latin america utility week – august 2014 - prime alliance.pptVIP

International Case Study: Integrating Measurements of Energy, Water and Gas PRIME advantages best practices Alfredo Sanz Atmel CorpDirector of Operations Technology, Power Line Communication Products Alfredo.sanz@ PRIME advantages Australia Brazil Lebanon Poland Portugal Romania Spain Switzerland United Kingdom PRIME advantages The concept: End-to-End Communication solution for Utilities Power Line Communications (PLC) Technology It defines OSI layers 1 2 IPv6 support Future-proof global oriented solution Fully open, license-free multi-vendor interoperable PLC system International Standard published as ITU-T Recommendations G.9901 and G.9904 PRIME advantages PRIME provides: a forum for the definition, maintenance and support of open and comprehensive solutions for Smart Grid communications in Medium and Low Voltage Networks. PRIME includes: Utilities Research Institutes Chipset Software Companies Meter Data Concentrator Vendors Integrators Consultants PRIME milestones 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 PRIME Alliance established by 8 founding industry leaders Worlds First Interoperable PLC System installed Iberdrola installs first 100k PRIME meters in Spain GNF starts deploying opening research laboratory in Spain PRIME registered as an Non-Profit-Organisation Energex Australia – First Installation outside Europe Energa starts deploying first 310k meters in Poland EDP deploys 90k meters in 6 locations across Portugal First Pilot in the Middle-East by EDL Lebanon 2009 Integrating Measurements ofEnergy, Water and Gas The Integrating Measurements of Energy, Water and Gas in a massive deployment is a complex task that need the commitment of the utility in a long period According PRIME experience, some best practices can improve the process Some study cases; Pilot project in Middle-East: PRIME 1.3.6 Pilot project in Europe: PRIME 1.3.6 Pilot project in Sout