Enabling Technologies for the Smart Grid

The century-old U.S. electrical grid has been called the largest interconnected machine on earth. It consists of more than 9,200 electric-generating units with more than 1,000,000 MW of generating capacity, connected to more than 300,000 miles of transmission lines. Several years ago, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering voted the national electrification made possible by this grid as the “most significant engineering achievement of the 20th century.”

However, the grid is showing its age. There have been massive blackouts in recent years, including the 2003 Northeast blackout, the worst in the nation’s history. Although it was accidental, the 2003 blackout was a reminder of the grid’s vulnerability to terrorist attack. And this blackout was foreshadowed by a troubling trend: According to the Department of Energy, 41% more outages affected 50,000 or more consumers in the second half of the 1990s than in the first half of the decade. The “average” outage affected 15% more consumers from 1996 to 2000 than from 1991 to 1995 (409,854 versus 355,204).

Regular power outages and blackouts cost the U.S. economy between $80 billion and $188 billion annually, according to a recent University of Minnesota study. The figure reflects only direct losses to the economy, and does not take into account the inconvenience and frustration experienced by users during a power outage.

In addition to growing concerns about the U.S. electric grid’s robustness and reliability, the grid was designed and built with one basic objective in mind — keeping the lights on. Meanwhile, other concerns have become increasingly important in the political and public dialogue about the status and future of the electrical grid, particularly:

• Energy efficiency
• Environmental impacts
• Consumer choice.

Governments and utilities in the U.S. and elsewhere are investing in new technologies in order to build a 21st-century grid that:

• Runs more efficiently
• Generates higher-quality power
• Resists attack
• Is self-healing
• Enables consumers to manage their energy use better and reduce costs
• Integrates decentralized generation (e.g., renewable energy) and storage (such as fuel cell) technologies.

In addition to meeting the need for reliable, high-quality power, these technologies are intended to meet the economy’s energy needs as efficiently as possible, optimizing energy consumption and related environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas emissions.

These technologies are often referred to generically as smart grid technologies. Smart grid describes a set of related technologies, rather than specific technology with a generally agreed-on specification.

These technologies fall into five main areas:

• Two-way integrated communications: allow for real-time control, information and data exchange to optimize system reliability, asset utilization, and security
• Sensing and measurement: evaluate congestion and grid stability, congestion and grid stability, monitor equipment health, detect energy theft, and support control strategies support
• Advanced components: flexible alternating current transmission system devices, high-voltage direct current, first- and second-generation superconducting wire, high-temperature superconducting cable, distributed energy generation and storage devices, composite conductors, and “intelligent” appliances
• Advanced control that enables rapid diagnosis of and precise solutions to specific grid disruptions or outages
• Improved interfaces and decision support that reduce complexity so that operators and managers have tools to effectively and efficiently operate a grid with increasing numbers of variables.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

This report is an update of an earlier report with the same title that was published in early 2011. Since then, there have been important developments that have the potential to affect the development of the smart grid. A growing number of investor- and publicly-owned utilities have been investing in smart grid projects. Large corporate players such as Google, IBM, GE, and Cisco are showing increasing interest in the smart grid; and there has been a significant increase in the amount of venture capital flowing into smart grid–related investments.

On the negative side, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, with its billions of dollars of investments in smart grid technologies, has ended, The slow recovery of the U.S. economy from the 2008 and 2009 recession has dampened the growth of the smart grid, for example, by making it harder for utilities and suppliers to obtain credit, making the weighted average cost of capital higher, and impacting the discounting of costs and benefits in the business case. Regulators in some states (e.g., Maryland and Oklahoma) have rejected utilities’ smart grid proposals, arguing that consumers were expected to bear too much of the cost and risk and that potential returns do not justify the cost.

The overall goal of updating this report is to reassess the business opportunities for providers of smart grid technologies that will arise over the next 5 years as products utilizing these technologies increase their market penetration.

In support of this goal, specific objectives of the report include:

• Identifying the smart grid technologies with the greatest commercial potential over the next 5 years (2013 to 2018)
• Estimating the market for these technologies in 2012
• Analyzing the technical, economic, and other demand drivers for these products, and other prerequisites of success in these markets 
• Projecting the potential U.S. markets for these technologies through 2018
• Analyzing macro-level political and economic forces that are helping to shape the market for smart grid technologies.

 
INTENDED AUDIENCE

The report is intended especially for providers of smart grid technologies and products based on these technologies. Although the report is structured around specific technologies, it is largely nontechnical in nature. That is, it is concerned less with theory and jargon than with what works, how much of the latter the market is likely to purchase, and at what price.

As such, the report’s main audience is executive management, marketing, and financial analysts. It is not written specifically for scientists and technologists, although its findings concerning the market for their work, including the availability of government and corporate research funding for different technologies and applications should interest them as well.

Others who should find the report informative include government agencies, environmental, and public policy interest groups with an interest in energy, the environment, and sustainable development in general.

SCOPE AND FORMAT

The study covers the major enabling technologies for the smart grid, including:

• Communications technologies
• Sensing and measurement technologies
• Advanced components
• Control technologies
• Interface and decision support technologies.

 The study format includes the following major elements:

• Executive summary
• Definitions
• Benefits of smart grids
• Smart grid “roadmap”
• Policy, regulatory, and economic environment for the transition to a smart grid
• Enabling technologies for the smart grid
• Developers and suppliers of smart grid–enabling technologies
• Baseline (2012) and projected market for smart grid technologies through 2018
• Patent analysis.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Chapter- 1: INTRODUCTION    

    STUDY BACKGROUND
    GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
    INTENDED AUDIENCE
    SCOPE AND FORMAT
    METHODOLOGY
    AUTHOR'S CREDENTIALS
    DISCLAIMER

Chapter- 2: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY     $250   

        Table Summary : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
        Figure Summary : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, 2012-2018

Chapter- 3: "SMART GRIDS": AN OVERVIEW     $1138   

    DEFINITIONS
    BENEFITS OF SMART GRIDS
        DIRECT BENEFITS
            Benefits to Utilities
            Benefits to Users
        INDIRECT BENEFITS
            Reduced Consumption of Fossil Fuels
            Improved Balance of Payments Position
            Enhanced National Security
            Job Creation
            Economic Development
            Environmental Benefits
    THE PATH TO A SMART GRID
        GRID 2030
            National Electricity "Backbone"
            Regional Interconnections
            Local Distribution, Mini- and Micro-Grids
        NATIONAL ELECTRIC DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES ROADMAP
                Figure 4 : NATIONAL ELECTRICITY DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES OVERALL ROADMAP
                Figure 5 : NATIONAL ELECTRICITY DELIVERY ROADMAP FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES
        EARLY ADOPTERS
            Southern California Edison Company
            Pacific Northwest Smart Grid Demonstration Project
            TXU Energy Broadband over Power Line Smart Grid
            Xcel Energy Smart Grid City
            Austin Energy Smart Grid Program
            Other Projects
    ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SMART GRID
        COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
        SENSING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES
        ADVANCED COMPONENTS
        CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES
        INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES
            Table 2 : MAJOR CLASSES OF SMART GRID-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
    MARKET SUMMARY
            Table 3 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2018
            Figure 6 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, 2012-2018
            Figure 7 : U.S. SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES MARKET SHARES, 2012-2018

Chapter- 4: MARKET ENVIRONMENT FOR SMART GRID-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES     $1242   

    LEGAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
        BARRIERS TO SMART GRID DEPLOYMENT
            Federal-State Coordination
            Cost Recovery
            Other Incentives to Increase Grid Efficiency
            Least Cost Planning
            Environmental, Public Health and Safety Impacts
            Lack of Standards
        LEGISLATION AND REGULATION
            Federal Initiatives
            State Legislation and Regulation
    FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
        FINANCING THE SMART GRID
            Government-Funded Programs
        UTILITIES
        R&D

Chapter- 5: INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS FOR SMART GRIDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS     $673   

    SUMMARY
            Table 4 : U.S. MARKET FOR INTEGRATED SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
            Figure 8 : TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR INTEGRATED SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS, 2012-2018
    HOME AREA NETWORKS
        TECHNOLOGIES
            ZigBee
            Wi-Fi
            Z-Wave
            In-Home Power Line Communications
                Table 5 : ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HOME AREA NETWORKS
        USNAP
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND OBSTACLES TO DEPLOYMENT
        PRODUCERS AND DEVELOPERS
                Table 6 : COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HANS
        MARKETS
                Table 7 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID HAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    NEIGHBORHOOD AREA NETWORKS
        TECHNOLOGIES
            Broadband over Power Line
            Meshed Wi-Fi
            ZigBee
            WiMAX
            Licensed Spectrum
                Table 8 : ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NEIGHBORHOOD AREA NETWORKS
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND OBSTACLES TO DEPLOYMENT
        PROVIDERS
                Table 9 : COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NANS
        MARKET
                Table 10 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID NAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    BACKBONE COMMUNICATIONS
        TECHNOLOGIES
        MARKETS
                Table 11 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID BACKBONE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018

Chapter- 6: SENSING AND MEASUREMENT FOR SMART GRIDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS     $776   

    SUMMARY
            Table 12 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
            Figure 9 : TRENDS IN THE U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT, 2012-2018
    SMART METERING
        TECHNOLOGIES
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
        PRODUCERS
        MARKET
                Table 14 : MARKET FOR SMART METERS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    WIDE-AREA MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
        TECHNOLOGY
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
        PROVIDERS
        MARKETS
                Table 16 : MARKET FOR PMUs AND RELATED WAMS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    DYNAMIC LINE-RATING SENSORS
    INSULATOR LEAKAGE SENSORS
    OTHER MONITORING SYSTEMS

Chapter- 7: ADVANCED COMPONENTS FOR SMART GRIDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS   $1811   

    SUMMARY
            Table 22 : U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2018
            Figure 10 : TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID COMPONENTS, 2012-2018
    POWER ELECTRONICS
        TECHNOLOGIES
                Table 23 : TYPES OF POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND OBSTACLES TO DEPLOYMENT
        PROVIDERS
                Table 24 : PROVIDERS OF POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS
        MARKETS
                Table 25 : U.S. POWER ELECTRONICS MARKET FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS
        TECHNOLOGY
            Resistive FCLs
            Inductive FCLs
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND OBSTACLES TO DEPLOYMENT
        PROVIDERS
                Table 26 : SUPPLIERS OF FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS
        MARKET
                Table 27 : U.S. ELECTRIC UTILITY MARKET FOR FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS, THROUGH 2018
    HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSMISSION CABLE
        TECHNOLOGIES
            Superconducting Cable
            High-Capacity Overhead Conductor Cable
                Aluminum-Conductor Composite Core Cable
                Aluminum-Conductor Composite Reinforced Cable
                Annealed Aluminum, Steel-Supported Trapezoidal Cross-Section Conductor Wire
        COMMERCIAL STATUS AND BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT
        PROVIDERS
                Table 28 : PROVIDERS OF HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSMISSION CABLE FOR THE SMART GRID
        MARKET
            Superconducting Cable
            High-Capacity Overhead Conductor Cable
                Table 29 : MARKET FOR ADVANCED ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE, THROUGH 2018
    DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES
        DISTRIBUTED GENERATION DEVICES
            Technologies
                Photovoltaics
                Wind Turbine
                Microturbines
                Fuel Cells
            Providers
                    Table 35 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION EQUIPMENT
            Markets
                Photovoltaics
                Wind Turbines
                Fuel Cells
                Microturbines
                    Table 36 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
        DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMS
            Technologies
                Sodium Batteries
                Vanadium Redox Batteries
                Supercapacitors
                Superconducting Power Storage
                    Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
                    Superconducting Flywheel Energy Storage
                Compressed-Air Energy Storage
                Plug-In Hybrid and All-Electric Vehicles
            Providers
                    Table 42 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED STORAGE EQUIPMENT
            Markets
                Sodium Batteries
                        Table 44 : U.S. MARKET FOR NAS AND OTHER SODIUM BATTERY POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
                Vanadium Redox Batteries
                        Table 45 : U.S. MARKET FOR VANADIUM REDOX BATTERY DISTRIBUTED POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
                Superconducting Magnetic and Flywheel Storage
                        Table 46 : U.S. MARKET FOR SUPERCONDUCTING POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
                Supercapacitors
                        Table 47 : U.S. MARKET FOR SUPERCAPACITOR STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
                Compressed-Air Storage
                        Table 48 : U.S. MARKET FOR COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
                Plug-In Hybrid and All-Electric Vehicle Storage
                        Table 49 : U.S. MARKET FOR GRID-CONNECTED PHEVS, THROUGH 2018
                    Table 43 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
            Table 32 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018

Chapter- 8: ADVANCED CONTROLS FOR SMART GRIDS: TECHNOLOGIES AND MARKETS     $880   

    SUMMARY
    DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS
        TECHNOLOGIES
            Digital Protective Relays
            Intelligent Tap Changers
            Dynamic Circuit-Rating Tools
            Distributed Energy Management Systems
            Grid-Friendly Appliance Controllers
            Dynamic Distributed Power Flow Controllers
        PRODUCERS AND DEVELOPERS
                Table 51 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS
        MARKET
            Digital Protective Relays
                    Table 53 : MARKET FOR DIGITAL PROTECTIVE RELAYS, THROUGH 2018
            Intelligent Tap Changers
                    Table 54 : MARKET FOR INTELLIGENT TAP CHANGERS, THROUGH 2018
            Distributed Energy Management Systems
                    Table 55 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
            Grid-Friendly Appliance Controllers
                    Table 56 : MARKET FOR GRID-FRIENDLY APPLIANCE CONTROLLERS, THROUGH 2013
            Distributed Power-Flow Controllers
                    Table 57 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER-FLOW CONTROLLERS, THROUGH 2018
                Table 52 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS, THROUGH 2018
    HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
        TECHNOLOGIES
        MARKETS
                Table 58 : UTILITY MARKET DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPLICATIONS
        TECHNOLOGIES
                Table 59 : CENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS FOR THE SMART GRID
        PROVIDERS
                Table 60 : PROVIDERS OF CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS
        MARKETS
                Table 61 : MARKET FOR CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    INTERFACES AND DECISION-SUPPORT SYSTEMS
        TECHNOLOGIES
                Table 62 : INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SMART GRID
        PRODUCERS AND DEVELOPERS
                Table 63 : PROVIDERS OF INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS
        MARKET
                Table 64 : MARKET FOR INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018

Chapter- 9: APPENDIX A: SELECTED COMPANY PROFILES     $1138   

    INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS
        ALVARION, INC.
        AMBIENT CORP.
        AMPERION, INC.
        ARKADOS GROUP, INC.
        CURRENT COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, LLC
        EMBER CORP.
        GAINSPAN CORP.
        GRIDNET, INC.
        MAIN.NET POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
        MMB NETWORKS, INC.
        RUGGEDCOM INC.
        SMARTSYNCH
        TELKONET, INC.
        TRILLIANT NETWORKS
    SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES
        SMART METERS
            Echelon Corp.
            Elster LLC
            eMeter Corp.
            EnergyICT Inc.
            Itron, Inc.
            Landis+Gyr AG
            Sensus Metering Systems
        WIRE AREA MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
            Doubletree Systems, Inc.
            Macrodyne, Inc.
            PowerWorld Corp.
        DYNAMIC LINE RATING
            Electrotech, Inc.
            The Valley Group, Inc.
            USi Power
        INSULATOR CURRENT LEAKAGE SENSORS
            PSP Technologies, Inc.
            TPX Energy
        OTHER SENSORS
            FISO
            Intelligent Controls, Inc.
    ADVANCED COMPONENTS
        POWER ELECTRONICS
            Satcon Technology Corporation
            Xantrex Technology Inc.
        FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS
            Nexans
            Superpower Inc.
        TRANSMISSION CABLE
            3M Company
            American Superconductor Corp.
            Composite Technology Corp.
            Comverge, Inc.
            EnerNOC, Inc.
            Hyper Tech Research, Inc.
            Metal Oxide Technologies Inc.
            Southwire Co.
    DISTRIBUTED GENERATION
        MICROTURBINES
            Capstone Turbine Corp.
        PHOTOVOLTAICS
            First Solar Inc.
            HelioVolt Corp.
        FUEL CELLS
            Fuel Cell Energy, Inc.
            Materials and Systems Research, Inc.
        DISTRIBUTED STORAGE
            Maxwell Technologies, Inc.
            NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    SMART GRID CONTROLS
        DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS
            BPL GLOBAL, LTD.
            GridPoint, Inc.
        CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPLICATIONS
            Intergraph Corp.
            Milsoft Utility Solutions
            Silver Spring Networks
        INTERFACE AND DECISION SUPPORT
            Space-Time Insight

Chapter- 10: APPENDIX B: PATENT ANALYSIS     $103   

        Table 65 : NUMBER OF U.S. SMART GRID-RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY
        Figure 12 : U.S. SMART GRID-RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, AS OF JULY 25, 2013

 
List of Tables

    Summary Table : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 1 : U.S. CONSUMPTION OF FOSSIL FUELS FOR ELECTRICITY GENERATION, THROUGH 2012
    Table 2 : MAJOR CLASSES OF SMART GRID-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
    Table 3 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2018
    Table 4 : U.S. MARKET FOR INTEGRATED SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 5 : ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HOME AREA NETWORKS
    Table 6 : COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID HANS
    Table 7 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID HAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 8 : ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NEIGHBORHOOD AREA NETWORKS
    Table 9 : COMPANIES THAT MARKET OR ARE DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID NANS
    Table 10 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID NAN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 11 : MARKET FOR SMART GRID BACKBONE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 12 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 13 : SMART METER PRODUCERS
    Table 14 : MARKET FOR SMART METERS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 15 : PROVIDERS OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID WAMS
    Table 16 : MARKET FOR PMUs AND RELATED WAMS TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 17 : PROVIDERS OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID WAMS
    Table 18 : MARKET FOR DYNAMIC LINE-RATING SENSORS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 19 : U.S. MARKET FOR REMOTE INSULATOR LEAKAGE CURRENT SENSORS FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 20 : PROVIDERS OF OTHER TYPES OF SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASURING TECHNOLOGIES
    Table 21 : U.S. MARKET FOR OTHER MONITORING AND SENSING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 22 : U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID COMPONENTS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 23 : TYPES OF POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    Table 24 : PROVIDERS OF POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS
    Table 25 : U.S. POWER ELECTRONICS MARKET FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 26 : SUPPLIERS OF FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS
    Table 27 : U.S. ELECTRIC UTILITY MARKET FOR FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 28 : PROVIDERS OF HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSMISSION CABLE FOR THE SMART GRID
    Table 29 : MARKET FOR ADVANCED ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE, THROUGH 2018
    Table 30 : MARKET FOR SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION CABLE, THROUGH 2018
    Table 31 : MARKET FOR HIGH-CAPACITY OVERHEAD CONDUCTOR CABLE, THROUGH 2018
    Table 32 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 33 : MAJOR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES
    Table 34 : MAJOR FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGIES
    Table 35 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION EQUIPMENT
    Table 36 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 37 : PROJECTED U.S. CONSUMPTION OF PHOTOVOLTAICS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 38 : PROJECTED U.S. MARKET FOR GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAICS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 39 : PROJECTED U.S. MARKET FOR WIND TURBINES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 40 : U.S. FUEL CELL MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY TYPE, THROUGH 2018
    Table 41 : PROJECTED U.S. MARKET FOR GRID-CONNECTED MICROTURBINES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 42 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED STORAGE EQUIPMENT
    Table 43 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 44 : U.S. MARKET FOR NAS AND OTHER SODIUM BATTERY POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 45 : U.S. MARKET FOR VANADIUM REDOX BATTERY DISTRIBUTED POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 46 : U.S. MARKET FOR SUPERCONDUCTING POWER STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 47 : U.S. MARKET FOR SUPERCAPACITOR STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 48 : U.S. MARKET FOR COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 49 : U.S. MARKET FOR GRID-CONNECTED PHEVS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 50 : U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 51 : PROVIDERS OF DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS
    Table 52 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENT AGENTS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 53 : MARKET FOR DIGITAL PROTECTIVE RELAYS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 54 : MARKET FOR INTELLIGENT TAP CHANGERS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 55 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 56 : MARKET FOR GRID-FRIENDLY APPLIANCE CONTROLLERS, THROUGH 2013
    Table 57 : MARKET FOR DISTRIBUTED POWER-FLOW CONTROLLERS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 58 : UTILITY MARKET DISTRIBUTED AND CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES, THROUGH 2018
    Table 59 : CENTRALIZED APPLICATIONS FOR THE SMART GRID
    Table 60 : PROVIDERS OF CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS
    Table 61 : MARKET FOR CENTRALIZED SMART GRID CONTROL APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 62 : INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SMART GRID
    Table 63 : PROVIDERS OF INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS
    Table 64 : MARKET FOR INTERFACE AND DECISION-SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMART GRID APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2018
    Table 65 : NUMBER OF U.S. SMART GRID-RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY

List of Figures

    Summary Figure : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, 2012-2018
    Figure 1 : AVERAGE RETAIL PRICE OF ELECTRICITY, 2001-2011
    Figure 2 : U.S. ELECTRICITY GENERATION BY FUEL TYPE, 2012
    Figure 3 : U.S. FOSSIL FUEL IMPORTS, 2011
    Figure 4 : NATIONAL ELECTRICITY DELIVERY TECHNOLOGIES OVERALL ROADMAP
    Figure 5 : NATIONAL ELECTRICITY DELIVERY ROADMAP FOR DEVELOPING CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES
    Figure 6 : U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES, 2012-2018
    Figure 7 : U.S. SMART GRID TECHNOLOGIES MARKET SHARES, 2012-2018
    Figure 8 : TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR INTEGRATED SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS, 2012-2018
    Figure 9 : TRENDS IN THE U.S. MARKET FOR SMART GRID SENSING AND MEASUREMENT, 2012-2018
    Figure 10 : TRENDS IN U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID COMPONENTS, 2012-2018
    Figure 11 : TRENDS IN THE U.S. MARKET FOR ADVANCED SMART GRID CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES, 2012-2018
    Figure 12 : U.S. SMART GRID-RELATED PATENTS BY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY, AS OF JULY 25, 2013