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THE FUTURE OF OUR GRID: 3M BRINGS NEW TECHNOLOGY TO THE U.S
As the demand for energy increases, we must rethink our grid architecture. 3M is at the forefront of shifting electrical grid technologies to a more sustainable future.
Imagine a heart surgeon who doesn’t have the technology to monitor your heart.
A similar situation is happening right now with U.S. electrical grids: Many grid operators have limited visibility to critical information about what’s happening in their networks.
Fortunately, 3M developed a technology to help solve this problem more than a decade ago. It first caught on in Europe but is now gaining traction in the U.S. amid a sharp increase in extreme weather events and new energy demands.
The innovation is an easy-to-install sensor that can transmit real-time data about vital parameters in underground medium-voltage networks.
3M captured the attention of Powering Chicago, an electrical industry labour-management partnership that featured the technology in a recent video.
3M first entered the electrical industry in the 1940s with the invention of electrical tape, and now has more than 75 years of experience providing proprietary technologies to the market segment.
