Electricity 4.0 — Powering the New Electric World
A more electric and digital world is key to addressing the climate crisis. Together with our customers, we are building the New Electric World by providing smart energy everywhere in our Homes, Buildings, Data Centres, Industries, Infrastructure and Grids. We are uniquely positioned to join the dots between them all for a future that becomes more sustainable, more resilient and more efficient.
250 years of technology-driven revolutions towards smart energy
Electricity makes energy green
Proven to be 3-5x more efficient than other sources, Electricity is the most efficient energy; it is also the best vector for decarbonisation. By 2040, the share of electricity in everything we do will double, reaching at least 40% of final energy consumption; and six times more electricity will be generated from solar and wind.
Net-Zero Carbon Cities
This report provides a global framework on an integrated energy approach to enable a decarbonised and resilient city ecosystem through ultra-efficient buildings and smart energy infrastructure.
Read moreDecarbonising energy with innovation leadership
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Chief Innovation Officer of Schneider Electric, and Jules Kortenhorst, Rocky Mountain Institute CEO, discuss pragmatic approaches to a clean-energy future.
Learn moreBuilding decarbonisation
We need to see buildings as part of the infrastructure of a broader power network that both produces and consumes energy. The tools exist to design or retrofit buildings to make them sustainable and hyper-efficient.
Digitisation, sustainability and Egypt's $295M energy deal
Caspar Herzberg, the President of Schneider Electric Middle East and Africa, reflects on Egyptian state utility to create Middle East's first-ever smart grid.
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Digital innovation makes energy smart
With digital innovation, the invisible becomes visible, eliminating waste and driving efficiency. Digital technology such as metering and monitoring enables us to see how we are using our energy. Adding to this with smart devices, apps, analytics and software goes a step further and enables us to deploy smart energy more efficiently, meaning we can address a huge amount of untapped potential for energy savings.
A re-energised recovery
How can business leaders address the inefficiencies in our physical infrastructure and put digitalisation to work?
Learn moreBuildings with digital at the core
Buildings consume more than a third of the EU's energy. Here's how to decarbonise them.
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Tackling climate change with Digital Transformation
Learn how quickly you could accelerate digital transformation to provide business continuity and resilience during a global pandemic.
Learn moreRestarting work safely and efficiently
Learn how the E&C industry can create a safe and efficient work environment in the construction sector.
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We build the New Electric World everywhere
With our products, systems, software and services, we aim to deploy Electricity 4.0 in Homes, Buildings, Data Centres, Industries, Infrastructure and Grids for a more sustainable, resilient and efficient future.
Helping our customers on their journey to net zero
Schneider Electric is accelerating the pace at which we can all address climate change through agile digital innovation. We boost Innovation in our core whilst expanding in digital, end to end on all stages of the lifecycle.
E.ON goes SF6-free
E.ON, Sweden's largest energy distributor, achieves greater sustainability and reliability with SF6-free medium-voltage technology and EcoStruxure™ for electricity companies.
Read E.ON's storyA positive partnership
Watch how EcoStruxure secures EcoDataCenter’s computing services and helps the colocation provider stay on-mission for a more sustainable world.
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Recognition for sustainability, innovation and smart energy
2021 starts with a flourish as Schneider Electric has become the most sustainable corporation in Corporate Knights ranking. It also marks the debut of our accelerated sustainability programme for 2025 with six commitments for sustainable business, planet and people.
Schneider Electric and E.ON
enerTIC Award for Green and Digital Smart Grid Technology
By using digital capabilities, Schneider helped E.ON improve network security, reliability and efficiency. Their SF6 medium-voltage switchgear was replaced by SF6-free and digital MV technology from Schneider Electric. The project included the Easergy T300 RTU modular hardware and firmware platform.
Schneider Electric's Acti9 Active named CES 2021 Innovation Awards Honoree.
1. What is Electricity 4.0?
Electricity is undoubtedly one of the most vital technological advancements. It plays an important role in containing surging pollution levels and global warming within acceptable limits. Furthermore, with the convergence of digital technologies and electricity at scale, we’ve been introduced to the new world of electricity, that is, Electricity 4.0. It refers to the sustainable methods of generating energy and cost-effective and efficient usage of the energy produced. Electricity 4.0 will be supported by renewable energy sources combined with artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other tools of the digital era, resulting in the maximization of energy efficiency.
2. What is smart energy management?
Smart energy management helps turn data into logical and meaningful insights for developing synergies between business consumers and energy professionals while boosting energy performance. A smart energy management system is a computer-based system designed for monitoring, controlling, measuring, and optimizing energy consumption in a factory, facility, or any building.
In smart energy management, digital technology such as monitoring and metering has a crucial role to play. Additionally, apps, analytics, smart devices, and software enable people to deploy smart energy even more efficiently. This means we can address a considerable amount of untapped potential for smart energy savings. Schneider Electric is unleashing its potential for building the New Electric World together with our customers. We provide smart energy in Buildings, Homes, Data Centers, Industries, and Grids.
3. What is the importance of Electricity 4.0?
Electricity 4.0, which deals with sustainable methods of generating electricity, delivers many benefits, including increased electrification, increased use of renewable sources of energy, climate change mitigation, and much more. Additionally, it helps us achieve carbon emission goals and manifest a high percentage of reductions required in energy-related transmissions. Especially for the electric utility industry, Electricity 4.0 has completely transformed the way it functions. Electric utility companies have begun to move towards renewable energy sources, deployment of digital technologies, and are in the process of shifting completely to Electricity 4.0 for providing smart energy to the consumers.
Schneider Electric aims to deploy Electricity 4.0 across Homes, Industries, and other Infrastructures with our systems, products, software, and exceptional services. We help you develop Grids of the Future, Data Centers of the Future, Homes of the Future, and more with our agile digital innovations.