ZIV Automation and its parent company Alfanar have delivered some 550,000 smart meters for Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)’s smart grid deployment. The smart meters were manufactured locally through the group’s EPC company Alfanar Construction. In addition to the smart meters, ZIV Automation also provided a dual communication technology, PLC-PRIME 1.4 FCC and NB-IoT system. The...
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IEEE GLOBECOM 2021
IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) 2021 PRIME ALLIANCE was participating on the IEEE GLOBECOM 2021 (7–11 December 2021 | Madrid, Spain) as a Bronze sponsor. IEEE GLOBECOM is one of the IEEE Communications Society’s two flagship conferences dedicated to driving innovation in nearly every aspect of communications. If you were unable to enjoy the PRIME sessions,...
IEEE ISPLC 2021
IEEE ISPLC 2021 For yet another year, the PRIME ALLIANCE is participating to the IEEE ISPLC 2021 (26–27 October 2021 | Aachen, Germany) as a Platinum sponsor. The 25th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications (ISPLC2021) will once again be dedicated to scientific and technical advances in the field of communications over power lines....
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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...