Distribution automation (DA) can achieve substantial impacts—such as improving distribution system resilience and reliability, and the fault location, isolation, grid integration of selected distributed energy resources (DER)—as utilities modernize their grid infrastructure. From primary equipment to control centers, Hitachi Energy's comprehensive portfolio of distribution automation solutions enables utilities to see what is happening inside the distribution grid, ensuring efficient, reliable and uninterrupted operation, anywhere, anytime. In the context of smart grid deployments today, DA refers to an intelligent distribution system that uses a network of sensors and controls that provide greater. Industrial manufacturing plants are becoming increasingly networked, are automated in the way they work together, and collect data and monitor systems. This is all made possible by products and systems for electrical power distribution that integrate seamlessly into digital environments.
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