DALLAS, TX -- It is the first piece of technology resulting from its acquisition of Opus One.

GE Digital has recently announced that it has developed a new solution to power the energy transition. According to the company, it is the first piece of technology resulting from its acquisition of Opus One and is designed to be an end-to-end modular distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) that could help utilities to keep the grid safe, secure, and resilient while enabling energy affordability and customer participation in power generation and contribution.

According to GE, utilities face growing issues among other things, due to backlogs and lack of visibility into DER behavior. High distributed power generation intermittency, low grid inertia, and masked loads could potentially result in significant operational risks.  New technology designed to grow with a utility's needs case-by-case, substation-by-substation could be the solution.

"The accelerated growth and volume of DERs that are connecting to the grid create both challenges and opportunities for utilities," said Josh Wong, President and CEO of Opus One Solutions from GE Digital. "With this new technology, our customers gain a flexible solution for every stage of their modernization and sustainability journey while delivering affordability with customer engagement and market-based business models."

Source: GE