- T-City presents the energy world of tomorrow
- The focus is on intelligent electricity meters
- Brazil: 62 million smart meters by 2020
T-City Friedrichshafen will be receiving visitors from South America: On August 25, 2011 a delegation from Brazil will be coming to visit Deutsche Telekom's future lab. Over 15 representatives of Brazilian utility companies and authorities are coming to T-City to learn about IT-supported energy solutions and concepts. One of the focuses will be the smart metering project in Oberhof and Windhag. Since the beginning of the year, both Friedrichshafen districts have been equipped throughout with intelligent electricity, gas and water meters. Brazilwants to install 62 million smart meter "In the area of energy, Brazil is clearly one of the future markets" says Gabriele Riedmann de Trinidad, head of the Group business area Energy at Deutsche Telekom. "We see a huge potential for smart metering primarily because the country wishes to install 62 intelligent electricity meters by 2020." In T-City Friedrichshafen, visitors will have the opportunity to see one of Germany's biggest smart metering projects: In the districts of Oberhof and Windhag alone, some 1,600 households have been equipped with smart meters. The smart meters automatically send the measured data to the utility companies by radio or DSL. A software program processes the information and makes it available at regular intervals to the customer via a personalized Internet portal. This enables users to determine, for example, how much energy each device in the household requires and thus provides the opportunity for them to improve their personal energy balance. "At the moment, we are also working towards connecting smart metering with home networking systems. Consumers will not only be able to identify energy saving potentials, but will also be able to control almost their whole household remotely with their smartphones", explains Riedmann de Trinidad. Brazil is one of the cleanest nations in the world in terms of energy production. The country currently covers 94 percent of its energy requirements through renewable sources; 84 percent of the power is produced through hydroelectricity. However, Brazil is also one of the fastest growing countries in the world both in terms of its population and its economy. Its energy requirements are growing proportionally. The corporate consulting company, KPMG, estimates that by 2020 energy consumption will reach more than 700,000 gigawatt hours per year - in 2008 it was still 420,000 gigawatt hours. In order to meet this requirement, Brazil is focusing on renewable sources and on expanding energy production from coal, gas and nuclear power.
About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 128 million mobile customers, 35 million fixed-network lines and approximately 17 million broadband lines (as of June 30, 2011). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has around 241,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 62.4 billion in the 2010 financial year – more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2010). T-City Friedrichshafen. Living the future. T-City is the joint future lab of Deutsche Telekom and the town of Friedrichshafen. The town is located on Lake Constance and was selected as T-City in February 2007 from a total of 51 applicants. The two partners are turning the world of tomorrow into a real experience as part of a globally unique partnership under the slogan "T-City Friedrichshafen. Living the future." For the first time, citizens, companies, schools, scientists, the medical community, and the town administration are working on innovative applications for day-to-day use -together, in and for their town. Thanks to state-of-the-art information and communication technology and outstanding ideas, T-City intends to make everyday life easier for locals and tourists, young and old, teachers and students, local authority experts and entrepreneurs, and to create tangible benefits in all areas of life. Up until 2012 T-City Friedrichshafen will showcase how modern information and communication technology can improve a town’s quality of life and location. In June 2009, nine "futurist" households, out of 548 applications, were chosen in Friedrichshafen. The "futurists" can test state-of-the-art information and communication technology as well as T-City projects within their own four walls for one year completely free of charge. For more information, visit www.t-city.net.
