Archive for November, 2009
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Telvent and Trilliant Demonstrate Interoperability of Key Smart Grid Elements
Telvent and Trilliant Demonstrate Interoperability of Key Smart Grid Elements (ARC Advisory Group)
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Telvent, Trilliant Achieve Interoperability
Telvent, Trilliant Achieve Interoperability (Renew Grid)
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Telvent and Trilliant Demonstrate Interoperability of Key Smart Grid Elements
Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the IT company for a sustainable and secure world, and Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations, and renewable resource integration, today announced successful interoperability between Telvent’s suite of real-time monitoring and control solutions and Trilliant’s SecureMesh™ communications infrastructure. This validated integration will increase reliability and lower the cost of operating electric distribution networks.
Key to the success of widely deployed distribution automation and control devices is a high-bandwidth, low-latency network that can handle a variety of end points with real-time performance and security. Now, utilities can perform in a secure way and condition-based monitoring of those assets.
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Time-of-Use Test Next Year in Burbank
Time-of-Use Test Next Year in Burbank (Greentech Media)
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At the international level, Smart Grid is about engagement (and standards)
At the international level, Smart Grid is about engagement (and standards) (GreenBeat)
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Utilities eye their own ‘iTunes App Stores’ for Smart Grid apps
Utilities eye their own ‘iTunes App Stores’ for Smart Grid apps (GreenBeat)
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Burbank Water and Power Selects Trilliant to Begin Implementation of Smart Grid Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering Smart Grid solutions that enhance energy efficiency, utility operations and renewable resource integration, today announced that it has been selected by Burbank Water and Power to begin implementing the Advanced Metering Infrastructure for its planned Smart Grid for the energy consumers of Burbank, CA. Burbank Water and Power (BWP) is a community-owned utility that has served the business and residents of Burbank with water and power since 1913. -
Wi-Fi Alliance studying WiFi’s role in smart grids
Wi-Fi Alliance studying WiFi’s role in smart grids (FierceBroadbandWireless)
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Why Are Standards Important for a Smart Grid Deployment?
Why Standard Hardware (off the shelf chipsets)?
Long-term viability
Thoroughly proven
Global supply chain
Industry expertise
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The Evolution of the Smart Grid
The Smart Grid is going through an evolution unlike anything the electric grid has seen in nearly a century. As shown in the diagram above, this evolution can basically be segmented into distinct versions of the Smart Grid:
- Smart Grid v0.0 – this wouldn’t even be classified as a “smart” network since each network used proprietary protocols to read meters on isolated networks. This phase is typically associated with automated meter reading (AMR).