• November 13, 2023

    Smart Meters and Demand Response Management

    Historical Control Console Of A Power Plant

    Demand Response Management is an essential element of the future smart grid that helps to decrease peak demand and fluctuation in power.

  • October 9, 2023

    Deregulation in the Electrical Energy Sector

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    Deregulation of the energy market refers to the process of reducing or eliminating government rules and regulations.

  • May 3, 2024

    Why the Utility Loss Is Going To Be BIG?

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    There are several factors that are unnecessarily raising utility costs and, as a result, user costs,

  • April 28, 2024

    Smart Meter Protocols for Interoperability

    Smart energy meters installed in the field

    The DLMS/COSEM protocol provides a modern, secure, object oriented interface between meters and systems. In addition it offers an efficient implementation in hardware and software, which makes it ideal for advanced metering applications.

  • April 27, 2024

    What are the Main Challenges for Power Companies?

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    The traditional coal and gas-based energy production methods are gradually being replaced by renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydroelectricity.

  • April 24, 2024

    Smart Meters in Times of Energy Crises

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    Due to EU's sanctions on Russia, all European countries are suffering from a huge rise in energy prices. Mainly impacted are those countries, which are relying on import of oil and gas.

  • April 23, 2024

    Traceability of Meter Test Equipment

    Clou Energy Meter Traceability Pyramid

    All energy meters are calibrated individually at the end of the production line under various load conditions. Each equipment delivers similar test results

  • March 17, 2024

    Power Failure or Short Interruption?

    Power Company Distribution Network Service

    Was it a power failure or a short interruption? Whatever takes longer than 3 minutes is a Power failure. To overcome these definitions, power companies are using the term Outage.

  • October 16, 2023

    Enhancing Efficiency with Smart Distribution Management Software (DMS)

    Power Company Distribution Network Debugging

    Smart Distribution Management improves the fault-finding process and power restoration time after outages. The automated system solution operates in the medium voltage network between 10 kV and 24 kV for the feeder lines.

  • February 9, 2024

    Meter Constant- or Register Test?

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    The proper energy registration is the essential part for energy meters. Bills are issued according to the register readings.

  • September 28, 2023

    True Benefits of Advanced Metering Infrastructure

    CLOU AMI System On-site Testing

    The AMI system is providing a number of important functions and informations, which were not previously possible or had to be performed manually.

  • February 6, 2024

    Billing on the DC-side

    CLOU DC Meter Shunt

    DC metering will become more important in the near future. Together with energy storage, solar power plants and car charging, the customer expects an accurate billing.