gridcomm overview
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Q1 2015
gridComm Pte LtdEnabling Reliable “Smart Grid” with Smart Power Line Communications
Overview
SMART GRIDSare a modern way of managing power resources, making cities more efficient than ever
The Need
Manage power supply and remotely regulate street lighting and public utilities
Give homes better visibility and control over their power usage by linking to smart appliances
All this control and information can be fed into a centralized system
2008
• Semitech provides the chips that enable comm over the power grid, connecting utilities to power consumers.
2012
• gridComm formed to create reference module hardware and adaptive network software to enable communications to monitor power utilities, including digital electric meters.
2014
• gridComm creates turnkey solutions and end-to-end systems that regulate, monitor and control power usage over an entire smart grid. Lighting management software & hardware used in key projects.
Company Profile
Company Background
Power line communications chip that adapts to changing conditions.
1Module with gridComm network software enables data communications between thousands of M2M/IOT devices.
2 Linking with customers’ meters and street lights with gridComm Street Light Management Software
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Company Profile
What We Do
• Power line communications is the standard for smart grids in China and Europe
• Customers include smart meter manufacturers (200M meters by 2016), LED street light makers (20M over next 5 years)
– China State Grid and Southern Grid certifications with meter partner customers.
– Engaging Smart City Street Light projects with IDA and IE in China.
– Field trials/pilots in Singapore andIndonesia.
2014 2016 2020
200M
400M+
Forecasting growth in the Asia-Pacific region alone.
60M
Commercialization
Growth Potential
• Electrical network operates with largely unfiltered grid, opening the possibility of electrical noise
• Traditional solutions use that use power lines for communications use only a single fixed frequency for data.
The Problem with Power Lines
Technology
• On unflitered power lines, devices plugged into the grid make electrical noise
• This noise makes it very difficult to use power lines for transmitting data and communication.
The Problem with Power Lines
Technology
• gridComm chips transmit using 18 independent channels of frequencies configurable real-time over power lines with adaptive network software
The Solution with Power Lines
Technology
• When there is noise on one channel, the chips dynamically adjust to use one of the other available channels automatically
The Solution with Power Lines
Technology
Mike Holt, CEO (Singapore): Experienced technology CEO and Incubation Manager for NRF TIS Incubator Get2Volume.
TL Nge, VP Sales/Marketing & Field Application (Singapore):
Smart grid systems and semiconductor expert; Strong China knowledge and connections via experiences: STM,
Silicon Systems, TI, Teridian, Semitech
20+ years of experience in design and development of embedded systems and in software architecture at HP and GE, an experienced trainer and technical writer and ex-Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic Software Engineering lecturer
Arthur Goh , VP R&D, Engineering(Singapore):
TL Chua, Operations (Based in Singapore):
TL developed and manufactured the gridComm GC8100 PLC module.
Dai LiZhou, CTO (Based in Singapore/China): Power Line Communications expert via Harbin University research. Dai architected the GC2200 PLC controller and networking software.
Company Profile
Management Team
• Partnered with Meijixing to provide Streetlights Power Module with Metering and PLC functions including Back-end Management software for Smart City PLC Street Lights projects in Guangxi province, Nanjing, Tianjin, Zhuzhou and Guangzhou etc.
• Installed 100 smart LED and HID street lights at CAEXPO center, an iconic trade center in Nanning.
• World’s only digital street lighting power supply all
linked to a concentrator module in the area• Controls accessible
from software at a central computer
gridComm Case Study: Street Lighting Project
Meijixing PLC Lighting Module
• Partnered with Zhongshan FullSeas to provide system that allowed meters and concentrators to relay information over power lines back to a central computer.
• Successful field trial done in difficult sites in Zhuhai city where competitive solutions failed. Pilot deployment in planning.
• Meter modules all linked to a concentrator module in the area
• Information transmittedvia Ethernet/cellular network toa central computer
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gridComm Case Study: Electric Meter Project
Zhongshan FullSeas Grid
• Partnered with Shanghai Meshall Lights PLC to rig the Oriental Pearl TV Tower with a remote controlled lighting system
• Because it was a broadcast tower sensitive to transmissions, wireless communications control was not possible
• Gridcomm’s system allowed client to control lighting by utilising the existing electrical wiring to the lights.
Case Study: Remote Lighting Control
Oriental Pearl Tower Lighting
