Cyan, the integrated system and software design company delivering mesh based flexible wireless solutions for utility metering and lighting control has announced the receipt of a purchase order worth Rs 9.5 crore from Enzen Global Solutions Pvt Ltd (“Enzen”) for a large pilot project being implemented for Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (“CESC”), Mysore, Karnataka in southwest India.
In April 2014, Enzen was awarded a contract to provide energy infrastructure solutions to CESC and Cyan will act as Enzen’s end-to-end solution provider for the smart metering elements of the contract. Cyan will supply its 865MHz RF mesh communication network (including the modules, data concentrator units and head end software), a Meter Data Acquisition System and 21,824 smart meters.
Cyan will manage the supply chain through local meter manufacturer partners. In addition, Cyan will provide facility management services to CESC in Mysore for a period of two years post deployment, which is expected to represent around 10% of the order value. The project is expected to go live in phases with the first meters installed, commissioned and live before the end of 2015 and the remainder live in the first half of 2016.
The project is the first of 14 smart grid pilots under the Smart Grid Task Force in India being funded by India’s Ministry of Power to be rolled out. Cyan’s management believes that this is the first commercial implementation of AMI technology by a public utility for consumers in India.
