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Report Examines Future of Demand Response Management Systems (DRMS) Market
The global demand response management system (DRMS) market size is expected to reach USD 35.9 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. The integration of demand response (DR) with smart grids and the rising awareness and adoption of automated DRMS by utilities and customers are believed to be the key growth drivers. DRMS acts as a crucial arrangement for balancing ...
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Kilowaze Smart Electric Utility Meter Breaks New Ground on Cost and Data Delivery
MDCS, an International Systems Integrator, will introduce the ANSI form 2S meter and ISM LoRa network solution at the 2019 DistribuTECH show in February. The KILOWAZE is a Class 200 electric utility meter that can deliver more metrology, more accurately at a much lower cost. ANSI certified 0.5% and tested to 0.2% ISM band network (LoRa) is provided at no cost to the utility Delivers data on 14 ...
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Trilliant Networks joins Larsen & Toubro to Support Largest AMI Deployment in India
Communications solutions leader Trilliant and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), in May 2019 signed an agreement to support the Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) smart meter rollout across Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. L&T will back integration of the Trilliant Head End System (HES) to reach the deployment target of 5 million smart meters.EESL is a joint venture of four national ...
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LoRa Alliance® and OMS-Group Optimize Smart Utilities Transmissions with OMS Over LoRaWAN®
The LoRa Alliance® and OMS-Group e. V., recently (Nov 9) announced a new liaison to standardize smart metering IoT applications through the combined use of OMS and LoRaWAN® standards. In a joint task force, the organizations have specified a standard use of the Open Metering System (OMS) metering language over LoRaWAN. The new specification reduces the complexity and cost of integration for ...
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ABeam Consulting to Study SaaS Smart Meter Data Integration and Analysis Platform in Japan
ABeam Consulting Ltd. has begun a collaboration with iGrid Solutions, Inc. and Innowatts, Inc. to study the feasibility and usefulness in Japan of a SaaS smart meter data integration and analysis platform that helps retail electric power providers improve profitability, increase business and reduce costs through the use of smart meters.Through this validation study, the participants aim to ...
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Frost & Sullivan: Utilities Push the Smart Water Metering Market in Europe
With the rising prices of energy and need to correct inefficient water grids, smart water metering presents a solution and long-term spending reduction strategy. If this market is fully embraced by utilities, it will be worth $13.2 billion by 2020 in Europe for meter manufacturers, installers and network and data management companies. Frost & Sullivan's Research Analyst Seth Cutler explains: ...
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Sensus Salutes Alabama Power Company for GridWeek 2011 Leadership Award
Sensus extends its congratulations to Alabama Power Company (A Southern Company) for being the recipient of the GridWeek 2011 Leadership Award presented during the annual GridWeek conference in Washington, D.C., Sept. 12-15. The GridWeek 2011 Leadership Award is presented to the individual or organization that has presented a clear hypothesis, demonstrated ...
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City of Ottawa Selects Itron Smart Metering Solution
Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that the City of Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) has signed a contract to deploy Itron smart water metering technology as the foundation of its Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project. The solution will help the Ontario-based utility eliminate estimated billing for ratepayers and help it be more efficient in its water service ...
By Itron Inc
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Garden City, Kansas Reaps Benefits of Sensus Technologies for Electric and Water Utilities
Garden City, Kansas has successfully deployed the Sensus FlexNet™ advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system for its electric and water utilities. The AMI program includes smart electric and water metering in addition to distribution automation applications, demonstrating the benefits of using a licensed-spectrum approach to AMI that adheres to open standards and supports ...
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Sensus Introduces the accuSTREAM Positive Displacement Meter
Sensus introduces the accuSTREAM™ meter, providing water utilities with a new option to continuously and affordably measure residential water use. The accuSTREAM meter applies proven positive displacement measuring technology and is the most recent lead-free water meter from Sensus, manufactured using composite materials. Sensus continues to expand its line of ...
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Earth Day 2013: Sensus and Utilities Prove Smart Water Networks Conserve Water
On Earth Day and every day, Sensus, a leading utility infrastructure company, partners with water utilities worldwide to conserve water through leak detection and smart water networks. Recent research commissioned by Sensus found that utilities lose an estimated $9.6 billion each year due to leaked water. Sensus has been providing smart water network technologies to water utilities for over 100 ...
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Sensus Expands the AquaSense Intelligent Water Management Solution
Sensus expands its AquaSense™ intelligent water management product portfolio with the addition of 8” and 10” meters for all models in the OMNI™ collection of lead-free commercial water meters. The OMNI collection is one of the original components of AquaSense, Sensus’ vision for the future of water management which unites the Sensus ...
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What can we learn from the first CRC Performance League Table?
Viewpoint from Darran Messem, Director, Carbon Trust Certification, and Hugh Jones, Managing Director, Carbon Trust Advisory The UK has been one of the most proactive countries in tackling business emissions and climate change and the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme is one of the latest innovative policy developments. The CRC widens the scope of businesses that are directly covered by emissions ...
By Carbon Trust
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GE Smart Meters Help City of São Paulo Demonstrate Benefits of a Smarter Grid
GE (NYSE: GE), Trilliant and AES Eletropaulo are collaborating in a smart grid research and development project—bringing the benefits of smart meters to the city of Sao Paulo and setting the stage for a more reliable and efficient energy infrastructure in Brazil. The first-of-its-kind project for the utility connects GE smart meters’ advanced ...
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UK smart water meters: AMI project saving 27m litres a day | Smart Water Systems
In the UK, water distribution company Southern Water has said that its advanced metering infrastructure project in south and south-east England is saving 27 million litres of treated water a day. Local media reports that 62% of Southern Water's smart meter points - installed since 2010 - are recording a £162 decrease in bills per year. In Southampton alone, consumers with smart meters are ...
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Over A Quarter Million Landis+Gyr Smart Meters For Austria
November 10, 2016 -- Landis+Gyr announced recently that it will supply a consortium led by Austrian utility Energie Steiermark with 330,000 smart meters. The meters will be rolled out to residential end-consumers in the country's southern state of Styria. Starting in late 2017, Landis+Gyr will deliver 330,000 E450 G3 power line communication (PLC) smart meters to an energy consortium ...
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Itron and Panasonic Announce Partnership to Address Smart Metering Projects
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) and Panasonic (NYSE: PC) announced today a partnership agreement to design and deliver highly innovative gas smart metering solutions to utilities in Europe. Given the EU target requiring that at least 80% of homes have a smart meter fitted by 2020 and the growing public concern for energy use reduction, the demand for gas smart metering ...
By Itron Inc
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Utility companies set to benefit from old electronic meter recycling
Waste electrical and electronic equipment recyclers are set to play a major role in recycling old electronic meters as British utility companies begin replacing them with smart meters. According to the Times, utility firms are set to profit from precious metals, worth £10 million, within old electronic meters. WEEE recycling firm EEE director Mark Wolle told the Times that 100,000 British ...
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Earth Day 2012: Sensus Offers Smart Water Network Solutions
Each Earth Day, the demand for water continues to outpace availability. At current consumption rates, there could be a worldwide water shortage of 40 percent by 2030. To combat this growing global issue, Sensus, a leading utility infrastructure company, is bringing water utilities tools to maximize resources through early leak detection, measuring water use more ...
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Sensus Survey of AWWA Attendees Reveal Priorities in AMI and Smart Metering for Water Utilities
Reliability and Accuracy Are Rated Top Performance Factors. RALEIGH, N.C.- Water utilities are seeking accuracy, reliability and minimal maintenance requirements in a smart water management system. In a survey distributed by Sensus to attendees at the recent American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) ACE10 conference in Chicago, respondents ranked their most important factors when choosing a ...
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