Eaton-Möller - Future Grid Solution
Home is where a person places particular importance in well-being, comfort and security. Energy-efficient and energy-saving solutions are features that are also highly desirable here. An important requirement for this is a transparent and continuous display of energy consumption. Intelligent electricity meters, which communicate directly with supply companies, offer the end user a whole range of new possibilities. These allow the end user to benefit on the one hand from flexible tariff models, and at the same time as a supplier feed in electricity to the grid from renewable energy sources, such as photovoltaic or wind turbine generators. As an energy management company, Eaton is already offering diversified and customizable solutions for the "Smart Home" of tomorrow.
For energy supply companies and/or network operators, Smart Metering and Smart Grid mean more stable and efficient use of network infrastructures. As the consumption profiles are largely recorded on a daily basis and would be available in the future, network operators or power supply companies can make the required energy amounts available for certain network sectors in advance without having to increase their prices in the short-term. A contribution to a safe and reliable energy supply is equally made, using all or some of the process stages of forecast, planning, optimization, control, monitoring, recording and communication.
A Smart Grid also enables the development of new, additional services for power supply companies. As an example, set amounts of electricity could be purchased via prepaid cards, say for electricity supply in a holiday home. After the set amount of energy is consumed, the Smart Meter automatically cuts the user off from the grid.