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Telepathx set to License WSN Platform to BPL
& Smart Meter OEMs
Smart Meters & Broadband over Power Line
Providers Now Able to Leverage Platforms beyond Energy Grid
Melbourne Australia, Smart Meter Summit; an announcement made today by
Telepathx Ltd the Melbourne based smart grid & wireless sensor
network provider said that it will begin conditional licensing of its
RFID (radio frequency identification) wireless sensor network (WSN)
& communications aggregation technology to Smart meter &
Broadband over power line technology original equipment manufactures
(OEMs). A move the company said that will allow energy providers and
BPL operators a faster return on infrastructure investments.
James Eades Telepathx Chairman & CEO said in his address to energy
officials today the move was necessary because it was clear to many in
the industry that there is no one clear solution available for
developing the smart grid, and that the consolidating of technologies
was necessary to physically enable distribution asset communications.
"It's very evident that both smart meter &
BPL platforms are falling short on delivering the intelligent energy
grid said Eades and that by integrating the sensory network platform
into smart meter and BPL platforms it would fill the tremendous gap
left behind in the distribution network and deliver an intelligent
energy grid from end to end."
We and many switchgear OEMs look at the state of these platforms
specifically the current generation of smart meters and just see
another wasted opportunity; simply because they just haven't gone far
enough from a grid automation perspective it's a single use system and
given the cost involved we think future smart meter deployments should
have the capacity to go beyond the grid & generate revenues to
cover the cost of these multi billion dollar AMR/AMI rollouts being
planned; and this is what our platform was designed to do.
Market analyst April Sommers said ''from the hardware and software we
have seen this development would be very significant and she predicts
it may be enough too persuade many energy companies currently sitting
on the AMI fence to start implementing their smart meter strategies
sooner because there is now a clear path and solution available for
every appliance on the distribution network" this is very exciting news
for meter manufacturers.
Sommers added "this is a very complete and well thought out asset
tracking and logistics platform, from edge sensory components on the
grid all the way through the supply chain. Telepathx sensors monitor
fuses, insulators and cables and they have developers embedding this
technology into distribution transformers, as shown last week at the
IEEE PES show in Chicago, they are also developing the industries next
generation switchgear with built in self managing intelligence; these
are the core appliances that make up the distribution network and from
an automation standpoint this would be highly beneficial to network
operators to get these devices talking to meters and BPL routers as
soon as possible.
What this platform does beyond energy grid management is just down
right cleaver Sommers added it provides monitoring services via very
innovative sensors to virtually every utility and public essential
service provider imaginable, even local business and residents benefit
and this is how it generates revenue.
Need your fire, burglar or car alarm monitored? No problem, how about
monitoring the environment for floods, mudslides, ice, blocked sewers,
contamination or bush fires? No problem, how about monitoring faulty or
full parking meters or monitoring transportation or other fixed road
side assets such as switches or power poles for auto collisions? No
problem.
It just makes you think how smart, smart meters will become because
this is just the tip of the iceberg on what this platform can deliver,
and the company predicts that many well placed electric meters have the
capacity to be cash positive in just months. If smart meters aren't in
your future you can always use the company's cellular Access Points to
provide these services and still get all of the benefits.
For further information please visit the www.telepathx.com
website or email information@telepathx.com
for the latest presentation on leveraging AMI/AMR |
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