Netbeheerders bestellen 3 miljoen slimme meters
8 juli 2015 – De Netbeheerders Liander, Stedin, Delta en Westland Infra hebben bij het Zwitserse Landis+Gyr drie miljoen slimme meters besteld. Later kan de bestelling nog verder worden uitgebreid.
Persbericht van Landis+Gyr
‘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.’
Uit een bericht van Energeia
‘(…) Door gezamenlijk op te trekken, hebben de netbeheerders een kostenbesparing van zo’n 30% kunnen realiseren. De eerste leveringen staan gepland voor begin volgend jaar. De vier netbeheerders zijn samen verantwoordelijk voor de elektriciteits- en gasnetten in de provincies Zeeland, Zuid-Holland, Noord-Holland, Friesland, Flevoland, Gelderland en Utrecht. Naast een jaarlijkse factuur krijgen de klanten met een slimme meter in dit gebied straks zes keer per jaar een verbruiksoverzicht. Het apparaat moet ook overstappen vergemakkelijken doordat standen automatisch worden doorgegeven. (…)’
Bronnen
Persbericht Landis+Gyr, 7 juli 2015: Landis+Gyr achieves four Smart Meter wins in the Netherlands
Energeia, 7 juli 2015: Regionale netbeheerders bestellen 6 mln slimme meters (Registratie)
