Smart Metering
of information that unlocks the potential for more focused, time-of-use billing tariffs, and makes it possible to be more sophisticated in the way a utility understands its customers’ energy usage behaviour. Taking the example, in a year the smart metering system will collect approximately 40’000 readings compared to the single reading in a conventional system (in other words 100 readings a day for a year). Tat is a vast amount of data, especially when a utility may wish to collect data with this level of detail from hundreds of thousands or even millions of properties.
Supporting an open environment
Most new and emerging metering and communication technologies meet the national and international standards developed by the power industry and thereby aid the growth of new markets and reduce investment risks for utilities, allowing them to buy different products from different manufacturers. Te requirement for interoperability and openness
is increasingly important for utilities. In a changing environment with competing technologies and a growing number of competing suppliers, the investment risk associated with single-supplier solutions can be unacceptably large. Te alternative is to ensure that systems
interoperate, so that a utility is free to combine solutions from a number of suppliers. Landis+Gyr is promoting smart metering industry interoperability at all levels, from the meter up to
system software. Gridstream MDUS uses standard IEC-61968-9 messages to communicate between metering systems, storage elements and meter data processing elements. Te use of this industry standard format allows utilities to integrate different Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications, and form the basis for communication with Landis+Gyr AMM systems and those from other vendors.
The future is smart
As the world moves toward an increasing focus on renewable energy, home automation and plug in electrical vehicles, utilities are looking at how to deploy smarter technology to interact with these new resources.
Te future Smart Grid will transform the current
‘one way’ infrastructure to a multi-directional, multi- functional, dynamic system, which balances central and decentralised generation, and creates real time transparency for all stakeholders as the basis for a stable and sustainable use of energy. By providing interoperability, scalability and data
transparency, Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream MDUS is designed to enable the Smart Grid and the future of energy management. ●
Landis+Gyr is based in Zug, Switzerland. www.
landisgyr.com
There is always a better solution! – It’s our mission to find it!
At Kamstrup we are convinced that there is always a better solution. Everyday we stive to do things easier and more profitable for our customers.
We offer long-term stable precision metering combined with the most modern remote reading and billing methods. Our customers must experience quality in every aspect of the partnership. Only then do we start to be satisfied. This does not make the solution more expensive – but it does make it better.
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