Alstom lance les Smart Grid-ready solutions à Distributech 2011

Washington DC – 02 February, 2011 – Alstom Grid, a
world leader in the field of electricity transmission and electric grids for
over a century, is demonstrating once more its
commitment to Smart Grid development and implementation by showcasing its
offering of complementary Smart Grid-ready solutions and presenting its latest
large-scale U.S. Smart Grid demonstration projects at DistribuTECH 2011 Conference
& Exhibition February 1-3, 2011, in San Diego, CA, in booth #1026.

These Smart Grid-ready solutions will
include the following with dedicated demonstrations:

·       
Compact Optical Sensor Intelligence (COSI): Ahead of the competition, Alstom Grid will launch on the U.S. market its
new Smart Grid-ready Digital Instrument Transformer, offering significant
benefits in accuracy, safety, overall lifetime costs and operational
flexibility. Optical sensors are key technology in AC and DC applications
utilizing digital secondary systems with IEC 61850-9-2.

·       
Urban Power™ solution for eco-cities: the Urban Power™ Demand Response platform for eco-districts and
eco-cities balances and optimizes the management of distributed energy
resources for clusters of buildings, eco-districts or eco-cities, to reduce the
urban carbon footprint and energy costs.

·       
e-terradistribution
IDMS for distribution networks: the next generation
Integrated Distribution Management System platform monitors and optimizes
distribution grids from the control room to the customer delivery point. It is
capable of reducing outage times by 30 percent and system losses by 5 percent,
and enables the next generation self-healing grid.

·       
Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS): bringing a focus on grid intelligence and system situation
awareness, the DERMS platform is designed to visualize, predict, and optimize
demand response and distributed generation.

·       
Voltage Source Converter (VSC): this new HVDC
converter technology offersthe most
efficient means for connecting offshore wind farms to the onshore electric grid
when transmission distances are greater than 40 km. It uses a self-commutated
switching device, an Insulated Gate Bi-polar Transistor (IGBT), and a
semi-conductor device which can be turned on and off by an external controller.

“Distributech 2011 is a great opportunity for Alstom Grid to highlight
our integrated offering of Smart Grid-ready solutions. By covering the entire
transmission system from generation point to the large end-consumer, we have
the cost-effective, ecological solutions to help the US achieve its
2030 Smart Grid targets” said Henri
Poupart-Lafarge, President of Alstom Grid. 

Alstom Grid’s offering provides utilities worldwide
with a set of strategic solutions to implement Smart Grid
technologies on the transmission and distribution electric networks. Designed for
a more flexible and efficient system, these Smart Grid-ready solutions rely on
the synergies between key technologies: power
electronics, automation solutions
and control room IT. Alstom’s Smart
Grid offering is positioned to bring immediate operational responses to
utilities’ current challenges in their day-to-day management of the networks:

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Energy efficiency, to deliver more energy to the end-user.

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Network reliability and stability, to prevent the risks of electrical blackouts.

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Integration of renewable energy sources, especially wind or solar farms.

Evaluated today at around 24b€/year, the global Smart Grid market is expected to grow to
50b€/year by 2020. In particular, the power generation and grid management
market segments, where Alstom has a historically strong foothold, should
represent over 65% of the market. The growth on this market until 2015 is
predicted to be largely driven by power electronics and control room segments,
placing Alstom Grid as a natural leader in this upcoming market evolution.

About Alstom 

Alstom is
a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail
infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally
friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity
automated metro in the world. It provides turnkey integrated power plant
solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources,
including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind, and it offers a wide range of
solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group
employs 96,500 people in more than 70 countries, and had sales of over € 23
billion* in 2009/10. (*Pro
forma figures)

Alstom Grid, the newest sector of Alstom, has over 100
years of expertise in electrical grids. Whether for utilities or
electro-intensive industries or facilitating the trading of energy, Alstom Grid
brings power to their customers’ projects. 
Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with
a sales turnover of approximately € 3.5 billion in 2009. It has 20,000
employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. Its four
main business areas are Products, Systems, Automation and Service. In the USA,
Alstom Grid software manages five out of the seven energy markets and 40% of
the country’s energy flow. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers
products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full
energy value chain—from power generation, through transmission and distribution
grids and to the large end user.

 Press
Contacts 

Tim Brown (Alstom, US Communications) -
Tel. +1 860 713 9530
timothy.s.brown@power.alstom.com 

Gayle Wooster (Alstom Grid,
Communications for Americas
Region) – Tel. +1 425 466 6399
gayle.wooster@alstom.com