SMART GRID
Smart Grid
A Smart Grid benefits from innovative communication and information technologies to connect power producers and power consumers in a smart way. By exchanging capacity forecasts, current power demand information and by combining it with demand-based energy tariffs the available energy can be used in the most efficient way. Fluctuating renewable energy by wind or sun can be used when available and power consumption can be controlled to avoid peak demand periods.
Case summary
When strong winds are blowing, turbines produce extra energy, creating a surplus over the course of just a few hours. Award-winning Cinterion modules embedded in wind mills transmit data first to the smart grid control center indicating additional energy is available then to Multi-Utility-Controllers in ECOflex households which can remotely activate non-time-critical machines such as dishwashers and washing machines. The smart grid control center also sends energy surplus information to electric vehicle [EV] charging station servers. These servers then switch the charging mode of currently docked ECOflex EVs to fast charging for added convenience. For an industrial plant with intensive power consumption, additional energy is crucial. In a smart grid, Cinterion-enabled meters can remotely power down or turn off ECOflex consumers currently opting for fast-charging to help prevent power shortages such as brown or black outs. Further, stored energy of fully charged EVs can be retrieved to a certain percentage to be used for additional power when needed.
A Smart Grid benefits from innovative communication and information technologies to connect power producers and power consumers in a smart way. By exchanging capacity forecasts, current power demand information and by combining it with demand-based energy tariffs the available energy can be used in the most efficient way. Fluctuating renewable energy by wind or sun can be used when available and power consumption can be controlled to avoid peak demand periods.
Case summary
When strong winds are blowing, turbines produce extra energy, creating a surplus over the course of just a few hours. Award-winning Cinterion modules embedded in wind mills transmit data first to the smart grid control center indicating additional energy is available then to Multi-Utility-Controllers in ECOflex households which can remotely activate non-time-critical machines such as dishwashers and washing machines. The smart grid control center also sends energy surplus information to electric vehicle [EV] charging station servers. These servers then switch the charging mode of currently docked ECOflex EVs to fast charging for added convenience. For an industrial plant with intensive power consumption, additional energy is crucial. In a smart grid, Cinterion-enabled meters can remotely power down or turn off ECOflex consumers currently opting for fast-charging to help prevent power shortages such as brown or black outs. Further, stored energy of fully charged EVs can be retrieved to a certain percentage to be used for additional power when needed.
SMART ENERGY | Smart Grid & Smart Metering
With Cinterion's state-of-the-art cellular communication modules, individual power consumers, such as private households, and alternative power producers, such as photovoltaic panels on rooftops, can be easily integrated into the smart grid to control and efficiently manage available power supply for consumers and for our environment.
