Moving Beyond AMI with the Internet of Things · SMART ENERGY AND WATER Together can make a smart...

Paul Nelsen

Senior Director, Smartgrid Solutions APAC

Moving Beyond AMI with the Internet of Things

Moving beyond AMI with IOT 2|

Increasing

Demand

Rising Fuel

Costs

New Energy

Sources

A CHANGING

LANDSCAPE

“A Smart Grid is an electricity network that can intelligently integrate the actions of all users connected to it – generators, consumers and those that do both – in order to efficiently deliver sustainable, economic and secure electricity supplies.”

Source: The European Technology Platform Smart Grid (ETPSG)

The previous generation of Advanced

Metering Infrastructure does two things very

well: measures and communicates.


THE BENEFITS OF

FIRST GENERATION AMI


» Reduced cost of field operations

» Enables flexible energy rate structures

» Customer engagement for energy savings

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Revenue Assurance

Customer ServiceBenefits

Meter ReadingBenefits

THE LIMITATIONS


» Benefits primarily focused on “meter to cash”

» Data is still returned to central systems for

analysis and action

» Response times are better, but still dependent

on human intervention

» Operational and Safety benefits are limited by

lack of integration to operational systems


•Lots of meters sending lots of data back

•Value creation largely focused on meter to cash business process

AMI 1.0

•Collecting non-revenue data, beginning to utilize the data for distribution side benefits, value-added services, etc.

•Application of analytics in utility back officeSmart Grid 1.0

•Coordinated analysis and action to the edge of the network and endpoint

• Interoperation of diverse grid devices/assetsSmart Grid 2.0

THE BENEFITS OF

Smart Grid 2.0…


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EVOLUTION OF THE IOT UNLOCKS THESE

BENEFITS

Standards Enabled Interoperability


» IEEE 802.15.4/4e/4g (RF link) (2012)

» IEEE 1901.2 (narrowband PLC) (2013)

» IEEE 802.1x (for authentication - EAPOL)

» IETF RPL routing protocol

» IETF IPv6 networking protocols

» IETF EAP-TLS

» Extensions to standards to fill technology gaps


Computing Power at the Edge

• An iPhone or PC on every meter and grid device?

• A unified software platform running multiple apps, protocols

New Communication Capabilities

• Multi-modulation, multi-media, peer-to-peer, local broadcast

• The intelligence to choose among them

Locational Awareness

• On the distribution system (feeder, phase, transformer, other meters, etc.)

• Continuously and intelligently updating

Multilingualism

• Support for multiple communication and application protocols

• Smart metering, DA, Load Control/DR, HAN

New Technology Options

The smart grid becomes an IOT network populated with

devices that not only measure and communicate, but

make decisions and take action in real time.

» Intelligent meters and sensors positioned throughout the system, enabling efficiency, conservation and cost-effective balancing of supply and demand

» Location-aware devices detect and identify equipment problems or safety concerns, as well as provide accurate, timely information for events like outages and leaks

» Provide businesses and consumers with detailed consumption information, enabling them to become more resourceful about their energy and water consumption


Welcome to the active Smart grid.


Itron® Riva™

Now true intelligence can be

found throughout any

network, not only on the

computers and hard drives

back at the office. Itron Riva

is a revolutionary sensing

and communications platform

for the Internet of Things.

Pushing Intelligence

to the Edge

Itron Riva makes an

entire network visible by

putting computing power

and adaptive

communications in field

devices. Now Information

can be analyzed and

acted upon immediately.

Instant Results

With real-time

communication between

devices, they can actually

work together –

automatically – to decide

how information is

efficiently applied.

Adaptive

Communications

Technology

This breakthrough

platform can even be

customized with

applications that live

within field devices,

allowing a wide variety of

networks – utility and

otherwise – to save time,

resources and money.

Adaptive Communications Technology


» Single network solution incorporates two

communications technologies -RF and PLC - on

the same chip set

» Continuously monitors network for most reliable

and fastest communication path

» Network dynamically self-selects best

communication path, from available media and

modulation schemes

» Assured connectivity at highest available speed

» Performance to support applications beyond

smart metering (i.e. smart grid, smart cities

applications)

RF Mesh

Power Line

Carrier (PLC)

Solves Key Connectivity Challenges


Adaptive Communications Technology Benefits


» Simplified, zero-touch deployment

» Maximizes network coverage minimizes

mitigation

• More options for connection (RF or PLC depending on

best path)

» Assured connectivity at highest possible speed

• Dynamic link (RF/PLC), modulation and data rate

selection

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SINGLE MEDIA

SMART ENERGY

AND WATER

Together can make

a smart city.

Beyond utility infrastructure, the active grid network can integrate once disparate systems, such as traffic control, emergency response and other municipal systems to create more resourceful communities.


BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE.

As cities around the world face aging infrastructure,

growing urban populations, government mandates and

shrinking budgets, managing energy and water is critical

to ongoing economic prosperity and social well being.

Building a Smarter City 18|

itron.com/smartcities

THANK YOU

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