Smart grid investments expected to reach $275 billion

Global smart grid investments are critical considerations for several reasons. First, they indicate a growing trend favoring sustainability and reliability in power distribution, and second, they demonstrate the drive toward smart meters and related technologies that help harness green energy and other efforts to clean up utilities and their impact on the planet. For power providers, investing in high-quality media converters and the other cabling and hardware solutions necessary to improve the transmission of both energy and data will be essential for keeping pace with this trend and meeting the expectations of consumers, who stand to benefit from these changes as well.

Smart grid deployments are an essential consideration for modern utility providers across the globe, and making the decision to opt in now will help improve operations and reduce costs immediately, allowing firms to better prepare for future energy demands.

Perle offers a range of cost effective serial-to-Ethernet converters to help meet NERC-CIP compliance for the protection of critical cyberassets in substations. The IOLAN SDS HV/LDC Terminal Server is designed to meet harsh environments associated with Power Substations with attributes such as support for substation AC and DC voltage ranges, extended operating temperatures and meeting emission, immunity and safety approvals associated with substation IT equipment.