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Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, is set to showcase its EcoStruxure Grid at European Utility Week (EUW) 2016.

Based on the open and inter-operable EcoStruxure system architecture and platform for the internet of things (IoT), and tailored for the grid market, EcoStruxure Grid enables distribution utilities to make the most of the new opportunities created by utility digitisation.

EcoStruxure Grid is designed to provide an integrated framework for utilities to tackle the increasing complexity of grid operations and to optimise asset management. IoT aims to enhance utilities’ operations by enabling mobility, sensing, cloud, analytics and cybersecurity capabilities, and by allowing them to manage collected, aggregated, cleaned and enriched data to create value.

Vincent Petit, senior vice-president of Energy Automation Business, Schneider Electric, said: “Trends such as an increasingly digitised, distributed grid with more renewables, increased intermittency and IT/OT convergence, create a wealth of both challenges and opportunities for utilities.

“What’s needed is an open, interoperable IoT framework that utilities can use to build value, reaching every level of the grid. That’s the way forward to a lower carbon, smarter future for utilities and consumers alike. EcoStruxure Grid makes that happen.”

EcoStruxure Grid is based on open standards and open data models which allow for the design of end-to-end, open, interoperable and connected systems.

PEN is proud to be a media partner for EUW which takes place from 15-17 November 2016, in Barcelona, Spain.