- Cooperation agreement signed
- New market for energy sector
- First project in T-City Friedrichshafen
The specialist in power and automation technologies ABB and Deutsche Telekom subsidiary for information and communications technology T-Systems will develop solutions for smart grids in the future. This will give consumers and energy providers transparency over electricity consumption and the opportunity to control this. In addition, the grids will become more efficient for distribution network operators.
"By joining forces, ABB and Deutsche Telekom are combining their know-how, which is perfectly matched to create smart grids,” said Peter Smits, CEO of ABB AG and Head of the Central Europe region. “We are offering the energy sector a comprehensive portfolio of power transmission and distribution along with products and solutions for building automation.“
Reinhard Clemens, member of the Deutsche Telekom Board of Management and T-Systems CEO, added: “The energy market is facing a radical change: power and data networks are converging. We have the necessary broadband fixed and mobile network, the service staff on-site and experience in handling mass data. After all, we process more than 40 million telecommunication invoices every month in our data centers.“
Smart grids are the key to integrating renewable energies profitably, efficiently and securely and improving energy efficiency in power supply, according to the cooperation partners.
Under the German Renewable Energy Sources Act, the share of energy obtained from renewable energy sources is to increase to at least 30 percent in Germany by 2020. An increasing number of decentralized and regenerative energy sources are making the distribution network more and more complex. In future networks, power consumption must be adapted better to fluctuating energy generation – otherwise it will not be possible to operate the overall system efficiently.
Smart grids can provide the information required for intelligent automated control in real time via data networks. On the consumer side, smart meters and suitable displays can measure and display power consumption at short intervals, enabling households to control their power consumption in a more targeted manner. The intelligent displays will also be able to communicate with individual devices in the future allowing – even in the consumer’s absence – cheaper rates to be used. This would then enable providers to motivate energy users to consume excess and cheaper energy by way of rates signals.
ABB and Deutsche Telekom will be developing smart grid solutions together with other project partners in the T-City.
About Deutsche Telekom AG Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 151 million mobile customers, over 38 million fixed-network lines and more than 15 million broadband lines. The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has around 260,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 64.6 billion in the 2009 financial year - almost half of it outside Germany. (As of December 31, 2009) About T-Systems Drawing on a global infrastructure of data centers and networks, T-Systems operates information and communication technology (ICT) systems for multinational corporations and public-sector institutions. Building on this foundation, Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customers arm offers integrated solutions for the networked future of business and society. Some 45,300 employees at T-Systems combine industry expertise and ICT innovations to add significant value to customers’ core business all over the world. The corporate customers unit generated revenue of around EUR 8.8 billion in the 2009 financial year.
About ABB ABB in Germany generated revenue of EUR 3.18 billion in 2009 and had 10,600 employees. ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. The company enables its utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB group operates in around 100 countries and employs about 117,000 people.