Smart Grid Facts
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GE's smart grid is an integrated solution set that can combine technologies and expertise from thought leaders throughout the
world. On a city-wide basis, GE's solutions holistically support a geography's entire infrastructure network from transmission
and distribution to consumption and distributed generation. We see solutions in the framework of a complete picture that
includes all utilities, consumers, businesses and the planet. And our commitment to open systems and standards means
GE's solutions can integrate with virtually any technology on the grid. We truly connect everything from the turbine to the toaster.
The GE smart grid: Better from beginning to end.
69 utilities in 16 countries including the top three global
utilities use GE DMS/OMS systems to improve reliability.
Generation-to-consumption tools, integrated to optimize the right solution for you.
Keeping a digital eye on the ball
Intelligent GE Protection and Control devices
protect critical electrical equipment and ensure
safe reliable power up and down the line. They
continuously monitor system health, employing
both predictive and early-detection tools. Distur-
bances are detected, analyzed,
and handled instantly through
controlled actions, such as fault
isolation, load shedding, power
restoration and alarming.
Generating flexible energy alternatives
Distributed Generation Connection and Optimization
tools increase reliability through safe interconnections of
wind, solar and other generators. GE's Microgrid Control
System uses generator information to select the
most-effective option available, while also con-
trolling and optimizing the generation, storage
and delivery of clean renewable energy.
Making renewable doable
Wind, solar and biomass generation are welcome additions to the smart grid. GE's
Renewable Energy technologies enable easy integration of renewable energy just
about anywhere along the grid. You get clean energy without congestion
or capacity worries. GE renewable technologies can also help forecast
renewable potential and store excess renewable generationflattening
out the inherent ups and downs of generation that relies on nature.
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