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Aeven and Schneider Electric collaborate to deliver pioneering stability solution for the Danish grid
fossil-fueled power to dependence on renewables , combined with a challenging macroeconomic environment , has meant Danish grid authorities have struggled to stabilise grid supplies . Due to the topography of Denmark , parts of the country ’ s grid struggle with a significant increase in peak demand , resulting in authorities turning to large-scale energy consumers to provide short and long-term relief .
Schneider Electric , a leader in Digital
Transformation of energy management and automation , has delivered a stabilisation project to support the Danish power grid , in collaboration with Aeven , a provider of adaptive digital and data centre solutions .
Recently separated from NNIT , Aeven has three decades of experience within the digital infrastructure industry . As an independent company , Aeven is headquartered in Denmark with a presence in the Philippines and the Czech Republic , providing robust and secure digital and data centre services for customers across the public sector , AI and life sciences and regulated markets such as finance .
Having achieved decades of stability in the Nordics , the green transition from
In response to the request , Energinet , the Danish TSO ( Transmission System Operator ) developed a Fast Frequency Reserve ( FFR ) pool , whereby data centres and other energy-intensive industries could support the grid with frequency stabilisation services . By working with Schneider Electric ’ s research and development team in Kolding and its Services counterparts in Paris , Aeven built a customised Galaxy VX Uninterruptible Power Supply ( UPS ) solution to deliver FFR and stabilise the local energy grid .
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Nokia partner to support the Grand Paris rail project
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Nokia have partnered together to power the Grand Paris Express , one of Europe ’ s largest metro rail projects . The future subway includes 200 kilometres of new rail that will create four additional lines around Paris ( lines 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 ) and extend the existing line 14 . In addition , 68 new subway stations will be built , helping to create new sustainable urban centres in these locations .
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and Nokia combined their complementary offers to provide certified and integrated end-toend mission-critical infrastructure for the Grand Paris Express with solutions that include a Nokia state-of-the-art multi-service IP / MPLS high-speed backbone network which includes the router portfolio to meet all the operation and maintenance requirements of the Grand Paris Express .
The ruggedised LAN OmniSwitch range by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise is being deployed in stations and in remote industrial environments to make the management of video surveillance and air quality control via IoT sensors possible . It increases efficiency , enhances safety and improves the passenger experience by providing operational data in real-time . Communication between the centralised control centre and the automated stations , lines and depots , which are closely monitored , is key to daily operations and maintenance and is an important component of the project ’ s cybersecurity strategy .
Both companies are engaged together in this long-term project , with an ongoing deployment planned until 2035 , as well as several other projects that will serve transportation customers around the world in the years to come . p
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