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Grid edge

The new dimension between intelligent grids, smart buildings and prosumers is opening up space for new business opportunities.
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Grid edge opens up new opportunities

Grid edge is at the focus of new energy systems – it's where the consumer, prosumer and the intelligent grid interact. Our energy systems are radically transforming. This transition is driven by digitalization, decentralization and a global call for decarbonization. Old energy models are replaced by intelligent, multi-dimensional grids where electrical energy is also produced, stored and used by so-called prosumers. Solutions at the grid edge enable buildings, infrastructures and industries to optimize their energy efficiency. They empower customers to intelligently integrate renewables and to take control of their energy supply. Grid edge technologies support infrastructure for eMobility expansion. They help us to enhance the way we live and work – creating environments that care.

New whitepaper: Addressing decarbonization at the grid edge.

Decarbonization is a critical transition that is affecting all businesses in the commercial and industrial sector. Discover what measures you should take to get started on the path to decarbonization – download the free whitepaper now.

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Subjects that matter at the grid edge

Smart buildings

Smart grids

Energy and performance services

eMobility charging

Financing

Consulting

Co-creating at any scale

Market-specific grid edge solutions

The grid edge affects a variety of companies and stakeholders – on the grid side and on the building and consumer side. Siemens has experience on both sides and understands the needs of each customer set as well as the technologies that meet them.
Grid edge technologies for campuses

Municipalities and DSOs

Municipalities and utilities can benefit extensively from the energy transition. Technologies at the grid edge optimize energy use and cost while ensuring energy availability and power quality. Solutions range from renewables integration and aggregation to microgrids in the distribution grid to decentralized energy solutions as a service.

Grid edge technologies for eMobility charging

Campuses

How will commercial or public institution campuses take control of their energy future? Grid edge solutions can help control energy usage effectively across a wide area with multiple buildings. It can take campus eMobility infrastructure to the next level or achieve zero-net energy with renewables integration and a microgrid.

Grid edge technologies for smart buildings

Commercial and smart buildings

Grid edge is the interface where the intelligent grid meets smart buildings. Technologies at the grid edge help buildings make the best use of their energy – with side-based decentralized generation and storage, intelligent fleet charging systems, optimization of energy efficiency, operations and maintenance, and innovative business models.

Grid edge technologies for discrete and process industries

Process and discrete industries

The digital transformation has taken industry processes to a higher level. Now grid edge opens new opportunities. From optimization of energy use and cost, to optimization across energy sectors (sector coupling) and microgrid management systems that enable grid resilience, reliable power quality and island ability. 

Grid edge technologies for residentials

Residential

The transition of our energy systems enables consumers to become prosumers and take control of their energy. This will fundamentally change our residential areas, for example, by effectively connecting households to a sustainable eVehicle charging ecosystem or by empowering customers to effectively integrate solar energy for self-consumption.

Grid edge solution partner program

Grid edge solution partners

The grid edge solution partner program from Siemens enables our partners to stay ahead of technological innovations and opportunities at the grid edge – through simple integration of the tools in our partner portal, direct purchase and training for applications, energy efficiency service, and partner financing solutions.

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Stories from the grid edge

Success stories at the grid edge

Nothing will drive the transition of our energy systems more sustainably than the innovative technologies at the grid edge. It's the dimension between the intelligent grid, smart buildings and active prosumers where new business opportunities and stories are born. Learn what these stories are about and become a protagonist in of one of the most radical transformations in human history.

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Customer success stories

Learn how customers successfully applied solutions at the grid edge - creating environments that care.
Wildpoldsried, Germany, pebbles project event
Wildpoldsried, Germany

Pebbles demonstrator, Germany

  • 100% renewable energy 

  • peer-to-peer energy trading at the grid edge

  • blockchain technology

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Sello shopping center in Finland
Espoo, Finland

Sello Shopping Center, Finland

  • More than a building - a community

  • Finland's most visited and most sustainable shopping centre

  • 125.000 € heat and electricity cost savings (2017, compared to 2016)

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Blue Lake Rancheria
Blue Lake Rancheria, North California, USA

Blue Lake Rancheria microgrid, USA

  • Native American reservation took control of its energy

  • 200 k $ of energy savings per year

  • 200 t of CO2 savings per year

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PV panels on the rooftop of the Siemens Campus microgrid
Vienna, Austria

Siemens Campus microgrid, Austria

  • Intelligent system for optimizing electricity and heat demand

  • Integration of electric mobility into the existing local distribution network without the need for further grid infrastructure expansion.

  • Around 100 tons of CO2 savings per year

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Keele University, UK
Keele, Newcastle, UK

Keele University, UK

  • An international test-bed for new low-carbon energy technologies

  • 25+ key research projects ignited

  • Saving 4.000 t of CO2 per year

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Free grid edge white papers

The grid edge revolution

Learn how innovations at the grid edge helping to drive the transition from a centralized energy system to one that is more decentralized, more local and more efficient. 

Driving the energy revolution

This white paper defines a powerful index to assess the relative need and readiness of a country for grid edge solutions.

Addressing decarbonization at the grid edge

Discover how decarbonization affects consumers in the commercial & industrial sector and what measures you should take now.

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Building technology

Building technology

Building technology

As a trusted advisor and reliable partner, as a system integrator, service provider and a product vendor, Siemens offers energy-efficient, safe and secure buildings and infrastructure.
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Smart grids – driving energy intelligence

Smart grids – driving energy intelligence

Driving energy intelligence to create smart grids that provide new opportunities for all parties of the energy system.
Siemens eMobility charging

Siemens eMobility charging

Siemens eMobility charging

Growth in eVehicle sales, charging infrastructure and energy management is transforming the mobility experience we’ve come to know. Energize your future with Siemens eMobility.