With the combination of the GE Digital Energy + Alstom Grid businesses into the new GE Grid Solutions, we have developed some of the most diverse and successful microgrids in the world. From military bases and airports to college campuses, major cities and remote villages around the world, GE is leading the way with microgrids that are reshaping the way we look at the utility of the future by providing reliable, efficient and affordable power at a local level.
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Resilience Projects in New York
Energy Surety
Sustainable Communities
GE Grid Solutions has been deeply involved in performing feasibility studies and developing functional designs for community resiliency microgrid projects across New York State, and grid resiliency is well-aligned with both GE’s hardware and software solutions.
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard features GE’s Microgrid Control System (MCS). The MCS includes new metering and a ‘fast load shed’ system, making it possible for the MCS to intelligently select the loads to shed in order to balance with available distributed generation on-site. It will help to empower the U.S. Navy to achieve its energy surety goals by being able to continue operating their facilities in an uninterrupted manner in the event of a grid outage.
The Nice Grid in Provence, France, is Europe’s first smart solar district demonstration project. Among the goals of this utility distribution microgrid is optimization of the integration of distributed energy resources (DER) on the utility network and to island – relying upon GE Grid Solution’s software controls – a portion of that network primarily via solar PV, demand side management and energy storage technologies.
For nearly a century, a core group of leading GE technical and business experts has focused its energies on solving the electric power industry’s most pressing challenges - driving the evolution of electric power systems with greater affordability, reliability, and efficiency. Today, GE’s Energy Consulting team continues this tradition by providing innovative solutions across the entire spectrum of power generation, delivery, and utilization. With our cross-company resources, GE’s Energy Consulting business is able to serve a diverse global client base with a strong local presence.