ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 13, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Telvent (Nasdaq:TLVT), a leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that Cluj-Napoca City has selected Telvent to install the first distribution management system (DMS) for a medium voltage network in Romania. To assist with the project, Telvent will work with its Romanian partner, EnergoBit, to complete the modernization of more than 60 transformer substations with Saitel smart remote terminal units (SRTU). With the integration of an advanced DMS and SRTU technology, Cluj-Napoca City will take another step towards a smarter grid while increasing the efficiency of its operations, reducing operational expenditures and improving customer service satisfaction.
To provide complete functionality for the planning, operation and analysis of the distribution system, Telvent DMS will be installed at the dispatching center and will interface with the existing supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA), OASyS DNA. Telvent DMS allows the user to visualize a mathematical model of any distribution network, including detailed models for voltage management, micro-generation, frequency variation, demand response and other smart grid management functions. The Telvent DMS utilizes a built-in advanced analytics engine which helps utilities make better decisions and achieve greater operational efficiencies with its existing assets.
"Integrating an advanced distribution management system is one of the best ways utilities can generate the information necessary to improve profitability and plan improvements for future smart grid enhancements," said Telvent chief executive officer Ignacio Gonzalez. "We are proud to continue our partnership with EnergoBit and look forward to the positive results from the project for Cluj-Napoca following the installation of the Telvent DMS system."
Telvent has proven experience in deploying similar projects throughout the world such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) projects for Vattenfall (Sweden), Fortum (Finland) and SCADA, DMS, GIS and OMS projects for Consumers Energy (United States), Progress Energy (United States), Distribution Grids of Elektra (Panama), Emcali (Colombia), Saesa (Chile) and CNFL (Costa Rica). Today, more than 500 utilities worldwide rely on Telvent technology and solutions.
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