The liberalized and deregulated power market is posing new demands, but is also offering new opportunities for power supply corporations and industrial vendors. This particularly applies to the owners of public or industrial distribution networks. The reason is that direct competition in the field of power distribution is exerting strong cost pressure on network operation. Additions are only made to networks wherever they are absolutely necessary. In the event of a fault, this means short-circuit currents that might surpass the breaking capacities of existing switching devices or the strength of existing systems.
New technologies ensure efficiency.
This is where concrete solutions for distribution networks are called for, to meet the demands of the changing market and to create the ability to act more efficiently and with greater flexibility. Siemens Medium Voltage offers these solutions. These include high-speed switches and DC transmission systems based on such power electronics components as superconducting current limiters.