All the “smart” grid gear in the world can’t help utilities very much unless they’ve got the back-end software to make sense of the floods of data those smart meters, sensors and other devices are delivering. But not every utility can afford expensive enterprise data management platforms from the likes of IBM, Oracle, Microsoft or Continue reading →
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Smart meter and smart grid deployments have risen significantly during 2011, particularly in North America. A number of large projects have been announced and key vendors have been selected to provide utilities with meters, communications modules, and meter data management services. Smart meter shipments in China continue to grow as well. via Smart Meter Shipments Continue reading →
Siemens has teamed up with the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (KCBPU), a publicly owned provider of electricity and water services to residences and businesses across Kansas City, Kan., to deliver eMeter Smart Grid Appliances. Each appliance includes a preloaded, rapidly deployable instance of eMeter EnergyIP meter data management system (MDMS) with IBM Tivoli Continue reading →
Siemens has teamed up with the Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (KCBPU), a publicly owned provider of electricity and water services to residences and businesses across Kansas City, Kan., to deliver eMeter Smart Grid Appliances. Each appliance includes a preloaded, rapidly deployable instance of eMeter® EnergyIP® meter data management system (MDMS) with IBM Tivoli Continue reading →
It’s not just about doing a pilot and then collecting data off of smart meters. Utilities looking to manage data coming from smart metering must have a multi-tiered plan in place, Larsh Johnson, director and CTO of eMeter, said during a GTM Webinar on Wednesday moderated by Chet Geschickter, Smart Grid Analyst with GTM Research. Continue reading →
Accenture (News – Alert), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has launched the Accenture Intelligent Network Data Enterprise (INDE), a data management platform to help utilities design, deploy, manage, integrate and analyze real-time data generated by millions of different sources throughout a utility’s smart grid network. via Accenture Launches Smart Grid Data Management Continue reading →
The Town of Danvers, MA has chosen NorthStar Utilities Solutions’ MeterSense application as the key component of their $16.9 million funded Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) project. During the initial phase of this project, the Danvers team will leverage MeterSense’s meter data management capabilities to import, validate and analyze electric and water/sewer grid data, and Continue reading →
“Smart Grid” fulfills a comprehensive vision to improve the reliability, efficiency, and security of the electric network. The current grid (or network) becomes “smart” when the conventional electric system is augmented with communications infrastructure, data management, automation, and control technologies that provide for improved management of power production, distribution, and consumption by power producers, distributors, Continue reading →
