Alstom Showcases Smart Grid Leadership at DistribuTECH 2012

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San Antonio, Texas Alstom Grid, the global expert in electrical grid management systems, today announced details of its participation in DistribuTECH 2012, the utility industrys leading transmission and distribution conference and exhibition. Throughout this multi day-event, Alstoms team of subject matter experts will share insights on key issues related to the modernization of global power delivery infrastructure, and demonstrate how the companys commitment to innovation is paving the way for a more energy efficient future.

Based on the needs of its North American customers, Alstom is placing particular emphasis on its suite of Smart Grid solutions, which range from integrated outage and distribution management systems (IDMS) to smart power electronics, digital instrument transformers, control room solutions for the integration of renewable energy sources, community energy storage optimization, and distributed energy resource management, including smart charging of electric vehicles..

Alstom Grid will play a significant role in the official DistribuTECH conference agenda through a series of presentations, several delivered in partnership with key customers, focusing on a range of topics including:

Harnessing the Smart Grid Data Tsunami and Making Smarter Outage Predictions
Earth Shaking, Ground-breaking Distribution Restoration
BPAs Intermittent Renewable Load Following Pilot: A Case Study in Balancing Wind Energy with Fast Demand Response
Enabling Utility and Emergency Operations Collaboration with Open Interoperability Standards
Developing a Smart Grid Architecture: The First Step to Smart Grid
Meter Data Management: What is It? How Can I Use It?

Details on these sessions are available via the DistribuTECH conference website.

Every aspect of Alstoms participation in DistribuTECH, from the content displayed at our booth to the presentations being delivered, is 100% focused on addressing the needs and challenges of our customers, said Keith Stentiford, Alstom Grids North America Vice President. Smart Grids are opening a new era in the way people use electricity. Our goal is to help utilities manage this transition to cutting-edge technology while maximizing their ability to fully-leverage existing infrastructure and, at the end of the day, ensure the lights stay on.

The company also is leveraging its presence at Electric Light & Power Executive Conference preceding DistribuTECH to advance the identification and dissemination of industry best practices. Dr. Lawrence Jones, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Policy & Industry Relations will share insights from his recently completed report for the U.S. Department of Energy on challenges and realities of large-scale integration of variable energy sources. This report is the first of its kind to survey such a large sampling of global grid operators, and accounts for more than 72% of all wind generation capacity installed today.

Throughout the week, Alstom executives and experts will share their reactions to on-site discussions in a series of web video interviews available on the companys U.S. web space www.alstom.com/us.

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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 92,700 people in 100 countries and had sales of 20.9 billion in 2010/11.

Alstom Grid 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 its customers projects. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with an annual sales turnover of more than 4 billion. It has 20,000 employees and over 90 manufacturing and engineering sites worldwide. At the heart of the development of Smart Grid, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chainfrom power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user.

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Adam Pratt (U.S. Media Relations) adam.r.pratt@power.alstom.com, +1-202-351-9322

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