Smart meter industry ready for Europe – ESMIG's Daniela Sellmann

Europe’s smart meter vendors are ready to complete the region’s rollout, says Daniela Sellmann, Global VP Utilities at SAP and a member of the executive board of ESMIG.

Speaking on behalf of ESMIG, Europe’s smart energy provider organisation, in a Connect interview at Enlit Europe, Sellmann said that for a few years already vendors are ready not only on the hardware but also with the technology.

While the move towards a common data space is good news, a greater legislative push is necessary, she said.

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Said Sellmann: “The cost-benefit analysis is one way to look at it but to make the energy transition happen means that we also need to look at all the business models that we can actually leverage if we have a smart meter deployed.

“Yes, we need to look at interoperability and we need to have certain measures in place to scale via the European Union, but we need our legislators to support us in doing it.”