In the consumption side of energy, new areas and demands continue to emerge, such as high-end industries such as chips, semiconductors, and precision manufacturing, which are currently very hot. These industries have high requirements for power safety and operational efficiency, and these industries are also constantly evolving and iterating. How can energy management actively follow up and respond to the changes in demand of the above emerging industries?

Wei Sizhe: From the government work report of this year’s two sessions and the “14th Five-Year Plan”, we can see that China will vigorously develop high-end manufacturing and strategic emerging industries to achieve the goal of manufacturing power. The related intelligent manufacturing industry contains very high technology and intelligence content. For example, chip, semiconductor and other sophisticated industries of the power system load type is very complex, once an unexpected power failure, may cause irretrievable major losses, so they on the power system safety, reliability, energy efficiency and power quality requirements are very high, the traditional power management system has been unable to meet the above needs.

Schneider Electric believes that to meet the power needs of these sophisticated industries, it needs to be achieved through the full integration of digitalization and software. Specifically speaking, the following two points should be achieved: First, at the product level, hardware devices with digital capabilities should be interconnected to connect complex power systems in series; Second, in the edge control and application analysis and service layer, enterprises can use various types of software to real-time monitoring and analysis of energy use, costs, carbon emissions and key equipment on the consumption side.

Schneider Electric started relatively early in this regard, and is also in the forefront of the industry. We rely on the three-tier architecture of EcoStruxure™ platform based on the Internet of Things to create a complete set of intelligent power distribution solutions, focusing on the core capabilities of medium and low voltage integration, hardware and software integration, operation management and maintenance integration. And with the EcoStruxure distribution operation consultant series software (POA series), EcoStruxure power monitoring series software (PO series), EcoStruxure distribution station control terminal series software (POT series), so that operation and maintenance personnel can more comprehensively obtain data, “control” data, To achieve visible, manageable and controllable power quality, thus fully guaranteeing the safety and reliability of user-side power distribution systems in high-end industries, and helping them improve the efficiency of asset and operation management.

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Digitalization and software are an inevitable direction for energy management. What are Schneider Electric’s forward-looking plans for digital innovation? How can Schneider Electric’s innovative software applications empower the energy market and help the industry achieve high-quality development? Can you give examples of specific application products?

Wei Sizhe: Software is the central system that directs the digital transformation. It can accelerate the digital process of energy management, and realize the comprehensive and efficient operation and maintenance management from integrating the power system, analyzing the comprehensive situation of energy use and monitoring the operation of equipment, to maximizing the value of data mining. Schneider Electric is always optimistic about the prospects of the software field, and constantly strengthen its software research and development strength, continuous investment and layout on the basis of hardware research and development. Up to now, we have built five R & D centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi ‘an and Wuxi. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric China Software Research and Development Center will also be located in Beijing Yizhuang in 2021. It is committed to providing cutting-edge digital solutions in the fields of 5G, industrial Internet, industrial digital application, and energy digital management, continuously accelerating the iteration and application of software technology, further strengthening Schneider Electric’s innovative research and development system of hardware and software integration, and supporting Schneider Electric’s innovation drive in the digital field.

At present, with the deepening of the construction of a new power system in China, the proportion of new energy connected to the grid is getting higher and higher, and the application of sophisticated electrical equipment is becoming more and more extensive, which means that the industry’s demand for power quality management will increase day by day. It can be said that power quality management has become an inevitable choice for the high-quality development of the power industry in the new era. In response to the critical needs of power-sensitive industries, we see great potential for innovative software applications, such as the official launch in 2023 of a closed-loop integrated power quality management solution with a new generation of PowerLogic™ Smart PQE digital power quality equipment as the core. With professional software and full life cycle services to help customers improve power quality, build a digital monitoring and analysis system, use data empowerment and expert knowledge to strengthen power system analysis capabilities, help high-end manufacturing, precision equipment to optimize power quality, significantly improve their operations and production efficiency, and achieve high-quality development.