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
