Introducing the Smart Grid eLearning Takeaways

Part 1: Key Points To Remember Part 2: Glossary

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Part 1: Key Points to Remember
I Course Objectives:
This training module will introduce basic Smart Grid concepts and why it is a great opportunity for Schneider Electric. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: 1. Share a common understanding of the Smart Grid. 2. Understand what the Smart Grid is and how Schneider Electric is uniquely positioned to be a preferred Smart Grid partner to our customers

Electricity grids can be compared to telephone networks and the Smart Grid would look like the internet in its ability to deliver brand new services in brand new ways
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II Defining the Smart Grid:

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III Who is involved in the Smart Grid:

Another key characteristic of the Smart Grid is that it brings together many different players, some of them historical players, others quite new. Here is a list:

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IV Scoping the Smart Grid:

The Smart Grid is therefore a whole new space that Schneider Electric understands. Our products and solutions support and connect the 5 key domains of the smart grid:

Schneider Electric is Smart Grid-ready, and we help our customers all over the network be Smart Grid-ready too. That means providing them with Smart Grid-enabling products and solutions, and connecting them to the Smart Grid.

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V Schneider Electric Smart Grid strategy:

Electricity networks are becoming more complex and less stable all over the world. To continue to efficiently balance supply and demand, the grid needs to become smarter. The question is how do we get there: how do we make the Smart Grid happen?

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Part 2: Glossary
Adapting real-time consumer demand for energy is another way to increase the stability of the electricity grid. This is Demand Response, which aims at encouraging consumers to use less energy during peak hours, or to move the time of their energy use to off-peak times such as night-time and weekends. This is achieved by collecting and sharing energy usage data in real-time, between end-users and the utility operators. It relies on financial incentives, education and other methods - and not on tariffs. Although Demand Response does not necessarily decrease total energy consumption, it is expected to reduce the need for upgrade investments in networks and/or power plants. Demand Response is a new activity for end-use customers, starting in the US but now being piloted in many countries in Europe and Asia.

Demand Response:

Efficient Enterprise: For enterprises and public administrations, Active Energy Efficiency is the fastest, cheapest and most efficient way to reduce their energy bill and their CO2 emissions while managing their business growth. As an example, Schneider Electric designed its new headquarter building in Paris, the Hive, for maximum energy efficiency and achieved great results : 47% OPEX savings with Power Usage Effectiveness down to 1.52 from 2.86 and 33% CAPEX savings while ensuring 99.98% power availability Efficient Home: Consumers look for competitive prices and also want to contribute to CO emissions
reduction. They are ready to play an active role including controlling consumption, producing energy, driving electrical cars etc Thanks to new information technologies, homes can be equipped with Active Energy Management solutions that allow them to save up to 30% on their annual energy consumption. Once they are also connected to the Smart Grid, they can take advantage of new Demand Response systems that are now being tested around the world.

Flexible Generation: Todays grid is faced with the needs to integrate renewable energy sources while optimizing capacity and demand two challenges it was not initially designed for. It means evolving from a one-way energy-only grid to a two-way energy + data grid, in addition to more price transparency. This requires increased flexibility. Distribution networks have to become more automated to manage the data flowing through it; more protected, addressing the issue of cyber security; better able to measure energy consumption at all levels and adjust demand; more reliable by using remote control fault restoration and preventive maintenance; more efficient with wide scale monitoring; and more productive by reducing OPEX.
Upstream in the Smart Grid, the energy mix is evolving. In addition to traditional generation from nuclear, coal, oil and gas, the share of Renewable Energy from photovoltaic, Wind farm, small hydro plants, marine energy etc... is growing fast. Efficiently connecting these sources to the electricity grid means solving 2 main issues: - 1. stability, which is affected by the intermittence of renewable energy sources, especially in weak' networks; - 2. two-way flow, because renewable energy sources are highly distributed and are found in the Generation but also in the Distribution and End-user parts of the grid, which impacts network management and supervision.

Smart Generation:

Smart Grid: The Smart Grid combines electricity and IT infrastructure to integrate and inter-connect all users - that is: generators, operators, marketers, consumers etc - in order to continue to efficiently balance demand and supply over an increasingly complex network.

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