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Power Generation and Distribution 
The power generation and distribution market
The installed capacity of photovoltaic systems is estimated to grow to 295 GW by 2020, i.e. 50 times its 2006 level.
Many protection systems must be approved or recognized under specifications established by the large national utilities.
Others are mass produced and are built not to a specification but to the requirements of national or international standards.
This market has been changing radically since energy markets were opened up to competition and new renewable energies have appeared on the scene: the consumer can even become the producer.
Integrated protection in subassemblies, MV fuses, fault indicators, network monitoring, detection, etc.
Mass production of fuses meeting the specifications of a utility or a standard.
Constant innovation in solar power: with an offering of specific solutions, the protection supplier is keeping pace with this unprecedented boom.
Industrial efficiency, highly responsive distribution channels and proximity to customers mean Ferraz Shawmut can:
• design, produce and supply utilities with specific fuses meeting all the requirements of a standard in large volumes;
• contain costs and help in streamlining maintenance;
• control the supply chain for fast delivery and start up production to meet an emergency (e.g. the storms at the end of 1999 in Western Europe);
• meet customers’ new requirements as they become power producers (windmills, PV panels).
Expertise and a keen sense of innovation put Ferraz Shawmut in a strong position to accompany the boom in renewables (solar power).