Malta to get smart grid
Article Type: News From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 20, Issue 4
Malta has contracted IBM to install a £70 million smart utility grid and replace 250,000 analogue electricity and water meters with smart meters by 2012. The Maltese National Electricity and Water Utilities Enemalta and Water Services Corporation (WSC) says the deal will also include advanced IT applications enabling utilities to remotely monitor and suspend meters, as well as allowing consumers more choice over their tariffs.
Smart grids are considered vital to improving the energy efficiency of electricity grids in Europe, some of which date back to the 1960s. They allow utilities to monitor demand much more accurately, saving on emissions by not having to over-estimate electricity use, and identifying more accurate patterns of use.
