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Towards A Truly Smart Grid – The case for Boardband over Power Line
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Towards A Truly Smart Grid – The case for Boardband over Power Line

Prime Alliance, within the activity of its BPL Task Force, commisioned IDC to ellaborate a survey with utilities and vendors to check directly the present and future use of BPL. The results are briefed in this Summary and shows a clear positive attitude to use this technology as an important contribution to the power networks...

Enlit Africa Connect – PRIME Hybrid: offering the best of both worlds
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Enlit Africa Connect – PRIME Hybrid: offering the best of both worlds

Enlit Africa Connect – PRIME Hybrid: offering the best of both worlds The PRIME ALLIANCE is pleased to invite you to watch the online dialogue between PRIME’s Principal members El Sewedy (Ali Mulla – Marketing Manager) and Microchip (Alfredo Sanz – Director of Operations and Technology) on PRIME Hybrid:offering the best of both worlds. During...

ZIV delivers PRIME smart meters for Saudi Arabia’s smart grid deployment
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ZIV delivers PRIME smart meters for Saudi Arabia’s smart grid deployment

ZIV delivers PRIME smart meters for Saudi Arabia’s smart grid deployment ZIV (PRIME Principal member) and ALFANAR have been able to locally produce and deliver 550,000 PRIME modular smart meters to the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), through the Group´s EPC company Alfanar Construction. The ZIV meter deployed is a modular design with integrated dual technology,...

Enlit Podcast – Datatopia: Data for the Flexibility of Smart Grid (Arkossa, Renesas & ZIV) 
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Enlit Podcast – Datatopia: Data for the Flexibility of Smart Grid (Arkossa, Renesas & ZIV) 

Enlit Podcast – Datatopia: Data for the Flexibility of Smart Grid (Arkossa, Renesas & ZIV) Víctor Domínguez  (CEO of Arkossa Smart Solutions | PRIME Member), Christos Aslanidis(Manager, Business Development at Renesas Electronics Europe | PRIME Director) and Galder Vizcaya (Global Product Line Manager at ZIV Automation | PRIME Alternate Director) discussing the topics where a...

SEI Podcast – How PRIME Hybrid is solving (your) grid communication challenges (Microchip & ZIV) 
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SEI Podcast – How PRIME Hybrid is solving (your) grid communication challenges (Microchip & ZIV) 

SEI Podcast – How PRIME Hybrid is solving (your) grid communication challenges (Microchip & ZIV)  Alfredo Sanz Molina  (Technical Fellow on Smart Energy Systems and software at Microchip Technology and Board member PRIME Alliance) and  Asier Llano Domínguez (R&D Manager at ZIV Automation), explore together PRIME Hybrid solution that combines PLC and RF communication technology. The Prime...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2021 – Standardisation Panel
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Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2021 – Standardisation Panel

Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2021 – Standardisation panel On February 24, 2021, PRIME Technical WG Chairman, Iñigo Berganza Valmala, participated in the Standardisation Panel and in a live Q&A session at the Advanced Metering Infrastructure 2021 on behalf of PRIME Alliance. During the panel, Mr Berganza Valmala presented how PRIME Alliance is committed to drive Standards...

ADD GRUP supplying PRIME smart meters to Lebanon by 2022
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ADD GRUP supplying PRIME smart meters to Lebanon by 2022

ADD GRUP supplying PRIME smart meters to Lebanon by 2022 ADD Grup, together with its partner in Lebanon, ACCK& A JV, KVA s.a.l., the electricity distribution service provider, will supply more than 250 000 PRIME smart meters for Electricité du Liban (EDL) in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley. This project aims to assist EDL in the reduction of technical and non-technical losses and to...

PRIME Alliance: BPL – A new paradigm shift for utilities by Corinex – Global Energy Elites
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PRIME Alliance: BPL – A new paradigm shift for utilities by Corinex – Global Energy Elites

PRIME Alliance: BPL – A new paradigm shift for utilities by Corinex – Global Energy Elites  As millions of new wind and solar power generation elements – as well as millions of EVs – are integrated, new, potentially destabilising problems with the grid will arise.  This is why we need a solution that smoothly integrates the fluctuating power demand, prevents blackouts...

SEI Podcast – The secret of reliable smart meter communication and standards (Arkossa & Renesas)
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SEI Podcast – The secret of reliable smart meter communication and standards (Arkossa & Renesas)

SEI Podcast – The secret of reliable smart meter communication and standards (Arkossa & Renesas)  Christos Aslanidis (Senior Principal Engineer at Renesas Electronics Europe and Board member PRIME Alliance) and Victor Domínguez (Chief Executive Officer, Arkossa Smart Solutions), both PRIME PAD Sponsors, talk about the evolution to and from PRIME v1.4 and the improved reliability, robustness and frequency coverage that the new version delivers, as well as the interoperability brought...