Dive Summary:
- Silver Spring Networks has developed a new transformer monitoring solution that will be delivered into the Silver Spring UtilityIQ application software suite.
- The solution will provide utilities with visibility into the workings of the company's transformers, which will aid in reducing outage research times by isolating the locations of the faults.
- Temperature, current, and voltage monitoring will enable utilities to pinpoint problem spots on the grid and understand technical and non-technical losses.
From the article:
Utilities deploying DA solutions atop a standards-based network that supports AMI and other smart grid initiatives benefit from significant capital and operational savings. Silver Spring’s IPv6 networking platform connects more than 13 million homes and businesses worldwide and enables utilities of all sizes and across all geographies to deploy the broadest array of smart grid applications atop a common platform. ...