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...
ADDAX AT JUSCO INDIA – ANOTHER PRIME PLC BASED SMART METERING SUCCESS STORY India is the world’s third largest producer and fourth largest consumer of electricity. Despite this the country is being mostly served with electromechanical meters or digital meters with optical port being the only communication interface. Smart metering projects are scattered across the...
550 000 ADDAX METERS TO BE DEPLOYED BY EVN BULGARIA ADD BULGARIA, ADD GRUP’s partner in Bulgaria, inked a major deal with EVN Bulgaria for the delivery of 550 000 smart electricity meters based on PRIME technology. The project will span over the next four years, with the first delivery planned till the end of...
Saiman, the largest meter manufacturer in Kazakhstan, will produce next generation software defined smart meters using Phoenix-RTOS operating system. The inherent part of Phoenix-RTOS operating system is Phoenix-PRIME – fully software defined implementation of PRIME protocol. The new meter architecture based on software and general purpose hardware gives the freedom in implementing sophisticated requirements and...
STCOMET Smart-Meter System-on-Chips from STMicroelectronics Continue to Soar. New 500kHz certifications from PRIME Alliance and additional new ICs supporting modular design confirm leading position STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader servings customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has surpassed important milestones with its STCOMET smart-meter System-on-Chip family, enabling utilities worldwide to deliver sustainable...
Phoenix Systems signed a License Agreement with ELGAMA-ELEKTRONIKA, a Lithuanian company and the leading manufacturer of static electricity meters in the Baltic region. According to the agreement, ELGAMA will obtain from Phoenix Systems a license to use Phoenix-PRIME in the new line of metering appliances for the Smart Grid market. Phoenix-PRIME is the first pure...
ZIV wins Euro 24 million smart meters order from Spanish utility Iberdrola PRIME standard based smart grid deployment Spanish utilities are expected to replace 100% of analogue meters by 2018 Reinforces CG’s market leadership in the supply of smart grid solutions Bilbao, September 29, 2015: ZIV has won a Euro 24 million contract to supply ZIV...
ZIV wins Euro 17 million order from Spanish utility GNF ZIV selected as main supplier of single and three phase smart meters All Spanish utilities to replace 70% of their analog meters by the end of 2016 PRIME standard based smart grid deployment Bilbao , September 28, 2015: ZIV has won a Euro 17 million...
CG to support smart grid deployment in Portugal Selected as main supplier by EDP for single phase smart meters PRIME standard based smart grid deploymentZIV smart grid solutions’ market leader. Mumbai, July 30, 2015: Avantha Group Company CG has won an important contract to supply ZIV single phase smart meters to Energias de Portugal (EDP), one...
In Europe, Spain’s largest utility Iberdrola claims that it has improved its service quality for customers in the Castilla-La Mancha area by 18% due to investment in smart grid technology. The utility, one of the largest in Europe, told local Spanish media that it has reduced power outages from 45 minutes between January to July...
