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| Source: Singapore Power website. |
As part of the Singapore Energy Market Authority’s retail contestability programme, SP is leveraging a countrywide IPv6 smart infrastructure networking platform from Silver Spring to allow eligible customers in Singapore to choose from a variety of retail energy providers and purchase electricity at wholesale market prices. Silver Spring’s Gen4 technology, which includes MicroAPs* with 3G wireless capability, enables SP to cover its service territory in Singapore efficiently and add new participants easily.
“By enabling consumers in Singapore to choose their retail energy provider, we are able to bring about greater choice and savings for our consumers, while building a scalable energy infrastructure for the future,” said Wong Chit Sieng, Chief Information Officer of Singapore Power and Chairman of SP PowerGrid, the transmission and distribution subsidiary of SP.
“By enabling consumers in Singapore to choose their retail energy provider, we are able to bring about greater choice and savings for our consumers, while building a scalable energy infrastructure for the future,” said Wong Chit Sieng, Chief Information Officer of Singapore Power and Chairman of SP PowerGrid, the transmission and distribution subsidiary of SP.
“The transition to an interoperable and high-performance IPv6 network canopy, high service levels, and speedy deployment has been possible through strong collaboration with strategic partners like Silver Spring. This infrastructure will enable SP to continue delivering world class power supply to Singapore’s consumers.”
“They continue to build on world-class infrastructure to deliver increased benefits to their customers and define excellence in the region,” said Scott Lang, Chairman, President and CEO, Silver Spring Networks, of SP. “We applaud Singapore Power on deploying a powerful network infrastructure that can easily scale to include additional smart grid or smart city applications as the programme expands.”
Any SP customer who meets consumption thresholds is eligible to opt-in to the program. To accommodate this opt-in approach, SP worked with Silver Spring and its consortium partner, ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems), to deploy an IPv6-based wireless network canopy that allowed for rapid connectivity for participating customers such as retail chains, town councils, and industrial customers.
*The Silver Spring MicroAPs supports both cellular and RF mesh on the same endpoint, allowing Silver Spring's cellular communications module to connect nearby grid devices via RF mesh and then act as their take-out point for the WAN. This unique combination of transports means utilities can adapt the number of cellular connections they need based on topology, coverage, density, bandwidth requirements, pace of deployment, and other project drivers.
“They continue to build on world-class infrastructure to deliver increased benefits to their customers and define excellence in the region,” said Scott Lang, Chairman, President and CEO, Silver Spring Networks, of SP. “We applaud Singapore Power on deploying a powerful network infrastructure that can easily scale to include additional smart grid or smart city applications as the programme expands.”
Any SP customer who meets consumption thresholds is eligible to opt-in to the program. To accommodate this opt-in approach, SP worked with Silver Spring and its consortium partner, ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems), to deploy an IPv6-based wireless network canopy that allowed for rapid connectivity for participating customers such as retail chains, town councils, and industrial customers.
*The Silver Spring MicroAPs supports both cellular and RF mesh on the same endpoint, allowing Silver Spring's cellular communications module to connect nearby grid devices via RF mesh and then act as their take-out point for the WAN. This unique combination of transports means utilities can adapt the number of cellular connections they need based on topology, coverage, density, bandwidth requirements, pace of deployment, and other project drivers.
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