-consumer, we have the cost-effective, ecological solutions to help the US achieve its 2030 Smart Grid targets said Henri Poupart-Lafarge, President of Alstom Grid.
Alstom Grids offering provides utilities worldwide with a set of strategic solutions to implement Smart Grid technologies on the transmission and distribution electric networks. Designed for a more flexible and efficient system, these Smart Grid-ready solutions rely on the synergies between key technologies: power electronics, automation solutions and control room IT. Alstoms Smart Grid offering is positioned to bring immediate operational responses to utilities current challenges in their day-to-day management of the networks:
- Energy efficiency, to deliver more energy to the end-user.
- Network reliability and stability, to prevent the risks of electrical blackouts.
- Integration of renewable energy sources, especially wind or solar farms.
Evaluated today at around 24b/year, the global Smart Grid market is expected to grow to 50b/year by 2020. In particular, the power generation and grid management market segments, where Alstom has a historically strong foothold, should represent over 65% of the market. The growth on this market until 2015 is predicted to be largely driven by power electronics and control room segments, placing Alstom Grid as a natural leader in this upcoming market evolution.
About Alstom
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world. It provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 96,500 people in more than 70 countries, and had sales of over 23 billion* in 2009/10. (*Pro forma figures)
Alstom Grid, the newest sector of Alstom, has over 100 years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of energy, Alstom Grid brings power to their customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with a sales turnover of approximately 3.5 billion in 2009. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. Its four main business areas are Products, Systems, Automation and Service. In the USA, Alstom Grid software manages five out of the seven energy markets and 40% of the countrys energy flow.
At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chainfrom power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user.
Press Contacts
Tim Brown (Alstom, US Communications) - Tel. +1 860 713 9530
timothy.s.brown@power.alstom.com
Gayle Wooster (Alstom Grid, Communications for Americas Region) Tel. +1 425 466 6399