Energy Sector
Power Distribution Division
Erlangen, Germany, October 02, 2009
Siemens Energy will provide a comprehensive smart metering solution to support Berlin-based Umetriq Entwicklungs-GmbH in building the IT infrastructure of a metering services provider and meter point operator for the German energy market. Siemens will supply core components for meter data acquisition and an advanced meter data management system. Umetriq, a subsidiary of Berlin Gaswerke (GASAG), will deploy the Siemens technology as a central component of an IT solution for market communications and business to deliver smart metering. Siemens is enabling Umetriq to expand its position as an independent metering services provider in the emerging liberalized metering market.
The German energy market became liberalized and opened up to competition in 2008. Now energy customers can choose not only their energy supplier but also the meter point operator and the metering services provider. Competition has meant an increasingly complex market structure with many new players joining the more established ones. Innovative solutions, such as the one provided by Siemens for Umetriq, will help ensure that the liberalized energy market functions smoothly. “Worldwide we are one of the few companies with the requisite know-how and technology that are capable of offering one-stop solutions,” said Ralf Christian, CEO of the Power Distribution Division of Siemens Energy.
The smart metering solution for Umetriq comprises an advanced meter data management system and the transaction server of a Siemens AMIS smart metering system. The Energy IP meter data management system provided by eMeter has a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and is already deployed worldwide with a number of large utilities for the management of over 20 million meter points. In addition to the core functions of meter data acquisition, validation and storage the meter data management system also offers automated functions such as technical meter management, meter data validation for billing, support for work management control, and remote meter shutdown and reactivation.
For the Umetriq solution the transaction server will be extended to include further functionality including Multi Utility Communication (MUC) and Smart Message Language (SML). To provide long-term investment protection the MUC decouples “long-life instrumentation” and “innovative wide-area communication” with a central unit in the home. This approach will ensure that the statutory requirements of the German Energy Management Act are met, in terms of monthly billing and load-variable, daytime-dependant tariffs. “The central IT system is the centerpiece of smart metering. Therefore, we above all placed major importance on selection of the meter data acquisition and management system. With its holistic solution based on the meter data management system and the AMIS transaction server Siemens has fully met our requirements,” said Uwe Horch, Managing Director of Umetriq.
Energy-efficient, eco-friendly solutions for setting up smart grids are part of the Siemens environmental portfolio with which the company earned revenues of nearly EUR19 billion in fiscal 2008. That is, equivalent to about a quarter of Siemens total revenue and makes Siemens the world’s leading provider of eco-friendly technology.
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 2008 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR22.6 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR33.4 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.4 billion. On September 30, 2008, the Energy Sector had a work force of approximately 83,500. Further information is available at: www.siemens.com/energy.
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Energy Sector – Power Distribution Division
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