Knowledge-Pushed Resolution to Allow Jemena, at AEMO’s Course, to Remotely Handle Shopper Vitality Sources for Vitality System Reliability
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Dec. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new methods for utilities and cities to handle power and water, is collaborating with Jemena, a supplier of gasoline and electrical energy providers to tens of millions of consumers in Australia, to deploy Itron’s Low Voltage Distributed Vitality Useful resource Administration System (LV DERMS) to handle rooftop photo voltaic technology and improve resiliency throughout the power system. The modern data-driven and versatile resolution transforms the planning and working dangers attributable to shopper power assets (CERs), particularly photo voltaic, into alternatives. LV DERMS will assist tackle challenges stemming from the mixing of CER into the low voltage community with real-time insights to allow operational selections.
Following the emergency photo voltaic backstop mechanism mandated by the Victorian Authorities, from Oct. 1, 2024, all new or upgraded rooftop photo voltaic programs should have a utility suitable inverter and dependable web connection that may permit utilities to handle minimal demand. The Itron LV DERMS resolution allows Jemena, on the route of the Australian Vitality Market Operator (AEMO), to remotely curtail solar energy technology when provide and demand imbalances happen throughout the electrical energy grid. This functionality ensures compliance with the Victoria mandate and affords an easy-to-install, cost-effective and safe resolution for addressing stability challenges confronted by AEMO, which stem from the low voltage distribution community.
Itron’s LV DERMS permits Jemena to repeatedly acquire and course of safe photo voltaic system technology information from all new rooftop photo voltaic related to the system from Oct. 1, 2024. Close to real-time data gives Jemena with visibility into the power ranges of their distribution community to reply and forestall grid instability attributable to extra technology throughout the power system. When Jemena moderates photo voltaic enter to the grid to make sure grid reliability, buyer electrical energy provide will proceed uninterrupted. Itron’s LV DERMS affords a seamless deployment with Jemena’s current back-office programs, delivering a whole view of the electrical energy community efficiency.
Throughout Jemena’s electrical energy distribution community, we’re seeing extra clients undertake photo voltaic panels, electrical automobiles and different applied sciences than ever earlier than. Whereas photo voltaic technology is useful to clients and a sustainable option to energy houses, extra solar energy may cause supply-demand imbalance throughout the power system and probably overload it, stated Georgia Cronin, Common Supervisor Buyer & Vitality Options at Jemena. Itron’s LV DERMS helps us handle minimal demand and contributes to maintaining the lights on for our clients.
Maximizing the contribution of shopper power assets (CERs) is essential to assembly Australia’s local weather targets, and with rooftop photo voltaic at 30% penetration, it is rising quicker than some other renewable sources throughout the continent. Australia acknowledges the dangers to the power system from rooftop photo voltaic and is main the trade as they implement mandates to arrange for the way forward for CERs, stated Alex Beveridge, Itron’s director of gross sales for APAC. Designed particularly for the Australian market, our LV DERMS not solely addresses the soundness challenges dealing with the power system however can even assist Jemena higher perceive capability constraints throughout the electrical energy distribution community. With Itron’s options already built-in on the fringe of many Australian utility suppliers’ Superior Metering Infrastructures (AMI) networks, deploying Itron’s LV DERMS gives a cheap and streamlined method, as seen with Jemena.
To find out how Australia is optimizing CERs to fulfill the nation’s net-zero future, be part of the Sensible Vitality Worldwide webcast that includes spokespeople from Itron and Jemena on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 3:00 p.m. AEDT or on Monday, Dec. 2 at 8:00 p.m. PST right here.
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