The project, which is located in the municipality of Batalha, will include distribution automation solution with consumption and generation-intensive duty-cycle automated meter reading function. It will enable new customer services and a better integration of distributed generation supported by an active distribution system management.
Silver Spring chairman, president and CEO Scott Lang said the company is proud to help EDP Distribuicao unlock more value and better serve their customers with our smart grid networking platform.
"We look forward to continued success in our project and helping EDP Distribuicao continue to transform its power grid." Lang added.
With Silver Spring’s smart energy network solution, utilities are claimed to improve operational efficiency, greater grid reliability, increase energy efficiency and empower their consumers to take better control over their energy usage.
EDP Distribuicao CEO Joao Torres said the company believes that Silver Spring can help achieve the company’s smart grid vision in this new project.
"Silver Spring’s multi-application networking platform has demonstrated its performance in a previous pilot project and we now want to extend it to more customers and deliver a wide array of advanced smart grid services." Torres added.
