Greentech Lead America: Elster, a provider of
electricity, gas and water measurement and control solutions, has been selected
by Corporacion Nacional de Electricidad (CNEL), the single largest energy
corporation in Ecuador, to provide its advanced metering infrastructure (AMI)
deployment.
Elster will provide its EnergyAxis solution to create
a hosted AMI system for CNEL. The EnergyAxis system will help CNEL protect
revenue, reduce non-technical losses and improve operations.
“Elster’s EnergyAxis provides a comprehensive
solution to help us better manage and monitor our energy
use, benefitting our customers and our business. We look forward to
expanding our AMI system to all of our regional distribution companies in the
future,” said Tito Torres Sarmiento, general manager, CNEL.
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At the initial phase, CNEL will deploy Elster’s
EnergyAxis to monitor distribution transformers in Manta, Puerto Viejo and
Machala, three cities located within Manabi and El Oro, two of CNEL’s regional
distribution companies. The installations include more than 15,000 endpoints
and more than 900 Low Voltage (LV) AGInodes.
The EnergyAxis LV AGInode power measurement sensors use
an open-core current sensor that easily connects to and disconnects from a
distribution transformer. The LV AGInode monitors voltage as well as derives
power quality measurement (PQM) quantities. Elster’s integrated metrology
accurately digitizes these measurements and, using its integrated 900 MHz
radio, transmits the data to an A3 ALPHA gatekeeper on the EnergyAxis network.
Industrial
Defender in pact with Elster to help Smart Grid utilities in North America
Industrial Defender recently announced a partnership
with Elster. As per the agreement, both companies will jointly offer and
market Elster’s EnergyAxis Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) system
and Industrial Defender’s Automation Systems Manager (ASM) solution.
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