Based on the power distribution technologies that it has developed
in the past, Toshiba Group provides various smart
grid-related solutions.
● μEMS*: Grid monitoring/control device
The Micro Energy Management System (μEMS) is one of the
core technologies that serves as the brain of a smart grid by
monitoring and controlling the local supply and demand
of electricity. It improves overall energy efficiency by controlling
electricity supply and demand, including absorbing
variations in power consumption within a grid and minimizing
the effects of these variations on the electricity network.
It becomes particularly important to accurately forecast and
control electricity supply and demand with the introduction
of photovoltaic power generation and new large-scale
transportation systems that feature electric vehicles which
may change the demand side considerably. In addition to
the verification test project conducted
by the New Energy and
Industrial Technology Development
Organization (NEDO)
in cooperation with the state
government of New Mexico, the
United States, Toshiba has also received contracts for other
verification test projects and commercial projects in order
to carry out optimum energy control initiatives in countries
around the world.