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  • Aliunid turns Landis+Gyr electricity meters into real-time tachometers

    Aliunid turns Landis+Gyr electricity meters into real-time tachometers

    Aliunid and Landis+Gyr have successfully tested the aliunid gateway for the Landis+Gyr E450 smart meter. Combined with an aliunid gateway, the smart meter becomes “a real-time electricity tachometer”, Landis+Gyr, provider of energy management solutions. said in a media release.

    Founded in 2018, Brugg-based start-up aliunid is a digital energy provider, but without physical infrastructures. It provides its services using real-time data, connectivity and a platform based on the Internet of Things, as a white-label offering for energy suppliers, grid operators and energy producers.

    With renewable energy available in varying quantities depending on the time of day or season and ever-increasing electricity consumption, the power grid needs to become more flexible in order to respond more quickly to fluctuations. Aliunid calls this a “breathing supply“. And this only works with real-time data, which even smart meters alone cannot provide. “We are very pleased that, thanks to the cooperation with Landis+Gyr, we will be able to offer a tested solution for the energy world of tomorrow in the future,” Aliunid CEO Dr David Thiel is quoted as saying.

    “Landis+Gyr supports solution providers for real-time applications that build on existing smart meters and contribute to the Energy Strategy 2050,” explains Dr Christian Zaugg, Head of the Switzerland Business Unit at Landis+Gyr. “This creates additional added value for electricity consumers that goes beyond the primary purpose of automated energy metering and billing.”

  • The intelligent electricity meters will come from 2021

    The intelligent electricity meters will come from 2021

    The intelligent electricity meters called Smart Meters will be available nationwide from 2021. The Zurich city council has approved tied expenditure of 194.2 million francs for this. In the coming years, the EWZ will replace 270,000 conventional meters with digital smart meters in order to meet the statutory requirements of the federal government.

    These contribute to a CO2-neutral energy supply and security of supply. The individual areas such as the generation of electricity from renewable energies, storage and more through to the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles must be networked. Smart meters are digital and internet-enabled electricity meters, consisting of a measuring device and an intelligent distribution network (smart grid). In addition to the smart meters in the buildings, these systems include other components that ensure remote reading of the new measuring devices via the EWZ fiber-optic network. The consumption data of the end users are transmitted to the billing center in encrypted form.

    In contrast to analog meters, which are read annually, digital smart meters can measure the consumption and power generation of a household around the clock and make this information available to customers. The new counters also enable definitive invoices to be created directly. In the future, billing will be based on the actual electricity consumption – every three months instead of bills on account and annual bills.

    Affected property owners will be informed in good time by EWZ about the replacement of the meter. ■