Beyond Backhaul – Is Your Smart Grid as Smart as You Think?

Utilities are modernizing their infrastructure at a record pace to keep up with overall market growth. One industry source projects a 10.8% CAGR for the forecast period of 2023-2032. Achieving such growth means becoming “smarter” about how critical resources are produced, distributed, and managed. What we today call a “smart utility” involves so much more than putting up a few smart meters on commercial and residential properties.?

A complete overhaul – a transformation of sorts – in the way we think about utility energy, power generation, and distribution is already underway. And you don’t want to miss out. From decentralizing power generation with distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, and two-way power flows to digitizing the power sector, adding renewables into the energy mix, and thousands of IoT devices such as sensors, drones, and video cameras, the need for smarter, centralized management tools and a stronger, future-proof communications network have never been more important.?

The truth is, if your communications network infrastructure is not up to speed as you modernize, all those dollars you’ve invested in making your utility “smarter” will likely go to waste.?

But there is still time to get your network right as you move toward achieving “smart” status. We can help.???

BLOG: Take Your Utility from Smart to BRILLIANT

You can take it from us – there will be no “smart grid” without an underlying “smart” communications network. As the utility digital transformation progresses, so does the need for management of big data, advanced digital assets, and ultimately, increased operational flexibility.?

Utilities around the world share the same goal – to ensure the continuous, reliable, and stable flow of power and/or critical resources at all times. It is therefore essential to have next-generation visibility and asset performance management in place to ensure a highly reliable grid.?And to effectively manage and monitor these new assets, utilities will need to carefully plan, deploy, and/or upgrade the right end-to-end network infrastructure to ensure success.?

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APPLICATION NOTE: Smart Connectivity for Utilities

Upgrade your utility's communications network to stay ahead of the digital transformation. Discover the driving factors behind grid modernization and the benefits of a flexible, agile, and future-proof SMART network. Learn how Ceragon can help you achieve brilliant connectivity for your utility operations and beyond.?

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CASE STUDY: Yuba Water Agency Modernizes Entire Network?

Like other utilities such as power and energy, water is a critical resource and must be protected and effectively managed. Yuba Water Agency, located just north of Sacramento, California, has operated a professional, progressive, and effective public agency for over 60 years. And as responsible stewards, they knew it was time to modernize and digitize.?

Responsible for flood risk mitigation, water supply reliability, hydroelectric power generation, and other vital services, Yuba needed a communication network upgrade to keep pace with the digitization of their modern utility infrastructure. Ceragon worked with Yuba to provide an end-to-end solution that improved their utility operations and efficiency, interconnected new assets, and provided a future-proof and resilient network for their current and future connectivity needs.?

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BLOG: A Utility Network Upgrade. Your Future is Certain.?

We at Ceragon do not need a crystal ball to see the future of where the utility industry is headed. The digital transformation is here, and so too is the need for a network modernization to support the interconnectivity needs of the smart grid. You simply cannot have one without the other.?

Just as utilities are providing mission-critical services on which businesses and consumers rely, the utility agency itself relies on a high functioning command center with next-generation monitoring and maintenance capabilities. And as more bandwidth-intensive IoT assets are added – devices such as smart sensors, video surveillance, or drones – utilities will need to have a plan in place to optimize their communications network and support these groundbreaking applications.?

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ON-DEMAND WEBINAR: Steps to Managing & Optimizing Utility Networks?

As utility operations digitize and become more complex, the monitoring and management support requirements have also evolved. And some communications networks of the past have not kept pace. It is now possible for support networks to connect and communicate, providing instant feedback at multiple levels, therefore optimizing your overall utility operations.?

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BLOG: Mission Critical Digital Transformation

The digital transformation. What is it and how does it relate to the utilities sector???

Much like other mission-critical entities – such as municipalities, public safety, transportation systems, and more – utilities are moving toward enhancing their business processes, thereby ensuring safer, more reliable, more cost-effective, and efficient operations and delivery of mission-critical services.?

Utilities are decentralizing their energy generation as well as adding smart grid applications such as sensors, drones, and other smart assets and need more comprehensive management capabilities to connect and consolidate all this new (and very valuable) data – a digitization of information.?

But digitization of complex critical infrastructure systems requires an end-to-end core network with very high capacity, low latency, and extremely high reliability. We can help.???

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