Echelon Corp. (ELON) and ELO Announce Completion of Eletrobas Advanced Sensor & Smart Meter Project in Brazil
Echelon Corp., the premier energy control networking solution provider worldwide, and ELO Sistemas Eletronicos, one of the largest meter manufacturers in Brazil, announced that the Parintins City Project, ELO’s deployment of a 3,400 unit pilot installation with Eletrobras, is nearing completion. This massive utility is one of the largest in Latin America, serving over 3 million customers. The solution ELO has provided for this project consists of a dual mode smart meter that communicates over power line or by radio frequency through Echelon’s proprietary Multipurpose Expansion Port (MEP) feature. Echelon’s contribution to the project came in the form of smart…