Silver Spring Networks to deploy Smart Grid in WEL Networks

Silver Spring Networks to deploy Smart Grid in WEL Networks

GreenTech Lead America: Silver Spring Networks, a
provider of the networking platform and solutions for the smart grid, announced
it has been selected by WEL Networks for an innovative smart grid deployment in
the Waikato region of New Zealand.

The company will provide its smart grid platform that
includes advanced metering, distribution automation and deployment.

“Silver Spring’s standards-based IPv6 networking
platform sets the foundation for a diverse range of smart grid applications and
represents a big step forward in the journey to energy efficiency and
sustainability,” said John Garner, managing director of Australia and New
Zealand, Silver Spring Networks.

The platform will enable WEL Networks to better deliver
reliable, efficient, and affordable power to its residential and commercial
customers.

WEL Networks will benefit from the increased flexibility
and performance enabled by Silver Spring’s recently announced Gen4 networking
technology.

The company said that the first deployment phase of
10,000 customers has now been extended to 45,000 for the coming year.

“Silver
Spring gave us the ability to deliver multiple smart grid applications
over a single, open platform and utilize its advanced technology to meet the
performance needs of our network, all with a cost profile that helps WEL
effectively invest in modernization improvements for the benefit of our
customers,” said Julian Elder, CEO of WEL Networks.

The company said that its family of products embedding
Gen4 technology, ranging from Communications Modules to Access Points and
Relays, is focused on increasing performance and improving the flexibility
needed to meet utilities’ demanding requirements across disparate service
territories, deployment approaches, and application needs.

Silver Spring Networks powers Smart Grid program for ComEd

Recently, Silver Spring Networks signed agreements with
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), a unit of Exelon Corporation, to deploy its Smart
Energy Platform.

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