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News: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Starview Technology and Logica Partner to Launch Real-Time Demand Automator
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Starview Technology, a provider of event-driven solutions, and Logica, a business and technology service company, recently announced they have partnered on a Real-Time Demand Automator (RTDA) to help utilities take control of flexible domestic demand on the electricity infrastructure. The collaboration is intended to provide
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), responsible for delivering electricity from the transmission network to end customers, with a powerful event-driven tool to manage the expected increase in demand within the capacity of their existing network infrastructure.
The solution is designed to use Analytical Event Processing (AEP) to monitor and control power demand and distribution in real-time. One application of use is electric vehicles (EVs). With the European Union target for a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 this is likely to result in significant growth in domestic electricity consumption from EVs. Charging an EV can double the electricity demand of an average family, and the addition of several EVs in a single street could overload the network and cause power outages to local residents. With RTDA, it is anticipated that such problems can be avoided.
The solution is built on the Starview Smart Enterprise Platform, which is designed to enable business users to detect patterns of behavior (faults, fraud, threats, out-of-control processes) in real-time, gain insight into these patterns and predict outcomes, and drive actions based on the insights. Its principal components - Event Servers for building, testing and deploying event-processing applications, Enterprise Hubs for controlling a distributed environment, and Simulation Servers - are designed to be combined to produce tailored solutions.
"We are very pleased to announce our partnership with Logica and to simultaneously bring to market our first joint solution," said Thomas Sulzbacher, CEO of Starview Technology. "Our experience with real-time, event-driven systems in utilities is complemented by Logica's strong domain expertise, and we look forward to a long and successful partnership."
RTDA has been installed in Logica's UK Innovation Centre and will soon be installed in Logica's Portuguese Innovation Centre specializing in utility solutions.
Chris Beard, Principal Consultant, Logica, explains, "The RTDA is an innovative, yet pragmatic, solution for managing demand across a smart grid. It demonstrates that the challenges created by operating distribution systems in smarter ways can be addressed cost effectively. We're delighted to be working with Starview who share our goal of creating real business value for our customers through the innovative use of technology."
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