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Roundtable Energy Efficiency, Clean Power & Smart GridITU, Green Standards Week

Miguel ToledanoCullen International

Paris, September 17, 2012

Integrating Energy Strategies through Best Practice Regulation

Outline

• Smart meter reference models

• Cross-border interconnection

• Energy communication architecture

• ICT carbon footprint

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Smart meter reference models

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DSO

Customer

TSO

Supplier

Smart meter

Central data hub

Customer

DSO

TSO

Supplier

Smart meter

Metering operator

Customer

DSO

TSO

Supplier

Smart meter

DSO centered Central data hub Fully competitive

France, Spain Italy, UK Germany

Cross-border interconnection

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Electricity import Electricity export

France Germany Italy Spain UK0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

10

15

8

3 3

13

19

10

109

EU Target Current

(GW)

France Germany Italy Spain UK0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

13

15

42 2

15

17

1010

9

EU Target Current

(GW)

Communication architectures

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France

Germany

Italy

Spain

UK

Smart meterConcentrator in

MV/LV transformer substation

Central system

Smart meterGateway

next to meter (mandatory)

Concentrator in substation

(optional)

Central system

Smart meterConcentrator in

MV/LV transformer substation

Central system

Smart meterConcentrator in

MV/LV transformer substation

Central system

Smart meterGateway next to

meter (mandatory)Central system

PLC

PLC

PLC

Long range radio/GPRS/3G

PLC/DSL GSM/GPRS

GPRS

GSM/GPRS

GPRS/3G

ICT carbon footprint:

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Emission reduction (Europe Top ten)

(Yearly average targets, %)

Magyar Telekom

Deutsche Telekom

Nokia Siemens

BT

Vodafone

Alcatel-Lucent

Philips

Cisco Systems

Dell

Ericsson

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Thank youmiguel.toledano@cullen-international.com