Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid

Digital Protective Relays 127

Intelligent Tap Changers 128

Dynamic Circuit-Rating Tools 128

Distributed Energy Management Systems 128

Grid-Friendly Appliance Controllers 129

Dynamic Distributed Power Flow Controllers 129

PRODUCERS AND DEVELOPERS 130

TABLE 51 PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS 131

MARKET 131

TABLE 52 MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS, THROUGH 2018 ($

MILLIONS) 131

Digital Protective Relays 132

TABLE 53 MARKET FOR DIGITAL PROTECTIVE RELAYS, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 132

Intelligent Tap Changers 132

TABLE 54 MARKET FOR INTELLIGENT TAP CHANGERS, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 133

Distributed Energy Management Systems 133

TABLE 55 MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, THROUGH

2018 ($ MILLIONS) 133

Grid-Friendly Appliance Controllers 134

TABLE 56 MARKET FOR GRID-FRIENDLY APPLIANCE CONTROLLERS, THROUGH

2013 ($ MILLIONS) 134

Distributed Power-Flow Controllers 134

TABLE 57 MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER-FLOW CONTROLLERS, THROUGH

2018 ($ MILLIONS) 134

HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING 135

TECHNOLOGIES 135

MARKETS 137

TABLE 58 UTILITY MARKET DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 137

CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPLICATIONS 137

TECHNOLOGIES 137

TABLE 59 CENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS FOR THE SMART GRID 138

PROVIDERS 139

TABLE 60 PROVIDERS OF CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS 139

MARKETS 140

TABLE 61 MARKET FOR CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 140

INTERFACES AND DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS 140

TECHNOLOGIES 140

TABLE 62 INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SMART

GRID 140

PRODUCERS AND DEVELOPERS 141

TABLE 63 PROVIDERS OF INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES

FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS 142

MARKET 142

TABLE 64 MARKET FOR INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR

SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 142

CHAPTER 9 APPENDIX A: SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES 144

INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS 144

ALVARION, INC. 144

AMBIENT CORP. 144

AMPERION, INC. 144

ARKADOS GROUP, INC. 145

CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LLC 145

EMBER CORP. 145

GAINSPAN CORP. 146

GRIDNET, INC. 146

MAIN.NET POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 147

MMB NETWORKS, INC. 147

RUGGEDCOM INC. 147

SMARTSYNCH 148

TELKONET, INC. 148

TRILLIANT NETWORKS 148

SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES 149

SMART METERS 149

Echelon Corp. 149

Elster LLC 149

eMeter Corp. 149

EnergyICT Inc. 150

Itron, Inc. 150

Landis+Gyr AG 151

Sensus Metering Systems 151

WIRE AREA MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS 151

Doubletree Systems, Inc. 151

Macrodyne, Inc. 152

PowerWorld Corp. 152

DYNAMIC LINE RATING 152

Electrotech, Inc. 152

The Valley Group, Inc. 153

Usi Power 153

INSULATOR CURRENT LEAKAGE SENSORS 153

PSP Technologies, Inc. 153

TPX Energy 154

OTHER SENSORS 154

FISO 154

Intelligent Controls, Inc. 154

ADVANCED COMPONENTS 155

POWER ELECTRONICS 155

Satcon Technology Corporation 155

Xantrex Technology Inc. 155

FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS 156

Nexans 156

Superpower Inc. 156

TRANSMISSION CABLE 156

3M Company 156

American Superconductor Corp. 157

Composite Technology Corp. 157

Comverge, Inc. 157

EnerNOC, Inc. 158

Hyper Tech Research, Inc. 158

Metal Oxide Technologies Inc. 159

Southwire Co. 159

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION 160

MICROTURBINES 160

Capstone Turbine Corp. 160

PHOTOVOLTAICS 160

First Solar Inc. 160

HelioVolt Corp. 160

FUEL CELLS 161

Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. 161

Materials and Systems Research, Inc. 161

DISTRIBUTED STORAGE 162

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. 162

NGK Insulators, Ltd. 162

SMART GRID CONTROLS 162

DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS 162

BPL GLOBAL, LTD. 162

GridPoint, Inc. 163

CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPLICATIONS 163

Intergraph Corp. 163

Milsoft Utility Solutions 164

Silver Spring Networks 164

INTERFACE AND DECISION SUPPORT 165

Space-Time Insight 165

CHAPTER 10 APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS 167

TABLE 65 NUMBER OF U.S. SMART GRID–RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF

TECHNOLOGY 167

FIGURE 12 U.S. SMART GRID–RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, AS OF

JULY 25, 2013 (%) 167

LIST OF TABLES

SUMMARY TABLE U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018

($ MILLIONS) 9

TABLE 1 U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION,

THROUGH 2012 17

TABLE 2 MAJOR CLASSES OF SMART GRID–ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES 29

TABLE 3 U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 31

TABLE 4 U.S. MARKET FOR INTEGRATED SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 60

TABLE 5 ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HOME AREA NETWORKS 62

TABLE 6 COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HANS 65

TABLE 7 MARKET FOR SMART GRID HAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 66

TABLE 8 ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NEIGHBORHOOD AREA

NETWORKS 67

TABLE 9 COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS

TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NANS 70

TABLE 10 MARKET FOR SMART GRID NAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES,

THROUGH 2018 (MILLION CONNECTIONS/$ MILLIONS) 71

TABLE 11 MARKET FOR SMART GRID BACKBONE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 72

TABLE 12 U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT

TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 74

TABLE 13 SMART METER PRODUCERS 79

TABLE 14 MARKET FOR SMART METERS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH

2018 ($ MILLIONS) 79

TABLE 15 PROVIDERS OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID WAMS 81

TABLE 16 MARKET FOR PMUS AND RELATED WAMS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018

($ MILLIONS) 81

TABLE 17 PROVIDERS OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID WAMS 84

TABLE 18 MARKET FOR DYNAMIC LINE-RATING SENSORS AND RELATED

TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 84

TABLE 19 U.S. MARKET FOR REMOTE INSULATOR LEAKAGE CURRENT SENSORS FOR

SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 86

TABLE 20 PROVIDERS OF OTHER TYPES OF SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASURING

TECHNOLOGIES 87

TABLE 21 U.S. MARKET FOR OTHER MONITORING AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES

FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 88

TABLE 22 U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID COMPONENTS, THROUGH

2018 ($ MILLIONS) 90

TABLE 23 TYPES OF POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES 92

TABLE 24 PROVIDERS OF POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES FOR SMART GRID

APPLICATIONS 93

TABLE 25 U.S. POWER ELECTRONICS MARKET FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS,

THROUGH 2018 ($ MILLIONS) 94

TABLE 26 SUPPLIERS OF FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS 96

TABLE 27 U.S. ELECTRIC UTILITY MARKET FOR FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS, THROUGH

2018 97

TABLE 28 PROVIDERS OF HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSMISSION CABLE FOR THE SMART

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