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Schneider Electric unveils
EcoStruxure for Energy Access
for sustainability
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training, and entrepreneurship, with the
desire to create a virtuous circle combining
business, innovation and responsibility.
Since its launch in 2009, the programme has
improved life by giving access to reliable,
clean and affordable energy to more than
4.6+ million households, investing in 14
start-up companies and training more than
148,000 people in more than 45 countries.
Schneider Electric has unveiled its EcoStruxure
for Energy Access, an affordable, flexible,
open architecture and platform that
improve profitability and efficiency of off-
grid installations with data-driven analysis.
“EcoStruxure for Energy Access is the latest
addition to the offerings from Schneider
Electric’s Access to Energy programme.
D
riven by the imperative to offer
better quality of life to people living
in remote areas and to promote
sustainable agriculture, the number of
microgrid projects is growing fast. Schneider
Electric, a leader in digital transformation
of energy management and automation,
helps communities maximise efficiency
and profitability thanks to EcoStruxure for
Energy Access, a comprehensive metering,
analytics and reporting solution for
microgrid projects.
Providing sustainable, reliable, green
and safe energy access for all
One in seven people in the world still lack
access to electricity, mostly in sub-Saharan
Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.
In its Sustainable Development Goals
(SDG) #7, the UN set the objective for 2030
to ensure universal access to affordable,
reliable and modern energy services while
increasing the share of renewable energy
in the global energy mix. This would involve
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improving energy efficiency and enhancing
international cooperation to facilitate more
open access to clean energy technology and
investment in clean energy infrastructure.
EcoStruxure for Energy Access
software platform guarantees
microgrid efficiency
Schneider Electric is actively engaged
to accomplish the 17 SDGs through its
core business and its five sustainability
megatrends: climate, circular economy,
ethics, health and equity, and development.
“At Schneider Electric, our role is to make sure
that ‘Life is On’ for everyone, everywhere,
at every moment. As such, sustainability
is at the heart of our company strategy,”
said Gilles Vermot Desroches, Sustainability
Senior Vice President at Schneider Electric.
Through its Access to Energy programme,
Schneider Electric wants to play a major
role in helping underprivileged people gain
access to electricity. The group is involved in
three specific areas: investment, offer and
“It will scale-up sustainable off-grid
electrification thanks to its simple, flexible
and open architecture and its easy-to-access
analytics and reporting,” detailed Gilles
Vermot Desroches. The potential is huge and
Schneider Electric has already installed 350+
picogrids (<4kWp) and 600+ microgrids in
off-grid areas worldwide, equivalent to 23,5+
MWp over the past four years.
Building on Schneider Electric’s Villaya
range of affordable solar products including
lanterns, street lights, water pumps and
home systems, EcoStruxure for Energy
Access introduces EcoStruxure Energy Access
Advisor and EcoStruxure Energy Access
Expert to:
• Monitor site performance and report
household load balance and energy
credit in real time, while giving trend data
to improve operational efficiency
• Allow scalability and evolution of pico-
grids, up-selling of relevant offers and
customisation of business models as the
amount of available energy grows. n
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