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Factories as a Grid 

Put energy systems to work in new ways to bolster energy resilience, efficiency and sustainability, while also helping control costs and improving industrial processes.  

Creating a powerful advantage: electrify and digitalize for sustainable, cost-effective operations  

Industrial energy needs are complex, involve vastly diverse environments and hinge on always-on power. The ongoing energy transition, coupled with digitalization, serve as both an enabler and accelerator. These megatrends are empowering industries to take greater control of energy resources, minimize environmental impact, achieve critical uptime objectives and enhance process efficiency. 

Optimizing energy systems to seize these opportunities requires factories to put infrastructure to work in new ways. This is our Factories as a Grid strategy in action— maximizing the potential of existing assets, seamlessly integrating new tools where they bring added value and flexibility, ensuring uninterrupted power, and optimizing resource consumption to drive decarbonization. This approach enables industries to simultaneously electrify processes, reduce emissions, improve efficiency and lower costs.

It’s all part of our Everything as a Grid approach that’s transforming existing energy systems to enable the energy transition by working harder, smarter and more sustainably.

Global trends drive change for industrials

There are new energy dynamics at play impacting industrials. Everything is electrifying and electricity costs are soaring. Big investments in reindustrialization are underway. This means there’s a need for solution providers who can connect the dots between where energy systems are today and where they need to be in the future to unlock the next frontier of industrial operations.

Our Factories as a Grid approach leverages the energy transition and digitalization to transform industrial electrical systems into a competitive edge. 

Global energy additions in power generation through 2050 from solar and wind
75
%
Global energy additions in power generation through 2050 from solar and wind
Increase   
Net-zero financing
25x
Increase Net-zero financing
Industrial energy load for motors, which can be optimized
70-80
%
Industrial energy load for motors, which can be optimized

Factories as a Grid: puts industrial energy systems to work in new ways

Our Factories as a Grid approach will help you achieve greater control of your energy sources, energy consumption habits and processes to improve competitiveness and create new opportunities.

By taking a holistic view of your energy needs and infrastructure, we’re able to help you balance your energy sources and loads - constantly, instantly and seamlessly - to achieve your energy goals. 

A Factories as a Grid approach will help you leverage your existing infrastructure, rebuild what’s needed, prevent operational issues and add redundancy, while minimizing emissions: 

Our Factories as a Grid approach will help you reconsider the possibilities of your energy infrastructure and plan investments to seize new opportunities created by the energy transition and digitalization. Count on a time-tested and trusted partner to take greater control of your energy assets to improve competitiveness and create new abilities to win. 

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