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    The infrastructure of power grids across the planet is a complex structure, with the number of connections between nodes at the same level as the structure of the human brain. Perhaps, there is nothing more important than its normal working capacity, since today the planet and we together with it cannot exist without electricity. But, oddly enough, modern energy, studying new methods of generating electricity (solar panels, recovery), uses the architecture of building energy networks and methods for its analysis, originally from the already hairy 90s.

    Why? It is possible that until recently it was not possible to efficiently and thoroughly take readings from household meters of consumed electricity and quickly monitor data coming from a whole city or even a country at a control point of a power plant. But not trying to do this is the same as eating a strict diet and sitting all day clicking on the TV remote control, in the hope that the body itself will acquire the desired shape. It really can do it, but, as we understand it, it will be much more efficient to pick up a dumbbell.

    It is the development of such a "dumbbell" that eMeter is engaged increating various intelligent and effective solutions in the energy industry, in particular - and in your future home. The company found the right approach to its mission and decided to start with the main thing - with the end user, that is, literally, with you and me, creating a completely new electricity meter.

    What is its difference from a counter with a disk installed in each house or apartment? Firstly, it is completely electronic. Secondly, it does an unthinkable number of operations, reading data on the energy consumption in your home and sending them to the power plant. Why do you need so much data?

    They say that the amount of information produced by the global electricity grid is comparable to or greater than the amount of data appearing on the Internet - I think you can imagine how unimaginable this number is. In the same way as in the case of the diet, it makes no sense not to try to use this amount of information as wisely as possible for the benefit of the user.

    From the meter installed in your house, information is read once a month - by you, or by a representative of a company selling electricity to you. It is unlikely that from one such record you can get data on how, what, at what time of the day you consume electricity. But this is critical information - if you knew it, you could reduce the consumption of the whole house or apartment yourself. And the power plant could better manage its own tariffs, reducing prices for the consumer.

    Therefore, the meter from eMeter sends information about what happens to the power grid every 15 minutes, removing it, on average, every 2 seconds. Moreover - you, as the owner of such a counter, can monitor in real time where your money is going, in the direct sense of the word. Thanks to the technologies developed by IBM in conjunction with eMeter, you get a virtual picture of energy consumption on the Internet.

    Is this data important? Without a doubt. It is the collection of such a volume of information and its subsequent analysis that will make it possible to build the electric networks of the future, where not only electricity producers will be responsible for their own actions, but each person will be able, from their own experience, to find out what the energy is spent in his house.



    IBM not only helps build smart products, in this case, energy networks running on the most advanced equipment, but also helps these technologies fall into the hands of the consumer. So, any large company engaged in the distribution of electricity can take advantage of this operating time, which is easily controlled and scaled. The capabilities of eMeter Smart Grid are on average 4 times higher than the latest industry standards in the field of building electrical networks, partly due to IBM Power Systems .

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