Direct current grids for industry

DC grids offer many advantages over AC and three-phase grids, especially in production, but also in buildings. These advantages – around 50 percent lower energy costs in energy distribution in the factory and 50 percent less copper – can now be realized, not least due to advances in power electronics.

Although the technology is largely available, the topic is new to everyone involved. For this reason, many questions still arise for those who want to introduce DC grids in their companies, from the basic technology to questions relating to planning and installation through to issues concerning standardization and regulations.

At the Markt&Technik DC Conference, which will be held with the support of the Open Direct Current Alliance (ODCA) on October 23, 2024 at the Holliday Inn Munich, speakers from the field will answer these questions in their presentations. In the accompanying trade exhibition, manufacturers will present the components that are already available for setting up DC grids.

At the conference on “DC grids for industry”, decision-makers and practitioners planning DC grids will learn everything they need to know in order to implement them in their production environments.