Kamstrup Selected For Norwegian Smart Metering Deployment

Online, March 30, 2012 (Newswire.com) - Ringeriks-Kraft will be the first distribution company in Norway to implement a smart metering system since the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) issued the directive about countrywide implementation of smart meters before January 1, 2017. The meter installation will take place in 2012-2013.

Project manager, Morten Sjaamo, from Ringeriks-Kraft says: "It was important for us to choose a solution based on proven technology which is why we ended up with Kamstrup as supplier of both meters and communication infrastructure. Kamstrup's technology has shown convincing results from projects in Sweden, Finland and Denmark."

The power company will be able to benefit from a more accurate billing and a smoother communication with their customers due to automatic and on demand collection of hourly values from the meters and a two-way communicating system. The precise load profile of single meters and of whole areas will strongly improve the energy efficiency for the benefit of the environment and the economy.

Mr. Sjaamo summarizes the smart metering investment as a major step towards a more efficient, holistic and quality approved process from data collection to billing, a step leading to the full Smart Grid implementation.

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Kamstrup serves energy and utility companies with long-term stable technology that enables simple and cost effective metering, collection and management of energy consumption data. Specialised in energy metering Kamstrup provides a full range of solutions for heat, cooling, electricity, water and natural gas. Solutions include hardware, software, operation and support within the area of metering, automatic data collection, analysis and surveillance of energy consumption.
Kamstrup is a global player with a strong international position and representations in more than 50 countries. Headquartered in Jutland, Denmark, Kamstrup carries a highly skilled workforce of researchers and developers and a fully-automated production plant.

Today almost 10,000,000 energy and water meters from Kamstrup are installed in homes worldwide securing fair billing and an efficient use of energy.