Sault Ste. Marie, ON is developing Canada's first community-wide smart energy grid

Sault Ste. Marie, ON community-wide smart energy grid

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The City of Sault Ste. Marie is partnering with Puc Distribution to develop Canada's first community-wide smart grid. The Sault Smart Grid Project will implement various integrated technologies including voltage optimization, distribution automation and advanced metering infrastructure. The smart grid will reduce energy consumption and costs, improve data reporting systems, and reduce carbon emissions by 2,804 tonnes annually.

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Sault Ste. Marie, ON

City in Ontario

Canada

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Sault Ste Marie advances community-wide smart grid project - Smart Cities World

The grid claims to be a first for Canada and, as well as reliability improvements and better data reporting, it will deliver direct GHG emissions reductions of 2,804 tonnes CO2 annually.

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