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Electricity Infrastructure

Brief Overview of the Electricity Infrastructure Sector 

Electricity infrastructure consists of the equipment and services necessary to take electrical energy generated from things like hydroelectric dams, fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, or oil), nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass power plants (or electrical energy stored by energy storage systems) and transmit it to end-use residential, commercial, and industrial customers. Electricity infrastructure includes transmission- and distribution-level equipment like power transformers, voltage regulators, circuit breakers, switchgear, capacitors, fuses, controls, arresters, conductor, as well as electric vehicle charging infrastructure and associated grid control technologies like supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, advanced distribution management systems (ADMS), distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS), virtual power plant (VPP), cybersecurity systems and more. Electricity infrastructure can also include associated engineering, procurement, and contracting (EPC), accounting, project financing, research and development (R&D), testing and certification (T&C), and other related services.

Key Trends

Electricity infrastructure is a critical sector globally. Without a stable electricity supply, health and welfare are threatened. Virtually all economic activity depends on a reliable electricity to function. Governments and utilities across the globe are increasingly focused on the need to maintain a hardened grid that is resilient in the face of natural disasters, as well as man-made threats of cyberattack or terrorism. Modernizing electricity infrastructure through smart grid technologies that enable greater adoption of intermittent renewable energy resources as well as increasing load efficiency will be fundamental for countries and companies to reach their goals, and as a 2019 IEA report notes, increasing electricity infrastructure is essential for providing an estimated 770 million people globally who still lack basic access to electric power. 

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Global Business Navigator Chatbot Beta

Welcome to the Global Business Navigator, an artificial intelligence (AI) Chatbot from the International Trade Administration (ITA). This tool, currently in beta version testing, is designed to provide general information on the exporting process and the resources available to assist new and experienced U.S. exporters. The Chatbot, developed using Microsoft’s Azure AI services, is trained on ITA’s export-related content and aims to quickly get users the information they need. The Chatbot is intended to make the benefits of exporting more accessible by understanding non-expert language, idiomatic expressions, and foreign languages.

Limitations

As a beta product, the Chatbot is currently being tested and its responses may occasionally produce inaccurate or incomplete information. The Chatbot is trained to decline out of scope or inappropriate requests. The Chatbot’s knowledge is limited to the public information on the Export Solutions web pages of Trade.gov, which covers a wide range of topics on exporting. While it cannot provide responses specific to a company’s product or a specific foreign market, its reference pages will guide you to other relevant government resources and market research. Always double-check the Chatbot’s responses using the provided references or by visiting the Export Solutions web pages on Trade.gov. Do not use its responses as legal or professional advice. Inaccurate advice from the Chatbot would not be a defense to violating any export rules or regulations.

Privacy

The Chatbot does not collect information about users and does not use the contents of users’ chat history to learn new information. All feedback is anonymous. Please do not enter personally identifiable information (PII), sensitive, or proprietary information into the Chatbot. Your conversations will not be connected to other interactions or accounts with ITA. Conversations with the Chatbot may be reviewed to help ITA improve the tool and address harmful, illegal, or otherwise inappropriate questions.

Translation

The Chatbot supports a wide range of languages. Because the Chatbot is trained in English and responses are translated, you should verify the translation. For example, the Chatbot may have difficulty with acronyms, abbreviations, and nuances in a language other than English.

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