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By Liz Enbysk

SGN Managing Editor

 

Metering companies are duking it out south of the border; find out who won contracts in Brazil and Ecuador this week. A solar company took the No. 2 spot in Inc. magazine's latest list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies. And four cleantech startups got some help from a San Francisco-based investor. Scroll down and on page 2 for details on these and the week's other wins.

 

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PROJECT WINS

 

·         Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories based in Pullman, Washington, inked a multi-year substation automation contract valued at $71.5 million with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). SEL will supply project management, engineering services, software, and hardware to enhance the performance of the electric power grid owned and operated by LADWP. Press release >>

 

·        Lucid Energy announced that San Antonio Water System will be the site of the first LucidPipe Power System installation in Texas. According to Lucid, the water-to-wire system produces clean, low-cost renewable energy from fast-moving water inside of large-scale municipal, agricultural and industrial water pipelines and effluent streams. Riverside Public Utilities in California, is currently operating the first commercial installation of the system. Press release >>

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·      Itron, another company headquartered in Washington State, will supply 20,000 of its smart meters along with a meter data collection system and

support services to CPFL Energia, the largest private group in the Brazilian energy sector that provides electricity distribution, generation, and retail services. The AMI project will focus on CPFL's commercial and industrial clients. Press release >>

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Meanwhile, Eléctrica de Guayaquil, a state-owned electric utility in Guayaquil, Ecuador, contracted with Itron to add 7,700 smart meters to the Itron smart grid network that was deployed in 2011. Press release >>

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·      Elster has also picked up a win in Ecuador. Corporacion Nacional de Electricidad (CNEL), the single largest energy corporation in the country with more than 1.2 million end customers, has selected Elster to provide its AMI deployment. The initial phase will include more than 15,000 endpoints and more than 900 Low Voltage AGInodes. Press release >>

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