Establishing a smart grid is critical for the future of our energy supplies. Grid inefficiencies, aging infrastructure, and damaged systems across the globe are causing us to lose energy.
TI created a Smart Grid and Energy solutions team to help solve these problems; our experts develop and refine measurement and communication technologies to ensure every person in the world is serviced by a reliable grid.
The world is moving from centralized to distributed energy sources and TI technology is supporting that change with semiconductor solutions that give developers the widest range of scalability and performance options available, along with advanced tools, software and support to develop smart grid designs faster.
More and more energy system designers are counting on TI to make their equipment even smarter, with integrated sensing, processing, and communication functions that are innovative and future-proof.
Our technology plays a key role in power substation automation, which delivers advanced monitoring and protection capabilities. This saves time and energy by remotely monitoring and operating substation equipment, and allows for quick responses to shifting power demands. With low-power radio frequencies (LPRF) and power line communication (PLC) technology, utilities can greatly improve energy management from generation to distribution – all the way to the smart meter. This makes it easier to add large-scale renewable energy sources to the power mix.
To improve energy conservation, TI is delivering full system solutions to communicate, measure and manage the energy in smart grid systems, letting people and communities manage their own energy needs. TI’s communication technology also allows homes and businesses to connect with their utilities through smart meters and networking protocols so they can monitor and manage energy usage in real time.
Learn more about our vision for the future of the smart grid and smart cities:
Texas Instruments has today’s semiconductor solutions for tomorrow’s energy systems, from grid infrastructure, to better smart meters, to enabling new energy services for the end user, and connecting systems with future-proof communication platforms. Learn more about TI’s smart grid solutions: www.ti.com/smartgrid.
Discover TI’s vision for the smart grid and energy markets in this new industrial video and read our new white paper about technologies that will allow smart cities on the grid to embrace renewable forms of energy generation.
Learn more about TI’s smart grid capabilities in these blog posts featured during #OntheGrid week:
- Engineering a smarter energy grid– On the Grid