Power utilities
Deploy intelligent, intuitive and responsive solutions to evolve your grid and power your next business model
Empowered for the new energy future
Realize your smart grid vision. Optimize power distribution. Adapt to changing energy demands. Support new business models. Achieve your critical objectives with our solutions for power utilities.
Increasing microgeneration, storage and energy conservation mean the power sector is facing lower demand and flatter revenues. As a power utility, you have three main options for addressing these trends:
- Remain a transmission or distribution system operator and automate, improve operational efficiency and optimize asset lifecycles.
- Expand your portfolio by entering the renewables market.
- Use your assets to offer smart city services, plus 5G small cell backhaul and broadband services.
Our solutions help you succeed with your chosen path by making your grid smarter, more reliable and more responsive to new demands. They enable you to realize the full potential of digitalization and Industry 4.0 automation so you can operate more efficiently, reduce your costs and get the most from your assets. And they help you evolve your business so you can seize new opportunities.
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Network communications
Use case
Optimizing distribution automation with private LTE networks
Build a converged FAN that uses IP/MPLS and LTE to enable intelligent distribution automation and renewables integration.
Video
Converged field area network (FAN)
Learn why a converged IP/MPLS and FAN is the key to improving grid monitoring, intelligence and automation.
eBook
Harness the superior power of IP/MPLS for grid communications
Modernize your network for better resiliency, security and sustainability.
Utility broadband
Information security
Wind farm operations
Use case
Optimizing distribution automation with private LTE networks
Build a converged FAN that uses IP/MPLS and LTE to enable intelligent distribution automation and renewables integration.
Video
Converged field area network (FAN)
Learn why a converged IP/MPLS and FAN is the key to improving grid monitoring, intelligence and automation.
eBook
Harness the superior power of IP/MPLS for grid communications
Modernize your network for better resiliency, security and sustainability.
Brochure
The case for community broadband
Discover how high-speed broadband creates wealth, equality and opportunity for citizens.
Case study
Empowering the citizens of Chattanooga
Learn how a Tennessee utility used a new smart grid to create a gigabit city.
Ebook
Ensuring cyber-security for utility mission-critical communications
Protect your grid with best-in-class technology and services from our certified security professionals.
Application note
Network group encryption
Ensure seamless, end-to-end security for your mission-critical grid communications.
Brochure
Security Risk Index
Let us help you measure and improve your readiness to defend your grid against relevant security threats.
Data sheet
Wind farm analytics
Use machine learning to lower operating costs, boost revenue and optimize return on assets.
Article
Advancing wind farm communications for the Industry 4.0 era
Learn how seamless connectivity can help you use the full power of Industry 4.0 to optimize wind farm operations
Industry vertical
Renewable energy
Empower wind and solar construction and operations with private LTE/5G communication networks.
Our solutions in action
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NYPA: Driving utility operations into the digital future
New York Power Authority is using our private LTE solution to build a modernized critical communications foundation for new utility applications.
Video
Eskom and Nokia: Experience and collaboration make the difference
Our solutions and experience are helping South Africa’s Eskom boost productivity by accelerating its journey to substation automation and full digitalization.
Case study
REN: Modernizing power transmission networks for the digital era
We’re helping Portugal’s energy transmission system operator upgrade its optical network to keep pace with new operational communications demands.
Case study
How utilities are powering Denmark’s digital revolution
Our GPON solutions enable utilities to provide broadband services that create opportunities for people and businesses throughout Denmark.
Case study
RTE partners with Nokia to transform operational telecom network
Our grid communications solutions are helping France’s electricity transmission system operator support critical grid protection applications and embrace the digital future.
Case study
Communications fit for tomorrow
SA Power Networks uses our IP/MPLS Mission-Critical WAN solution to meet the communications needs of its modern grid.
Case study
Modernizing grid communications in the heart of South America
We helped Bolivia’s ELFEC build a fully redundant IP/MPLS network that increases grid reliability and provides a platform for digital transformation.
Case study
Achieving greater reliability and sustainability in the grid
Ameren will use our private IP/MPLS fiber network solution to improve grid management and support emerging applications such as FAN and analytics.
Case study
Empowering the citizens of Chattanooga
Learn how a Tennessee utility used a new smart grid to create a gigabit city.
Use case
Providing modern grid communications for New Zealand’s National Electricity Grid
We helped Transpower build a reliable communications network that can optimize the management of its modern power system.
Case study
Iberdrola-Elektro: Building a more reliable power grid in Brazil with private LTE connectivity
Elektro is improving electric service in the state of Sao Paulo with South America’s first private LTE network for power grid automation.
Case study
Creos Luxembourg saves time and money with IP/MPLS network
We helped Luxembourg’s national electricity and gas distributor deploy an advanced IP/MPLS network to improve reliability, performance and cost savings.
Case study
OG&E’s smart grid revolutionizes network control
A Nokia multi-tiered IP/MPLS communications network enables OG&E and its customers to modulate power demand while increasing efficiency and savings.
Case study
Tata Power-DDL builds next-gen smart grid communications network
We helped Tata Power-DDL deploy a converged IP/MPLS communications network to support mission-critical applications and future digital transformation.
Case study
Nokia Network Services Platform for power utilities
Our NSP provides converged network services management that makes it easy for utilities to plan, deploy and troubleshoot IP/MPLS and private LTE networks.
Case study
Opelika joins the most advanced cities with ultra-broadband communications
Opelika Power Services used our fiber-to-the-home solution to enable smart grid, ultra-broadband and triple-play services.
Discover our solutions for power utilities
Converged mission-critical private wireless and IP/MPLS FAN for power utilities
Extend connectivity to the grid edge for distribution automation and renewables, along with broadband for field force enablement
Core Enterprise Solutions for Power Utilities
Deploy a converged private LTE FAN that provides the mission-critical communications you need for Industry 4.0
Cybersecurity for power utilities
Keep mission-critical grid communications safe from cyber threats
Data Center Fabric
Bring new levels of reliability, simplicity and adaptability to your data center switching and cloud infrastructures.
Field Area Network for power utilities
Enable new business models by extending the reach of grid communications with LTE, IP/MPLS and FTTx
Middle-mile optical transport
Bring fast internet service to rural areas with a high-capacity utility broadband transport network
Mission-critical WAN for power utilities
Build a converged network for IEC 61850 and other critical applications
Private Wireless solution for power generation plants
Industrial-grade connectivity for the future of power generation
Quantum-safe optical networking
Protect data from intrusion and theft though quantum-safe encryption, key management and intrusion detection
Smart grid communications
Transition operational communications to an intelligent, responsive and adaptive smart grid network
Utility broadband
Bring ultra-broadband services and enhanced power delivery to your community
Utility OT cloud
Put data center fabrics and clouds to work to accelerate your digital grid journey
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