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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. Past energy models are replaced by intelligent, multi-dimensional grids where electrical energy is produced, stored, and used by 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, support eMobility infrastructure expansion, and enhance the way we live and work.

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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Technology at the Grid Edge

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Smart buildings

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Smart grids

Energy and performance services

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eMobility charging

Financing

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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, as well as the technologies that helps transition us all toward a flexible grid.
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Municipalities and DSOs/ISOs

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 system.

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 efleet and EV 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 or by empowering customers to effectively integrate solar energy for self-consumption.

Stories from the grid edge

Success stories at the grid edge

Innovative technologies at the grid edge are driving the transition of our energy landscape. Check out how companies around the world are enabling a more sustainable future.

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Customer success stories

Learn how customers successfully applied solutions at the grid edge - creating environments that care.
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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Siemens Princeton Microgrid
Princeton, NJ., USA

Future of Energy with Resilient, Carbon Neutral Campus

  • Siemens Princeton Island Grid project is both a living lab and designed to address the resilience of an active corporate campus

  • $24,000 in energy savings in less than a year

  • Able to generate funding opportunities by selling excess energy back to the grid

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City of Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA., USA

California Energy Commission EV Readiness Plan for Santa Clara

  • Commissioned the development of an Electric Vehicle (EV) Readiness Blueprint

  • Guided EV Implementation Framework (EV-IF) to craft the EV Blueprint

  • Identified actions and milestones for implementation to the EV ready community

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Free grid edge white papers

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Green Hydrogen: Meeting the challenges of increased load, intermittency, and decarbonization

To highlight a few long-term challenges with decarbonizing the electric grid in an era of increasing load, Siemens PTI developed a three-part white paper series reviewing intriguing new business opportunities and challenges for utilities, developers, and investors, and recent technology advancements enabling hydrogen applications.

Driving the Energy Evolution

Grid edge technologies are an essential tool in the transformation of global energy – facilitating the adoption of renewables, turning consumers to prosumers, and mitigating climate change. Many factors influence which solutions are appropriate for a region, or how ready they are to deploy them at scale. This white paper defines a powerful index to assess the relative need and readiness for grid edge solutions, so that barriers and opportunities can be identified and so that the grid edge evolution can be accelerated.

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Grid Edge Summit 2021

The Grid Edge Summit is a two-day virtual conference June 16-17th supporting

you to stay on top of emerging trends and opportunities. Be inspired by our expert

speakers and practical examples from around the world! We’ll talk grid edge solutions:

from microgrids, to eMobility to battery storage and the seamless connection to

infrastructures and industries. Participate and choose from a variety of panels and

webinars – matching to your interest and need. Get answers to your burning questions

in real-time by talking to our subject matter experts – live! 

Grid Edge Summit 2021

Interested in learning more about Grid Edge technologies? Contact us today! 

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Building technology

Building technology

Smart infrastructure from Siemens supports the way we all want to live – happily, comfortably, sustainably and in harmony. 

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Smart grids - driving energy intelligence

Smart grids - driving energy intelligence

Microgrids are a reliable power supply alternative, when autonomous power supply or optimizations for higher level grids are needed. Where island grid, black start, distributed energy, decentralized energy or local energy generation challenge the network, microgrid is a possible answer.

eMobility® Solutions

eMobility® Solutions

The world of transportation continues to rapidly evolve, which is why Siemens is committed to providing the complete solution for customers to help them succeed in their eMobility® journey.