Performance of smart metering solutions is critical for achieving client success, and key attributes focused in the Powel meter data management product are reliability, accessibility, security and consistence.

For the meter data collecting product, openness and ability to operate different communication methods are crucial and are told us to be beneficial regarding setting up the best tailored AMI. Meter data management product from Powel is scalable and is able to import 1 million time series of daily values in 31 minutes on two parallel servers. With 4 parallel servers the import job takes between 12 and 20 minutes.

The import includes a reasonable test of all values, storing all metered data in the database (table of values and table of history), updating the stored time series regarding latest import, control regarding upcoming export of data and storing updated information like status codes in a dedicated table in the database.

Competence

For more than 10 years Powel has delivered more than 50 software solutions to AMR projects in the European market.

Among the clients are major power market players in the position of rolling out large scale smart metering solutions. For serving this market, Powel keeps and develop extensive know-how in energy businesses, communication technology and tasks that involve meter data management.

The smart metering software solutions are developed in our offices in Norway and Sweden and these processes have been driven in close cooperation with our clients. The solutions from Powel are well proven but continuously in a phase of development assimilating the very best of user experiences and new technology.