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Enabling the smartest grid…together: G3-PLC Alliance celebrates its 10th anniversary
In 10 years, the G3-ALLIANCE Alliance has become the world’s leading industry alliance for powerline communication in smart grid applications with almost 100 members and over 80 million G3-ALLIANCE products in operation in more then 30 countries worldwide. During...
The G3-PLC Alliance and the DLMS User Association Sign Liaison Agreement to Extend Capabilities and Drive Innovation
Paris, France, October 6th, 2021. The G3-ALLIANCE Alliance, the world's leading industry alliance for powerline communication in smart grid applications, and the DLMS User Association (DLMS UA), a leading voice internationally in strategic energy management...
G3-PLC Alliance Infoletter No. 2/2021 has been published!
2021 is a special year for the G3-ALLIANCE Alliance as we celebrate our 10th anniversary. The Alliance was formed in 2011 following successful field tests in France. And now we are with nearly 100 members and implementations in more than 30 countries! Click here to...
Enhancing the resilience of energy infrastructure using G3-PLC
Underground cable networks considerably reduce network outages and have lower transmission losses but the maintenance cost is high compared to overhead systems. In underground systems transmission faults are rare, but the fault point is hard to locate and the repair...
Renesas CoolPhoenix 3 PLC Modem in combination with TsuRuGi (sub-GHz transceiver-RAA604S00) has received the G3-PLC Hybrid certification
Renesas is pleased to announce that CPX3 (CoolPhoenix 3 Powerline Modem-R9A06G37) in combination with TsuRuGi (sub-GHz transceiver-RAA604S00) has received the certification for the G3-ALLIANCE Hybrid specification. This paves the way to additional smart grid and IoT...
Utility Broadband – Getting Smart Meters on the Fiber to the Home Network
Working with Landis+Gyr, Energie Wasser Bern (EWB) in Switzerland, successfully completed a pilot project for broadband utility to the last mile. Starting with 4,500 measuring points, EWB and Landis + Gyr jointly implemented a G3-ALLIANCE based smart metering solution...
The latest published reference version of the G3-PLC Specification
The latest published reference version of the G3-ALLIANCE Specification is available on the ITU website. This new version embeds the following main features: Enhanced data frame multicast service, Enhanced LOADng (« clusterhead » forwarding scheme and RREQ...
Neuron introduces nBox-Tool RF extension for G3-PLC Hybrid PLC&RF eco-system
G3-ALLIANCE alliance member company Neuron introduces nBox-Tool RF extension for G3-ALLIANCE Hybrid PLC&RF eco-system, making it the first Hybrid PLC&RF protocol analysis tool. The nBox-Tool both controls and powers the RF protocol analyzer over a USB...
Hybrid G3-PLC for an effortless KPI
With the introduction of Hybrid G3-ALLIANCE technology, utilities can save millions of Euro in the maintanence and clean-up costs due to a back-up RF channel and the ability of each communication node in the network to switch from PLC and RF and vice versa. Click here...
G3-PLC for the Smart Metering Rollout in Romania
G3-ALLIANCE for the Smart Metering Rollout in Romania: It is a great pleasure to announce that Electrică Romania launced a tender for 500,000 smart G3-ALLIANCE meters with an estimated value of 36,5 MEUR! Electrică, the major player in the Romanian energy market, with...