The most fundamental concept of a smart grid is to monitor, analyze, control and communicate the capabilities of a national electrical system in a digitized form which helps in maximizing the throughput time of the system as well as reducing the consumption of energy. The entire concept of smart grid is built around the idea of optimizing the loss of energy as managing the costs in the most efficient manner which helps the government as well as the utilities in various ways. The governments of developing countries such as India, China, Africa and others have taken a number of steps towards digitizing the concept of electricity supply chain but it still needs a lot of co-ordination for the same. Various developed regions such as U.S. and Europe have deployed the smart grid technology as of today and are also expected to increase the efficiency of the process in the coming five years.

Global Smart Grid Technology Market (2011 – 2016)

One of the most vital features of a smart grid is that it helps in reduction of transmission and distribution loss. Smart grid also helps in energy conservation to a great extent.

The report is segmented on the basis of the software & hardware market which includes the distribution management system, general management system, outage management system etc. The report segments the sensors on the basis of insulator leak sensors, dynamic line rating sensors and other monitoring systems. The communication network market is segmented into broadband power lines, home area network and so on.

Geographically the report is segmented into four regions namely; North America (U.S., Canada and Mexico), Europe (UK, France, Germany, Italy and others), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, India and Others) and Rest of the World (Africa, Middle East and Others).

The report forecast the future growth of smart grid technology and related application from 2011 to 2016, list of leading players, the latest technology adopted, M&A’s and JV’s of key players.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 KEY TAKE-AWAYS
1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION
1.3 MARKETS COVERED
1.4 STAKEHOLDERS
1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
1.5.1 MARKET SIZE
1.5.2 KEY DATA POINTS TAKEN FROM SECONDARY SOURCES
1.5.3 KEY DATA POINTS TAKEN FROM PRIMARY SOURCES
1.5.4 ASSUMPTIONS MADE FOR THIS REPORT
1.5.5 LIST OF COMPANIES COVERED DURING PRIMARIES

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2.1 KEY FINDINGS
2.2 STATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS

3 MARKET OVERVIEW
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 MARKET DEFINITION AND SEGMENTATION
3.3 MARKET STATISTICS & IDENTIFYING GROWTH SECTORS
3.4 SMART GRID FUNDING ANALYSIS
3.5 MARKET DYNAMICS
3.5.1 DRIVERS
3.5.2 RESTRAINTS
3.5.3 OPPORTUNITIES
3.5.4 BUSINESS CHALLENGES
3.6 PORTER’S FIVE FORCE ANALYSIS
3.6.1 COMPETITIVE RIVALRY
3.6.2 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS
3.6.3 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS
3.6.4 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS
3.6.5 AVAILABILITY OF SUBSTITUTES
3.7 MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS
3.8 BURNING ISSUES
3.9 WINNING IMPERATIVES

4 SMART GRID: SOFTWARE & HARDWARE MARKET
4.1 DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4.2 GENERAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4.3 OUTAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4.4 SMART LOAD PRESERVATION
4.5 METER DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4.6 SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA)
4.7 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE
4.8 SMART GRID: SMART METERS

5 SMART GRID: SENSORS
5.1 WIDE AREA MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
5.2 DYNAMIC LINE RATING SENSORS
5.2.1 ONLINE METHODS
5.2.2 OFFLINE METHODS
5.3 INSULATOR LEAK SENSORS
5.4 OTHER MONITORING SYSTEMS

6 SMART GRID: COMMUNICATION NETWORK MARKET
6.1 POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS
6.2 BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES
6.3 WIRELESS NETWORKS
6.3.1 WI-MAX
6.3.2 RF MESH
6.4 HOME AREA NETWORK (HAN)
6.4.1 ZIGBEE
6.4.2 Z-WAVE
6.5 OTHERS

7 SMART TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT
7.1 HIGH CAPACITY TRANSMISSION CABLE
7.2 SUPERCAPACITORS
7.3 FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS (FLC’S)
7.3.1 RESISTIVE FLC
7.3.2 INDUCTIVE FLC

8 SMART GRID SECURITY MARKET

9 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
9.1 NORTH AMERICA
9.1.1 U.S.
9.1.2 CANADA
9.1.3 MEXICO
9.2 EUROPE
9.2.1 UK
9.2.2 FRANCE
9.2.3 GERMANY
9.2.4 ITALY
9.2.5 OTHERS
9.3 APAC
9.3.1 INDIA
9.3.2 CHINA
9.3.3 JAPAN
9.3.4 OTHERS
9.4 ROW
9.4.1 MIDDLE EAST
9.4.2 AFRICA
9.4.3 OTHERS

10 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
10.1 MARKET GROWTH STRATEGIES
10.2 RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES
10.2.1 TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
10.2.2 NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & ANNOUNCEMENTS
10.2.3 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
10.2.4 AGREEMENTS, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

11 COMPANY PROFILES
11.1 ABB
11.2 AREVA
11.3 ATOS ORIGIN
11.4 CISCO SYSTEMS INC.
11.5 CONTROL4 CORP.
11.6 COOPER POWER SYSTEMS
11.7 ECHELON CORPORATION
11.8 ELSTER GROUP
11.9 EMETER
11.10 GE ENERGY
11.11 GRID NET
11.12 IBM
11.13 INFOTILITY
11.14 ITRON
11.15 LANDIS+GYR
11.16 ORACLE
11.17 OSISOFT
11.18 POWER PLUS COMMUNICATIONS AG
11.19 S&C ELECTRIC CO.
11.20 SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
11.21 SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES INC.
11.22 SENSUS
11.23 SIEMENS ENERGY
11.24 SILVER SPRING NETWORKS
11.25 SMARTSYNCH
11.26 STMICROELECTRONICS
11.27 TENDRIL NETWORKS INC.
11.28 TRILLIANT
11.29 VENTYX
11.30 VERIZON
11.31 ZENSYS INC