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Hitachi is a leading global technology company with a highly diversified worldwide business. Hitachi in Europe is committed to improving society through the development of innovative technologies and intelligent solutions, with a focus on Power, Rail, Construction and Data Storage systems. The company has developed a wide range of information, communication, and control systems for smart grids, including power electronics that improve energy efficiency, power quality, and the reliability of the electricity grid.
For more information visit: www.hitachi.eu |
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Oracle Utilities delivers proven software applications that help utilities of all types and sizes achieve competitive advantage, business performance excellence and a lower total cost of technology ownership. Oracle Utilities integrates industry-specific customer care and billing, network management, work and asset management, mobile workforce management and meter data management applications with the capabilities of Oracle’s industry-leading enterprise applications, business intelligence tools, middleware and database technologies. The software enables customers to adapt more nimbly to market deregulation, meet ever-evolving customer demands and deliver on environmental conservation commitments. Additionally, Oracle Utilities helps utilities prepare for smart metering and smart grid initiatives that enhance efficiency and provide critical intelligence metrics that can help drive more-informed energy and water usage decisions for consumers and businesses.
For more information, visit www.oracle.com/goto/utilities |
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PowerSense delivers cutting-edge monitoring and control equipment together with integrated supervision, which enables the modern power companies to prepare its existing power infrastructure for tomorrow’s Smart Grid. PowerSense uses world-leading technology to merge existing and new power infrastructure into the existing SCADA and IT systems of the power companies. The integration of the upgraded power infrastructure and IT systems instantly optimizes Outage and Fault Management that will decrease the Customer Minutes Lost (SAIDI).
At the same time, this integration will help the power companies to further improve their Asset Management, resulting in major cost savings, and their Power Management, resulting in high-performance Outage Management and high power efficiency. The PowerSense product line is called DISCOS®.
For more information visit: www.sensethepower.com |
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Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in energy and infrastructure, industrial processes, building automation, and data centres/networks, as well as a broad presence in residential applications. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, and efficient, the company's 110,000 plus employees achieved sales of 19.6 billion euros in 2010, through an active commitment to help individuals and organizations “Make the most of their energy.”
For more information on Schneider Electric, visit www.schneider-electric.com
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The Siemens Energy Sector is the world’s leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2010 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR 25.5 billion and received new orders totaling more than EUR 30.1 billion and posted a profit of more than EUR 3.3 billion. On September 30, 2010, the Energy Sector had a work force of more than 88,000.
For more information visit: www.siemens.com/energy |
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Wipro (NYSE:WIT) is a $6 bn global provider of comprehensive IT solutions and services, including consultancy, systems integration, outsourcing, BPO and application development & maintenance.
With over 10 years of specialization in the Utilities sector Wipro has amassed a tremendous depth of experience across gas, water and electricity including Customer Care, Transmission and Distribution, Billing and Settlement, Work and Asset Management, Energy Retailing and Metering and more recently in Smart Grids. Wipro brings the knowledge gained from working with some of the world’s largest organizations to the complex issues faced by the utility industry.
For more information visit: www.wipro.com |
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Our innovative software, data, and services and deep industry-specific domain expertise help clients solve complex technical challenges to manage critical infrastructure, meet growing energy demands, and provide a smarter grid.
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Alstom Grid, the grid management sector of Alstom, brings power to their customers’ projects, whether for utilities, industries, or facilitating the trading of energy. Alstom Grid ranks among the top 3 in electrical transmission sector with a sales turnover of approximately € 3.5 billion in 2009. At the heart of Smart Grid technologies, Alstom Grid offers products, services and integrated energy management solutions across the full energy value chain—from power generation, through transmission and distribution grids and to the large end user.
For more information visit: www.alstom.com/grid
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Bentley is global software and services company dedicated to providing solutions that allow our users to plan, design, manage and operate the worlds infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has nearly 3,000 colleagues in more than 45 countries, $500 million in annual revenues, and, since 1999, has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Bentley’s solutions encompass the complete life cycle of fixed and linear assets from the initial planning stages through to the on-going operation of those assets. We have solutions to meet the specific asset management requirements of many owner operators, including Utilities, Rail, Road, Power, Local and Central Government.
For more information visit: www.bentley.com |
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Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) is leading the worldwide transformation of the electricity grid into a smart, communicating energy network, connecting utilities to their customers, enabling networking of everyday devices, and providing customers with energy aware homes and businesses that react to conditions on the grid.
Echelon's NES System – the control networking infrastructure for the smart grid – enables intelligent distributed control applications and devices that deliver maximum reliability, survivability and responsiveness. Through the Echelon Control System (ECoS) platform, the NES system enables any device, speaking any protocol, connected over any network to be integrated into local decision making and connected securely to enterprise IT systems through virtually any IP network. The NES System helps utilities compete more effectively, reduce operating costs, provide expanded services and help energy users manage and reduce overall energy use.
Echelon's LonWorks® Infrastructure products www.echelon.com/products/ extend the smart grid in to smart buildings factories, homes and other systems, powering tens of millions of energy aware, everyday devices made by thousands of companies – connecting them to each other, to the electricity grid and to the Internet. LonWorks based products work together to monitor and save energy; lower costs; improve productivity; and enhance service, quality, safety, and convenience in utility, municipal, building, industrial, transportation, and home area networks.
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The Lloyd’s Register Group is an organisation that works to enhance safety and to approve assets and systems at sea, on land and in the air. We aim to ensure that assets and associated systems work so that people and communities around the world can get on with everyday life.
To help make this happen, we set, uphold and apply high technical standards of design, manufacture, construction, maintenance, operation and performance across many industries to the benefit of many businesses.
Fore more information visit www.lr.org |
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At Locamation we believe that substation automation will play an increasingly important role in network management. We develop, produce and market solutions for substation automation ready to face future demands. Our solutions enable efficient network management now and tomorrow. Locamation's mission is to develop and supply products and services for the control of electrical network infrastructure contributing to the ultimate goals of our customers.
For more information visit: www.locamation.nl |
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Power Plus Communications (PPC) is Europe's leading provider of broadband powerline communication (BPL) systems for Smart Metering and Smart Grids. BPL uses the existing power networks, converting them into IP-based, real-time communications platforms which can easily reach any location covered by the power grid. BPL creates standardised, cost-efficient, smart energy networks. PPC’s systems are based on a modularised concept, enabling flexibility and scalability for future applications. The technology is currently being used in Smart Metering and Smart Grid projects throughout Europe and the Middle East. The largest single installation is in Mannheim, Germany, covering an entire city with 325,000 inhabitants.
For more information visit: www.ppc-ag.com |
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Established in 1927, KEMA is an independent knowledge leader and a global provider of high-quality services to the energy value chain, including business & technical consultancy, operational support, measurements & inspection, and testing & certification. KEMA provides impartial advice and support to producers, suppliers and end users of energy, as well as to governmental bodies. In addition, KEMA certifies products, systems and individuals for a wide range of clients. |
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Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT) is a global IT solutions and business information services provider dedicated to helping improve efficiency, safety and security for the world’s leading companies. Telvent has proven experience in deploying smart grid projects throughout the world. Today, more than 500 utilities worldwide rely on Telvent technology and solutions. Telvent’s comprehensive smart grid solution suite is designed to help utilities efficiently plan, design and reliably operate the smart grid. Its capabilities include:
- Data collection and monitoring
- Customer/grid interfaces
- Grid analytics
- Grid design tools
- Real-time operations tools
- Rules-based economic decision-making tools
Integration to traditional business software With a focus on interoperability and security, the Telvent Smart Grid Solution Suite includes products for Smart Operations, Smart Networks, and Smart Metering.
For more information visit: www.telvent.com
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UMS Group – Leveraging proven Asset Management and Performance Management solutions to achieve excellence in utilities industry.
UMS Group is an international infrastructure asset management and performance management consultancy group specializing in enterprise-level value creation, utility asset management and performance management solutions. Contributions to industry consist of participating in the 2008 update of Publicly Available Standard 55 (PAS55), facilitating and servicing the International Utilities industry with global learning consortia and benchmarking for over 15 years.
In addition to consulting services, UMS offers Asset Management decision support tools and Enterprise Performance Management tools to our global client base.
For more information visit: www.umsgroupeurope.com
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