CriticalLink 4G Mission Critical LTE Network Receives Intelligent Sensors and Grid Analytics System
Sentient Energy Inc., announced that they have partnered with Southern Linc, a Southern Company (SO) to bring their industry-leading intelligent sensors and grid analytics system to Southern Linc customers.
The Southern Linc - Sentient Energy agreement brings together two leading platforms: a mission-critical LTE network from Southern Linc and Sentient Energy’s proven, reliable analytics platform of sensors, software, and analytics. Sentient Energy’s Grid Analytics System covers an entire distribution network with quickly-deployed intelligent sensors and analytics that identify and analyze potential faults and other grid events. Sentient Energy’s advanced line sensors and analytics coupled with Southern Linc’s 4G LTE Advanced network will deliver a robust and reliable distribution grid system for utility customers.
“We are very excited to partner with Sentient Energy,” said Southern Linc President and CEO Tami Barron. “Sentient Energy was certified on our CriticalLinc™ 4G LTE Advanced network so we can provide our customers with a redundant, reliable, secure wireless communication network plus Sentient Energy’s best-in-class Grid Analytics System.”
Sentient Energy’s MM3 intelligent sensors can be quickly installed with a hotstick. Once installed, MM3s can accurately pinpoint and isolate a fault whether from vegetation or other disruptions and restoration teams can go straight to the source to take care of the issue. The Sentient Energy Ample software platform provides advanced grid analytics to proactively monitor and analyze grid activity and expand fault, momentary and disturbance detection.
“Sentient Energy’s Intelligent Sensors provide visibility into our customers distribution grid real time operating conditions. This includes phase identification, feeder load balancing, potential overload conditions, disturbance detection and instantaneous fault locations,” said James Keener, CEO of Sentient Energy. “This information supports daily operations as well as giving valuable information to system planners. The information captured by each intelligent sensor supports the over all analytics effort enabling predictive maintenance reducing both the frequency and duration of outages.”
Sentient Energy Intelligent Sensors not only enable utilities to reduce CMI through SAIDI, SAIFI and MAIFI improvements, they capture critical real time operating data which enable engineers and data scientists to develop applications, drive efficiency, reliability, public safety and achieve overall greater grid performance.