Landis+Gyr will deploy 200,000 smart meters for Indian firm Tata Power Delhi Distribution
Swiss provider of smart meters and smart grid solutions Landis+Gyr has secured a contract in India with Tata Power Delhi Distribution. Encompassing 200,000 single phase and three phase smart meters, the project is a follow up to the contract for India’s first advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with radio frequency (RF) canopy, comprising 500,000 endpoints, which Tata Power-DDL awarded to Landis+Gyr earlier this year.
Tata Power-DDL distributes electricity in the north of Delhi, India’s capital city, and serves a population of 7 million, with a customer base of 1.6 million people.
Landis+Gyr said it has supported Tata Power-DDL through an initial pilot phase to gain the regulatory approval necessary for full roll out.
“We are dedicated to bringing state of the art AMI technology and solutions to our customers in North Delhi. Our work with Landis+Gyr on India’s first, large scale, smart meter and RF canopy deployment, which covers the full 510 square kilometers of Tata Power-DDL’s area of operation, marks a significant step in our efforts to bring smart grid technology to India,” Praveer Sinha, CEO and managing director of Tata Power-DDL, said. “This deployment will not only empower our consumers by utilizing a two-way communication system, but it will also help us to build an important foundation for a truly smart grid, featuring world class power distribution infrastructure.”
“Smart metering and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) can bring so many benefits to the end customer, allowing them the opportunity to better manage and control their energy use,” Ellie Doyle, Landis+Gyr’s executive vice president of APAC, said. “We look forward to supplying this important first tranche of smart meters for them, providing as it will the smart energy data necessary to further deepen the relationship Tata Power-DDL has with its customers,” added Doyle.
The Swiss company provides smart grid solutions including smart metering, distribution network sensing and automation tools, load control, analytics and energy storage.
