Reliable private wireless network for smart grid applications
Reliable private wireless network for smart grid applications
2 Pages— SUCCESS STORY DTE Energy Reliable private wireless network for smart grid applications DTE Energy’s SmartCurrents Program • Project Location: 7,600 square miles in Detroit, Michigan, and surrounding areas • Applications: AMI, DA, substation auto- mation, outage management, SCADA • Project Scope: 3.6 million gas and elec- tric meters, 3,000 primary DA devices, 500 automated switches, 70 electric dis- tribution substations, and the largest solar power generation station in Michigan The final phase of the distribution automation ef- forts across DTE’s coverage area – 3.2 million meters in 7,600 square miles – was completed at the end of 2016. Notably, the DTE deployment of ABB’s Wireless technology is the largest wireless mesh network in the world. Putting the Network to the T
