Tag: smart grid

Itron released the CENTRON Bridge Meter, a new step in electricity metering that bridges Itron communication architectures to enable seamless migration from automated meter reading (AMR) to smart grid communications. The meter will be commercially available in February 2013. The meter’s adaptability allows it to be incorporated alongside existing Itron electric meters with a mobile […]

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Itron signed a contract with Pomerania Gas Company for the supply of nearly 200,000 residential and commercial gas meters. The meters will be deployed over the next three years by the gas company, one of six gas distribution companies in Poland. Situated in north Poland, Pomerania Gas Company serves approximately 764,000 customers. Following a formal […]

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Itron announced that National Grid, a supplier of electricity to approximately 3.4 million customers in the Northeast, has selected Itron’s smart grid solution which uses Cisco’s multi-application communications network for the utility’s 10,000 meter Smart Grid Pilot Program in Worcester, Mass. This project adds to the successful 5,000 meter early field trial (EFT) that started […]

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Itron announced that, in collaboration with the Edison Power Group, it received a contract award from the City of Johannesburg.  The engagement, which has a total contract value of approximately $150 million, will require Itron to supply its latest generation smart meters and associated smart metering system, tying into the City of Johannesburg’s stated growth […]

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EnergySavvy has hired Kalpana Narayanaswamy as vice president of engineering, managing software development alongside CTO Leo Shklovskii. The company also completed a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority to use the online audit tool Optix Engage. Source:  Geekwire, December 11, 2012.

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Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy costs, has raised $2.5 million that it will use to embed its software in the industrial automation, utility, and smart grid infrastructure. The cash infusion also will help the company expand in Europe, and launch its Spara cloud platform next year.

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Itron and Manas, a technology integrator, will install 15,000 Itron UltraMaxx ultrasonic heat meters in Turkey over a 12-month period.  Meter deployment is currently underway and is managed by Manas. Source:  Itron Press Release, December 3, 2012.

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Washington-based Itron and Deutsche Telekom, an telecommunications company, are collaborating to deliver smart meter solutions to markets in Europe.  Under the agreement, the two companies will utilize Itron’s smart meter solutions, Deutsche Telekom’s M2M capabilities, Information and Communication Technology solutions, and Intelligent Networks Energy solution offering to bring a comprehensive service offering to Europe. Source: […]

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Airbiquity, provider of wireless communications in the vehicle market, has been selected by Sprint for a new “connected vehicle” product.  Sprint said it has selected Airbiquity, and will use the Airbiquity Choreo service to power its Sprint Velocity product for vehicle manufacturers. Source: Northwest Innovation News, November 30, 2012.

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Itron is partnering with Russian firm Teplocom Holding to “to jointly develop and market metering solutions technologies in Russia.”  The two companies will “jointly develop and market a thermal energy meter consisting of Teplocom’s calculator and Itron’s ultrasonic flow meter.”  Teplocom will sell Itron products in Russia. Source:  Itron Press Release, November 28, 1012.

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