In Advanced Metering Infrastructure and smart grid architecture, communication technology is a key consideration. Today, the speed of communication technology development is faster than ever, opening up attractive new opportunities.

The smart grid is the response from utilities to European energy policy designed to promote a carbon-independent society. The smart grid is a transformed power system that can accommodate a large penetration of distributed renewables, system flexibility and consumer participation in markets…

Landis+Gyr engaged Spain-based independent smart grid research and validation center TECNALIA to test the company’s new smart grid solution under real-life conditions in a smart grid demo environment. The study’s main objective was to demonstrate how existing innovative automated network…

In accordance with EU directives, energy utilities have to ensure that 80% of consumers are equipped with intelligent metering systems by 2020. To support this transformation, the European Commission issued two mandates − M441 and M490 − authorizing the three…

With only three servers, the Gridstream HES test system for smart metering data collection and delivery demonstrated the ability to handle the test profile data sets for up to three million metering points well within a day. The HES also delivered the…

As smart metering grows in importance across the world’s energy markets, one highly significant topic is the architecture design of Advanced Metering Management (AMM) systems, or smart metering systems as they are also called. In this document these terms are…

Energy efficiency has become a growing concern among people, businesses and governments alike. Across the world, fossil fuels, mankind’s primary energy resource, are diminishing while humanity’s dependence on energy is increasing. According to the International Energy Agency, by 2030 the…

The liberalization of energy markets in Europe is well underway, but just as this significant transformation is taking shape, a new one is already emerging: the energy industry and utilities are experiencing the introduction of smart metering and smart grids….

A unique metering standard and cutting-edge product are introduced in Germany. This enables a reduction in the total cost of ownership and creates the required conditions to foster development of the smart grid in compliance with market regulation. The deregulation…