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Metering International Edition 4
PLC technology drives smart energy command and control
By Didier Boivin Smart home energy command and control is one of three pillars required for creating a modern smart grid capable of streamlining power delivery and dramatically improving energy efficiency. Utilities around the world have settled on PLC technol...
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TI’s broad portfolio drives smarter metering solutions
Texas Instruments (TI) is committed to providing smart metering solutions that will enable smart grid deployment around the world. The first key step to smart grid success is the deployment of smart electrical meters. These meters are considered communication engines, or gateway...
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What's happening in China's smart metering and smart grid industry? A quick look from an insider!
By Angela Lin China has been undergoing the fastest recovery in economy globally since the beginning of the year and its GDP is expected to reach 8.2% growth in 2009. China is also expecting stable and even faster economic growth, and strong energy demand an...
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MCF51EM256 anti tamper features - a leap towards robust smart metering solutions
By Mohit Arora, Prashant Bhargava and Stephen Pickering Energy theft and meter tampering are worldwide problems that contribute heavily to revenue losses. Consumers have been found manipulating their electric meters, causing them to stop or under-register, hacking the meter t...
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Smart choices for smart meter design
By Tracey-Lee Zurcher Smart grid, intelligent network, AMI – whichever catch phrase you would like to adopt, the swiftly advancing technology for utility metering and communication presents a digital cocktail of opportunity, flavoured with a dash of excitem...
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Focus on smart grid and smart energy
Smart Grid and smart energy are a key focus for the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, with many major developments taking place in the last six months. The demand for reduced energy consumption, combined with utility company initiatives, legislative mandates and government funding is expected to drive...
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Zigbee during the year of the smart grid
The energy industry reached a turning point in 2009 as the US government allocated significant funds from the economic stimulus package to expedite key energy mandates and hasten creation of the smart grid. With that move, utilities and other smart grid stakeholders began researching technology s...
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Stargrid: the new flexible PLC system-onchip platform for smart grids
By Alessandro Moscatelli and Domenico Arrigo STarGRID™ is a unique flexible, scalable and future-proof power line communication systemon- chip platform ready now to effectively address demanding smart metering and smart grid application...
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Interoperability through cooperation
Interoperability is the unquestioned condition for building future smart metering systems and the smart grid. Likewise, the availability of open standards is the unquestioned condition for achieving interoperability. That’s why the European Commission in its Mandate M/441 requ...
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Semiconductors: The 'smart' behind the 'smart grid'
By Daryl Hatano Whenever one hears the word “smart,” as in “smart meters,” “smart grid,” “smart appliances,” or “smart motors,” think “semiconductors.” It is the chips that provide the co...
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Advocating for a smarter grid
The GridWise Alliance was formed in September 2003 by a group of seven companies, Alstom, IBM, PNNL, PJM, RockPort Capital, Sempra Energy, and Utility Automation Integrators. It is committed to increasing knowledge among industry stakeholders, promoting understanding of roles, benefits, and costs...
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AMI and energy saving in South Africa
By Edison M Makwarela Pr Tech Eng, Senior Consultant, Industry Association Resource Centre BACKGROUND
Recent generating capacity constraints in South Africa (SA) is undoubtedly fast ushering in a new way of energy metering in the country in...
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Overview of Finland - aspects of smart metering and smart grids
By Petri Trygg Finland is a Nordic country with a similar land area to Germany, but with less than 10% of its population (5,3 million). This comparison contextualises the challenges faced with regard to electricity distribution in Finland. Most of the coun...
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Open metering system
By Peder Martin Evjen Smart meters, AMI and AMR have created a lot of interest in the past few years. One of the driving forces has been the EU Directive on energy end-use and energy services, together with market liberalisation and a general trend for energy...
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Ontario's electricity distributors step up rollout of time-of-use pricing to customers
By Charlie Macaluso Ontario’s electricity distributors have entered a critical phase in the implementation of the province’s Smart Metering Initiative (SMI) as major urban centres begin the rollout of time-of-use (TOU) tiered pricing to their customer...
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