Elster
Elster provides Smart Metering and smart grid system solutions across water, gas and electric utility industries worldwide and is seen as a global leader in this field. Elster Smart Metering system solutions provide utilities with resource conservation capabilities, smart grid applications and operational efficiencies resulting in significant value creation across enterprises. Elster has more than 7,500 staff and operates globally in North and South America, Africa, Middle East and Asia. In Europe, Elster operates in more than 23 countries and has its headquarters in Luxembourg.
Elster recognises the potential benefits that Smart Metering can bring to consumers and utilities alike and is pleased to be a part of an organisation that seeks to promote the benefits of Smart Metering in Europe. Elster feels that through its experiences across its global businesses, it can provide leadership to the Smart Metering industry.
Elster believes smart meters have the power to change people's relationship both with their utility suppliers and with the resources they consume. Connecting consumers in real-time to their resource consumption gives the consumer immediate feedback on conservation efforts they are undertaking. Smart Metering benefits also extend into the utility enterprise delivering efficiencies and service improvements not available through conventional metering technologies. Leak detection, real time outage notification, and power quality information are now available throughout a Smart Metering enabled utility. The result will be a cause/effect relationship between consumer and utility supplier that will deliver critical efficiency gains and resource conservation of benefit to society as a whole.
