On November 15, the 31st Shanghai International Power Equipment and Technology Exhibition was officially opened in Shanghai. Schneider Electric, an expert in digital transformation in the field of global energy management and automation, made a grand appearance with a number of integrated innovation results under the theme of “Innovation and ecology, wisdom and new power system”, showing its strong technological innovation strength and rich sustainable experience in an all-round way, gathering wisdom for energy transformation.

The new power system is an important component of the new energy system and a key carrier to achieve the goal of “double carbon”. As a builder and enabler of new power systems, Schneider Electric believes that technological innovation is the “first driving force” for building new power systems, and ecological win-win can empower transformation for a long time. At this exhibition, Schneider Electric demonstrated its innovative solutions covering the full scene of “source, network, load and storage” and industry-leading full life cycle service capabilities, and brought the latest practical results of the three dimensions of “technological innovation”, “industry insight” and “ecological cooperation”, fully demonstrating its confidence and determination to continue to breed sustainable innovation and accelerate the transformation of the power system.

Technological innovation achievements were unveiled, and a number of products were heavily launched: At the exhibition site, Schneider Electric brought a strong product matrix with “source, network, load and storage” as the main line, and heavily launched a new generation of air circuit breaker series products and intelligent solutions for terminal distribution. A new generation of air circuit breaker series products with “quality” and “wisdom” double breakthrough, make the application of air circuit breaker more safe and stable and green and low carbon, help users “complex into simple”; Intelligent terminal distribution solutions rely on innovative functional design and extensive adaptability to achieve more efficient, convenient and intelligent three-box operation and energy management, helping customers achieve sustainable development in the digital wave.

The core feature of the new power system is that new energy dominates and becomes the main form of energy. In order to help accelerate the application of new energy, Schneider Electric also displayed its full-scene new energy + energy storage solutions and industry customized products on the scene, it is worth mentioning that, EasyPact MVS T8 New energy special air circuit breaker, TeSys F 1140V wind power special contactor and other customized products for the new energy industry have strong environmental resistance, and can easily cope with the severe environmental challenges in high altitude, offshore wind power and other new energy scenarios.

In addition, a number of software and hardware products that lay the foundation for the accelerated transformation of the power system have also attracted countless attention. Schneider Electric’s new generation of Smart ring cabinet Smart RMU can meet users’ high requirements for reliability and continuity of electricity consumption; EvoPacT HVX, a new generation of medium voltage intelligent vacuum circuit breaker, adopts innovative technology and design to ensure safe, stable, convenient and efficient operation; The new generation of ComPacT NSX plastic-case circuit breaker is equipped with the new DCM Modbus SL communication system, which brings comprehensive optimization for equipment operation and maintenance.

In addition, Schneider Electric also exhibited a new generation of PowerLogic Smart PQE digital power quality equipment, which integrates monitoring, analysis and management, and can help customers achieve comprehensive power quality management of reactive power compensation, harmonic filtering and dynamic voltage recovery. The newly launched “cloud and edge” HVAC energy saving solution product SpaceLogic AI BOX (Building Energy saving box) uses AI and digital twin technology to help the building industry take the lead in energy saving and carbon reduction.

On the software side, the Schneider Electric ETAP digital twin system, through the integration of energy-related software, has different solution capabilities to build virtual models and provide comprehensive analysis for the different stages of the electrical system life cycle from design, construction, operation to maintenance; EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor (EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor), with a one-stop energy management platform for user-side distributed energy, to achieve power generation, energy storage and electrical equipment monitoring, forecasting and scheduling, providing safe, economic and green distributed new energy applications.

Industry insight into the achievements show strength, multiple high-value reports are released: Grasp the dynamics of industrial development and explore the development problems of enterprises is a prerequisite for Schneider Electric to achieve three “new” results. In order to help the industry continue to move forward toward “green” in the future, Schneider Electric and professional institutions joined hands and released a number of insight reports in the power field at the exhibition site to guide the industry toward sustainable development.

Among them, in order to better help the transformation of China’s energy industry and the construction of new power systems, the State Grid Energy Research Institute and Schneider Electric Business Value Research Institute jointly issued the “Challenge and confidence, moving forward – Energy trend research and judgment”, with the two-way perspective of “path planner” and “solution provider”, combined with the specific presentation of the practical path from insight analysis. The future development direction and technical experience support of the industry are interpreted from multiple dimensions. At the same time, Schneider Electric joined hands with the new energy Appliance Alliance, focusing on the four application scenarios of photovoltaic, energy storage, wind power and light storage, and released the industry insight report of “Finding the Hidden Champion – Micro-insight and Practice of the new energy Industry” to accurately analyze the industry pain points and dig deep to solve the problem. Break the multiple challenges brought by the rapid development of new energy to the safe and stable operation of the power system. In addition, Schneider Electric and the world-renowned CBRE jointly released the Green Energy Management Consulting Practice and Insight, focusing on the three customer demand scenarios of electrical safety, power quality and energy efficiency, to provide key support for the green and low-carbon development of enterprises.

The results of ecological cooperation promote development and empower the industry to move towards a green future: Under the wave of global green and low-carbon transformation, the green design of electronic and electrical products has become a key way to promote sustainable development. At the exhibition, Schneider Electric and the Institute of Urban Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out a cooperative project, and the research results were gathered into a book, the first “Green design Theory and digital Application of Electronic and Electrical products”, in-depth discussion of the core concept of green design and digital technology application, for green design practitioners and learners to provide detailed technical support and practical reference; At the same time, Schneider Electric and the global certification body TUV SUD reached a cooperation agreement on the site, completing the closed loop of green design certification.

Not only that, Schneider Electric also shared the results of the new power system ecological partner cooperation practice and green energy management win-win plan on the site, focusing on “common research, create, win-win”. It presents the valuable results achieved by its cooperation with ecological partners in various fields, including integrated energy service providers, project contractors, system integrators, design institutes, optical storage and charging systems and equipment, low carbon and digitalization, and conveys its determination to strengthen the construction of the ecosystem to the industry. Among them, the green energy management innovation plan, as a representative project jointly created by Schneider Electric and ecological forces, has attracted more than 400 new enterprises in the past two years, and has joined 21 scientific and technological innovation enterprises, landing 10 joint innovation results. This year, the third quarter of the green energy Management Win program attracted nearly 100 scientific and technological innovation enterprises to sign up for participation, and six of the participating enterprises have opened a new round of joint research and creation of innovation, in order to bring products and solutions with breakthrough technologies to the market and users.

To accelerate the construction of a new power system and support energy security and low-carbon transformation, we need to give full play to the key supporting role of digital technology in energy development and enhance the impetus for energy transformation. Jing Ren, senior vice President of Schneider Electric and head of Energy Management’s low-voltage business in China, said: “Building a new power system is the ‘accelerator’ for the green energy transition and the realization of the two-carbon goal. Schneider Electric will continue to lead the transformation and upgrading of the industry with the innovative spirit of ‘pursuit of excellence’, and gather ecological and majestic forces to promote the construction of a new power system and accelerate the development of China’s energy and power industry into a high-quality future.”