Engie partners with Schneider Electric to speed up digitisation

Two French companies, utility Engie SA (EPA:ENGI) and energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric SA (EPA:SU), on Monday said they will partner on digitising the energy sector.

The two have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore and deploy new digital solutions for more efficient operation of wind and solar farms. Engie says it wants to speed up its digitisation globally to lead the energy transition. "ENGIE’s objective is to develop remote supervision and control of its global renewable energy production assets, and possibly other energy assets as well, to optimize their performance," said executive vice president Didier Holleaux.

The partnership will make use of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), historian and related application software of Schneider Electric's Wonderware brand. It will also look into asset management, SCADA obsolescence management, remote monitoring and diagnostics and cybersecurity.

Schneider Electric is already a strategic partner to Engie for real-time monitoring and management of its wind and solar power facilities in Europe.

"Our combined technology and industry expertise can help identify new opportunities on how to better serve the energy market, while providing greater access to affordable, clean energy," said Philippe Delorme, executive vice president at Schneider Electric.

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