Sentec Joins PRIME Alliance
Sentec, the smart grid specialist and product development company, today announced that it has joined PRIME Alliance (PRIME = PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution), to further the development of smart meter and smart grid products based on an open standard for power line carrier data.
Sentec, the smart grid specialist and product development company, today announced that it has joined PRIME Alliance (PRIME = PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution), to further the development of smart meter and smart grid products based on an open standard for power line carrier data.
Mark England, Sentec’s CEO, said: “Sentec has joined the PRIME Alliance to promote the use of a standardised narrowband powerline carrier solution. We look forward to participating in the development of the standard and the many exciting products that a global powerline market can enable.”
The PRIME Alliance is focused on the development of a new open, public and non-proprietary telecom solution for smart meters and the smart grid. The alliance was founded in 2009 by eight members and today includes utilities like EDF and Iberdrola, meter manufacturers, communications and AMI solutions vendors. The alliance provides a forum for the creation of open and standardised SmartGrid products and services to increase demand on a worldwide basis.
Mark continued: “Sentec is rapidly expanding its reach across Europe and recently announced Rogério Zuim to join the company as European Sales VP, based in Switzerland. We are seeing considerable up-scaling in the demand for smart grid deployments and expect this trend to continue as enterprises look for bespoke metering solutions.”
This story was published on Thursday 22nd September 2011
