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Smart Meter Automation Powers Customer Service at Jersey Electricity
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云数据库
- 传感器 - 电表
适用行业
- 公用事业
用例
- 高级计量架构 (AMI)
挑战
尽管泽西岛不是英国智能电表推出的一部分，但智能电表是升级英国能源系统的大规模政府项目的核心部分，到 2020 年将替换约 5300 万个现有的燃气表和电表，让消费者获得更多准确了解他们的能源消耗情况。旨在提供“近乎实时”的能源使用信息，智能电表将使消费者能够管理他们的能源使用，让供应商更容易更换，并消除供应商读取电表和提供估计账单的需要。作为全岛唯一的电力供应商，Jersey Electricity 决定在英国其他地区之前主动推出智能电表，目标是到 2018 年底为国内和商业客户安装多达 45,000 米的电表。计划为三在今年的项目中，其子公司实用软件开发业务 Jendev 研究了交付关键组件的各种选项，包括智能电表本身以及用于收集、存储和分析每个智能电表提供的数据的关键数据仓库技术。这种数据收集和分析提出了一个重要的挑战。在每处房产中，智能电表都需要每年 365 天每天读取 48 个半小时读数，最终在项目推出结束时每年读数接近 10 亿次。这些数据从每个物业传递到其本地变电站的数据集中器，每天都会对这些数据集中器进行轮询，以整理中央数据仓库中的数据以进行处理和分析。
客户
泽西电力
关于客户
泽西电力
解决方案
Jendev 的业务经理 Gary Parsons 说。 “我们希望实现从设计和规划到实施和运营的整个数据仓库生命周期的自动化。我们的评估过程使我们选择了 WhereScape 及其 RED 数据仓库应用程序，我们之所以选择它，是因为它经过验证的强大功能和灵活性。 WhereScape 团队快速且经济高效地构建数据仓库的能力也给我们留下了深刻印象。” WhereScape RED 被设计为一个集成开发环境 (IDE)，以帮助在 SQL Server、Teradata、DB2、Greenplum 和 Oracle 中更快地构建数据仓库。它支持敏捷以及传统的项目方法，包括用于用户评论和可行性测试的实时原型设计。数据仓库在短短 22 天的开发时间内就建成、记录并投入生产，为 Jersey Electricity 提供了一个自动化智能计量网络，该网络将于 2015 年 7 月开始大规模安装。“我们已经安装了 9,000 个传统智能电表并收集数据，这帮助我们设计和测试了 WhereScape Red 数据仓库自动化工具，”Parsons 解释道。 “Red 是一种用途广泛的工具，可提供非常快速的开发周期和强大的报告功能——它是一个出色的解决方案。”
收集的数据
Warehouse Capacity, Gas Meters, Electricity Meters
运营影响
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