Smart Meters

118 mln smart meters forecast as China deploys new standards
With a series of new technical standards designed to enhance smart meter quality management and control set to come into force in August, China’s smart meter market to expand by 9 percent and break the 100 million-unit shipment threshold for the first time ever this year, according to market research company IHS iSuppli.
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Toshiba lands major smart meter deal with Tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has called on Toshiba to supply it with smart meters as part of it ambitious plan to deploy such devices in 27 million Japanese households over the next 10 years.
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Smart meters help Mumbai cut water losses by half
Implementing smart meters in Mumbai, India’s most populous city, has helped cut water losses by half, according to Itron, the largest US maker of metering devices.
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Big Bengal smart meter contract offers India stepping-stone
The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has signed a deal for more than 1.5 million digital electricity meters from Landis+Gyr.
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CLP signs up for Hong Kong smart metering pilot
CLP Power Hong Kong has selected US-companies Itron and Cisco for a pilot smart metering project. Due to start next year, the pilot project will include around 3,000 residential customers living in both private and public housing and around 1,400 small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers with the company hoping to boost its green credentials.
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Hong Kong water conservation boosted by new meters
US company Itronis to provide Hong Kong's Water Supplies Department (WSD) with 400,000 residential smart water meters over a period of two years beginning in late 2011. The project buildings on Hong Kong WSD's water conservation objectives. Hong Kong has limited water reserves and relies primarily on Dongjiang in Guangdong, in Southern China, for its water supply. At the same time, however, it has one of the world's highest levels of water consumption, per capita, in the world.
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PGE smart meter
Rapid take-up of smart meter technology led by Asia
CleanBiz.Asia Staff
August 11, 2011
Research shows that the uptake of smart meters has outstripped expectations with Asia being the engine room. A new report from Pike Research, "Smart Meter Market Forecasts", forecasts that the global installed base of smart meters will reach 535 million units by 2015.
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New partnership targets China’s smart-meter market
Energy control networking firm Echelon will work with Holley Metering Limited to develop advanced smart metering products for the China market. The latter expects to ship 10 million meters Chinese and international customers this year. Two companies are collaborating to develop products that meet the stringent requirements set by the State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid Co Ltd.
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Singapore pilots smart meters to monitor school energy use
Singapore's Ministry of Education, the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) and IBM are collaborating to install smart meters to track energy usage in 20. The computer giant is funding the S$121,000 (USD100,000) cost of the project, which is expected to be completed by August next year.
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