GOUDA, Netherlands and
ZUG, Switzerland /PRNewswire/
-- Landis+Gyr, a leading global energy management solutions
provider, has been awarded a major contract by the four Dutch
distribution grid operators Liander, Stedin, DELTA Netwerkbedrijf
and Westland Infra for the supply and offer of 3 million smart
meters in the
Netherlands. The contracts, which have been signed with all
four operators individually, have an option for an extension later,
which could result in a higher number of smart meters
delivered.
Landis+Gyr will
supply both smart electricity meters and smart gas meters based on
the Dutch Smart Meter SMR5 specifications to all four grid
operators. The majority of the meters will be rolled out in the
time period from 2016 – 2020. The project may be prolonged until
the end of 2026. At the end of this project, the majority of Dutch
households will be equipped with a smart electricity meter and a
smart gas meter.
With this tender,
the four grid operators are complying with the legal obligation to
offer a smart meter to every household in the
Netherlands before 2021. Moreover, the Smart
Meters being installed will be equipped with a communications port
that allows the smart meter to communicate into the home. This will
enable consumers to visualize their energy consumption on an
In-Home Display, or connect to a Home Energy Management System
(HEMS). This functionality will give Dutch consumers the ability to
have direct feed-back and control their energy consumption.
"This is a
significant win for Landis+Gyr in Europe,"
says Oliver Iltisberger, Executive Vice President Landis+Gyr
EMEA. "Alliander, Stedin, Delta and Westland have joined
forces to bring benefits to the Dutch consumers. After Landis+Gyr
supplied the majority of the smart meters in the pre-rollout
in the
Netherlands, these contracts are a confirmation of the trust
and confidence in our company."
Coco Geluk,
Managing Director of Landis+Gyr, Netherlands,
added, "The winning of this public tender marks a continuation of
Landis+Gyr's long-standing relationship with these four grid
operators. We are very happy and proud to be able to make a
contribution to the smart meter rollout in the
Netherlands, which will bring tangible benefits to Dutch
consumers and strengthen the energy supply system."
Alliander and
Stedin say that the choice to launch a joint tender was taken
because both parties share the same vision to organize a large
scale roll-out project and the choice for CDMA 450 as their
communication technology. The participation of Delta and Westland
brings the total coverage to 70 percent of the Dutch networks.
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Background
information
In the last
decade, various smart meter projects have been performed
in the
Netherlands. Initially as small pilots, later as bigger
projects, in the past two years, the Dutch grid operators have
worked together in the so called Netbeheer Nederland consortium.
Together they have installed smart meters at more than 500.000
households inthe
Netherlands. Landis+Gyr was one of the selected suppliers
for electricity and gas meters in this project.
About
Landis+Gyr
Landis+Gyr is the leading
global provider of integrated energy management products tailored
to energy company needs and unique in its ability to deliver true
end-to-end advanced metering solutions. Today, the Company offers
the broadest portfolio of products and services in the electricity
metering industry, and is paving the way for the next generation of
smart grid. With annualized sales of more than US$1.6
billion, Landis+Gyr, an independent growth platform of the
Toshiba Corporation (TKY:6502) and 40% owned by the Innovation
Network Corporation ofJapan,
operates in 30 countries across five continents, and employs 5,200
people with the sole mission of helping the world manage energy
better.