Connecting and digitalizing the electricity grid is a prerequisite for developing smart grids, which integrate information from all parties connected to them - including those that produce electricity, those that consume it and those that do both. The smart grid then analyzes that information and acts on it, allowing network operators to balance the supply and demand of electricity, even though electricity production may vary with changing weather and wind conditions.

Anders Olsson, CEO for Telia Sweden, says: "The electrification of society is one of the big paradigm shifts of our time and is key to both the sustainable transformation of society and our competitiveness as a nation. I am proud that Telia has been selected to deliver robust and secure digital infrastructure to Ellevio, and that we have an important role to play on their journey to build smart grids that supply electricity to people, businesses, and society at large in a way that is both cost-efficient and good for the environment,"

The new smart grids that Ellevio is building will change how we distribute, consume and even think about electricity in the future.

Johan Lindehag, CEO at Ellevio, says: "Building a modern electricity grid that enables more capacity to cope with higher energy consumption, with fewer and shorter disruptions, requires us to make big investments in modern, digital technology. The partnership with Telia is an important investment in the future and the first of its kind, digitalizing and automating network operations on a large scale."

The technology

In an electricity network, substations are the nodes that monitor and control the distribution of electricity. Under the terms of the agreement with Ellevio, Telia and its subsidiary Telia Cygate will deliver the complete infrastructure, including a network management system and network equipment (such as routers and switches) required to build a new packet-based data network to connect all the substations in the grid to Ellevio's datacenter.

Connecting an electricity grid requires robust and secure digital infrastructure with high availability. Telia will be tasked with design, implementation, operations and the continuous development of the infrastructure used in Ellevio's new packet-based data network.

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