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Why water companies choose LAISON for smart prepaid water meters

Smart Energy International

Recently, some water companies in the Middle East have started to tender for the STS prepaid water meter, arousing new discussion on smart water metering, as a solution for improving billing efficiency, in African countries and beyond. Prepaid water meters are not a new thing, even in Africa, but most projects failed before 2010.

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Meters and More: An association of new stakeholders supporting the energy transition

Smart Energy International

The energy transition is increasingly catching the daily attention of companies and citizens no matter of their role in the society. The electricity distribution system is moving from a one-way flow of electrons to a two-way exchange of energy.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. The energy distribution model is becoming decentralised.

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New profiles to facilitate the roll-out of smart metering technologies worldwide

Smart Energy International

In order to give more flexibility to the Meters and More protocol standard, during the last years, new profiles have been studied by different working groups of the association’s committee for technical specifications (TCS), and thus included into the specification documents. Have you read? For that, the Radio Frequency has been chosen.

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Acceleration GridOS with Utilihive

Smart Energy International

A game-changing integration that’s powering up the energy transition As the energy transition gathers pace, power utilities are undergoing a transition of their own. A distributed system that relies on intermittent energy sources is highly complex and challenging to manage. Collecting data is critical.

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Italgas – smart gas networks at core of investments

Smart Energy International

billion) investments in smart gas meters and other technologies and activities by 2028. Smart leak detection in Italy’s gas distribution systems Project visit: Residential power-to-gas. A key component is the development of a hydrogen-ready smart meter, which is planned to be introduced in 2026 at a rate of about 1.5

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Managing power grid complexity: The 5 biggest priorities for utilities in 2024

Smart Energy International

In today’s distributed energy system, managing power grid complexity is challenging. But grid operators are often handling these changes with an ageing infrastructure that wasn’t built with a distributed energy system in mind. The energy transition is reshaping utilities’ business model.