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Smart Grid Enabled and Enhanced by Broadband Powerline

Authors:
Nadine Berezak-Lazarus

Keywords: Broadband Powerline; Smart Grid; Smart Metering; comparative performance of AMR technologies; USPs

Abstract:
For Smart Grid applications, Broadband Powerline presents inherent Unique Selling Points compared to other technologies. Many have promoted various technologies for Smart Grids. In Europe, new generation of Narrowband Powerline seem to gain ground. However, a growing number of utility and industrial companies, concerned about the limits of such widespread technologies, have tested and implemented Broadband Powerline- some with the help of bmp as strategy consultancy. The maturity coupled with the performance of this technology allows to forecast Broadband Powerline as one of the key technologies for Smart Grid, which will enable utility companies to overcome numerous challenges posed by the next generation energy distribution grid. Through this paper, we will describe the technologies forming the Powerline communications and especially, the place of Broadband Powerline among the Smart Grid technologies and its advantages.

Pages: 77 to 82

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: March 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-412X

ISBN: 978-1-61208-259-2

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from March 24, 2013 to March 29, 2013