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Community - Electricity Metering - RCP

There are several connection modes for electricity meters and communication depending on the number of consumers and the number of buildings on a site.

1. Community - An introduction and multiple consumers

Installation in a Group for Own Consumption (RCP) with 1 single grid input point, multiple consumers (apartments, offices, common areas, etc.) and a Photovoltaic installation.

Example: a residential building with 3 apartments and 1 meter for common areas:

Community with Climkit Gateway

Community with Cloud Gateway and 4G Router

Community with Cloud Gateway and LAN Router

2. Single - A single consumer

Installation with 1 single grid input point, 1 single consumer and a Photovoltaic installation.

According to this diagram, consumption is deducted. It is also possible to measure consumption and production. This model is used, for example, in the case of a single-family house.

Single with Climkit Gateway

Single with Cloud Gateway and LAN (or 4G) router

3. Microgrid - One grid introduction and several buildings

Installation with 1 single input point, multiple consumers and multiple buildings.

This diagram should be used when meters are located in different places on the site and it is not possible to connect them all to the same bus network. In this case, a Gateway and an Internet connection (LAN or 4G router) are installed in each building.

It is also possible to install only one Climkit Gateway and RS485-Ethernet converters in the different buildings.

4. Microgrid - Multiple grid introductions and virtual metering (virtual RCP)

Installation with multiple introductions and use of the grid for distributing the produced electricity between buildings. A virtual metering that sums up the DSO meters is established by the DSO to issue a single invoice.

Climkit retrieves the DSO meter data from the DSO Datahub. The private Climkit meters used for consumer metering (apartments, common areas, etc.) are read by the Cloud Gateway and the 4G router.

All data can then be viewed on the Climkit platform.

5. Battery installation

In the case of an AC battery installation (equipped with its own charger-inverter), it is essential to connect this system to a specific Climkit battery meter and configure this meter in "Battery" mode on the platform.

Learn more about Storage systems (battery)

6. Photos: examples of electrical panels

Panel with 7 Climkit meters for apartments and common areas and 1 DSO input meter:

Climkit meters for apartments and common areas (left panel) and DSO input meter with PV installation output (right panel):

Panel with Climkit meter installation on existing meter boards:

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