SMART GRID TRENDS
Smart Grid: 10 Trends to Watch in 2015 and Beyond
4Q 2014 (Navigant Research)
"Electric utilities are facing upheaval on a number of fronts: Deregulation is a global trend…The proliferation of DG installations, along with electric vehicles (EVs), is changing the load profile of distribution circuits, often in concentrated neighborhoods, which can mean reduced grid stability and increased need for infrastructure upgrades…even as they must implement programs designed to cut electric power consumption even further. This dichotomy is not sustainable…These factors and others are behind the major trends that Navigant Research has identified for the smart grid industry in 2015 and beyond…[including]…Prosumers prod the traditional model...Smart metering 2.0…More utility solutions leverage distributed intelligence and automation…Utilities get jiggy with social media and mobile devices…Smart grid as a service… DR…Flexible alternating current transmission system [and h igh-voltage transmission] deployments…Regulators tweaking the utility recipe… Europe and Asia Pacific especially poised for growth…” click here for more
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