Greentech Lead Europe: Alstom, a provider of smart grid
solutions, has launched five smart grid products at the Cigre exhibition being
held in Paris, France.
The new smart grid solutions include new generation of
digital substation solutions; e-terra 3.0 software platform for smart control
room; the DS Agile range, a latest generation of Digital Control Systems (DCS);
the MiCOM P40 Agile range of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs); and VL 109
72.5kV Vacuum Circuit Breaker.
“The new solutions we present are at the forefront of
today’s challenges in energy and the environment, making our customers’ grids
more reliable, clean and smart,” said Alstom Grid president
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume
 The company also
discussed the future deployment of High Voltage Direct Current in transmission
grids with its customers during the exhibition.
Alstom
in pact with Cisco to support grid modernization efforts
Recently Alstom signed a commercial and technology agreement
with Cisco to develop the next generation of digital substation solutions that
support the electric grid modernization efforts.
The combined solution leverages Alstom’s smart grid
expertise in digital substation solutions with Cisco’s leadership in connected
grid solutions and Internet Protocol (IP) communication technologies.
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