Telegesis is a radio module manufacturer that specialises in ZigBee mesh networking technology – especially ZigBee Smart Energy Profile. Telegesis has blue chip customers among utilities, meter manufacturers and smart metering peripherals providers worldwide providing a comprehensive design service including both hardware and firmware expertise.
More than 4200 energy experts meeting in Amsterdam
Leading European energy experts, including the chairman of Dutch network Alliander, Peter Molengraaf, the Dutch Economic Affairs Ministry’s DG for Energy, Mark Dierikx and Deutsche Telekom’s Gabriele Riedmann de Trinidad, are part of the opening session to address the more than 4200 smart metering experts from utilities, energy regulators, technology suppliers and industry associations at the annual Metering, Billing/CRM Europe conference and expo at the Amsterdam RAI from Tuesday 4 October.
Keen techno watchers cannot fail to have noticed the glut of new home management products, from displays and web-based dashboards to apps for smart phones for control in the home and on the move. Yes, the era of the home area network (HAN) is upon us and energy management, facilitated by AMI, must be a key element of this.
With this in mind this issue has a strong focus on home energy management, highlighting among other issues the important role of feedback to customers on their energy use in achieving savings and some of the ways that this feedback can most effectively be presented. Key is that feedback doesn’t have to be “boring” and that there are “fun” ways of presenting information that engage consumers, at least on the relatively short term scale of months to a few years.
The awarding of the first tranche of the United States smart grid stimulus funding has come and gone, with over $3.4 billion awarded to one hundred utilities, companies and other parties for the installation of smart meters and other “smart” components as well as the development of th...
Meeting the utilities challenge in the Middle East
By Bastian Fischer
For the past several years, Middle Eastern economies and businesses have undergone rapid expansion. Over the past five years, for instance, average annual growth rates in the Gulf/North African countries have hovered between 5.9 and 8.5 per...
Reliable load and meter management with Longwave radio technology
By Burkhard Beyer and Roland Bicker
Radio ripple control using long-wave broadcast signals makes it possible to combine a versatile, expandable smart metering system with highly effective, fast-response load management. Two objectives can thus be...
E.ON reaps the benefits of Echelon’s smart metering system
By Thomas Pehrsson, E.ON Sverige, and Larry Colton, Echelon Corporation
Like many European countries, Sweden has mandated that its electricity utilities provide customers with monthly meter readings, as well as provide meter data to all retailers and customers. E...
Study on the accuracy of energy measurement under the conditions of Harmonics
By Ni Shisheng, Jiangsu Linyang Electronics Co., Ltd.
OVERVIEW The working principle of the traditional electronic energy meter is to get the calculus value on the basis of time of the product of the instantaneous value of voltage and curre...
The importance of correct specifications in the development of latching relays for energy meters
By ShiCai Xie
Compared with other electric control switches, the latching relay has the potential to save significant amounts of energy and is a low-cost component. Furthermore, the performance of the latching relay has been tested in market applications for many...
