As utilities complete advanced metering initiatives to comply with mandates and deadlines, the use of Power Line Communications (PLC) systems for smart grid applications will grow steadily — with annual revenue growing from $283 million in 2012 to more than $418 million by 2020, according to Pike Research. via Utility interest in PLC for smart Continue reading →
The global market for smart-grid technologies will generate revenues of $73 billion in 2020, up from $33 billion in 2012, according to a new report from Pike Research. The market-research company says smart-grid technologies will have generated $494 billion in cumulative revenues by the end of 2020, but warns the industry that “the creation of Continue reading →
The creation of the smart grid remains a colossal undertaking. Many complex smart grid programs are underway, but the scale of what remains to be done is enormous. The challenges ahead translate into strong growth for vendors of smart grid technologies – transmission upgrades, automation of substations and distribution, smart grid IT, and smart meters. Continue reading →
Smart Tech Clean Tech Black Tech Green Tech That’s my Dr. Seuss-inspired summary of last week’s Pike Research webinar on the year ahead in clean tech. Proceed with caution: From this point forward, if you’re not a clean tech geek, you may experience extreme boredom, drowsiness and restlessness. Do not attempt to operate heavy machinery Continue reading →
Despite limited interest and limited availability, smart appliances will play an increasingly important role in the smart grid as utilities worldwide deploy smart meters. According to Pike Research, smart appliances will represent a growing share of the total appliance market after 2015 with the annual market value increasing from $613 million in 2012 to $34.9 Continue reading →
On February 6, 2013, Pike Research announced the results of their latest smart appliances study, which found that they will grow from $613 million in 2012 to $34.9 billion annually in 2020. Smart appliances allow the building resident to control the appliance from their computer, smart phone, or television monitor. Many of these appliances are Continue reading →
Dear NTS-AT Colleagues: Interest in microgrids as a strategy for ensuring power reliability, quality, and flexibility is growing — not only for military applications, but also for campus environments in the commercial, government, health care, education, industrial, and remote sectors. North America is strongest in planned capacity growth through 2017, while APAC and the Continue reading →
Utilities around the world are investing billions of dollars to deploy and implement smart grid technologies to modernize their operational and information systems. These initiatives promise to transform the power grid, enabling utilities to monitor, analyze, and synchronize their networks to improve reliability, availability, and efficiency. According to a recent report from Pike Research, a Continue reading →
Utilities around the world are investing billions of dollars to deploy and implement smart grid technologies to modernize their operational and information systems. These initiatives promise to transform the power grid, enabling utilities to monitor, analyze, and synchronize their networks to improve reliability, availability, and efficiency. According to a recent report from Pike Research, a Continue reading →
While electric vehicle sales fell short of automakers’ expectations last year, new forecasts project a stronger market through the rest of the decade, with global sales reaching 3.8 million units a year by 2020. Electric vehicle sales are expected to grow at a compound annual rate of nearly 40 percent through the remainder of the Continue reading →
American consumers continue to show strong support for renewables and alternative-fuel vehicles, while apathy toward smart grid technologies may represent a golden opportunity for smart meter advocates. These promising findings come from Pike Research’s most recent Energy & Environment Consumer Survey, which polled 1,000 Americans during the third quarter of 2012. This is Pike’s fourth annual Continue reading →
The commercial sector offers a significant opportunity for growth in the demand response (DR) market, and the number of commercial facilities participating in DR programs worldwide will rise from fewer than 600,000 in 2012 to more than 1.4 million sites by 2018, finds a new report from Pike Research. via Renew Grid: The Commercial Sector Continue reading →
Renewable power sources – including hydrokinetic (which includes pumped storage), biomass, waste, geothermal, wind, solar photovoltaics (PV), and solar thermal – make up 10 percent of total electricity production in the United States. While news headlines in this election year have highlighted failures by renewable energy companies, North America leads the world in terms of Continue reading →
The market for smart grid technologies that help integrate renewable energy sources will grow from $3.8 billion this year to just under $13 billion in 2018, finds a new study by Pike Research. However, the time horizons for the widespread commercialization of these technologies vary widely, the report notes. Demand response, for example, has been Continue reading →
Commercial buildings have become increasingly sophisticated in their operations with the adoption of new automation technologies and building management systems. As building owners and operators look for ways to better utilize new tools and equipment in order to achieve greater efficiencies, their interest in demand response (DR) programs is also growing. According to a new Continue reading →
American consumers continue to show strong support for renewables and alternative-fuel vehicles, while apathy toward smart grid technologies may represent a golden opportunity for smart meter advocates. These promising findings come from Pike Research’s most recent Energy & Environment Consumer Survey, which polled 1,000 Americans during the third quarter of 2012. This is Pike’s fourth Continue reading →
A new survey conducted by Pike Research gauges U.S. consumers’ level of support for a variety of energy topics, including solar and wind power, the overall smart grid, and smart meters, among others. For the study, the company polled more than 1,000 adults during the third quarter of this year. via Renew Grid: How Do Continue reading →
The convergence of key technology developments, stronger business cases and growing regulatory acceptance is accelerating grid modernization. Substations and the increasingly automated and intelligent gear embedded within them are poised to play a critical role in this transformation. According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, more than 10,000 Continue reading →
The total capacity of worldwide spinning reserves for the grid will rise 40% by 2022, finds a new report from Pike Research. In terms of revenue, the report says the global spinning reserves market will more than double in size during that period – from $261 million this year to $578 million by 2022. via Continue reading →
Pike Research LLC (Boulder, Colorado, U.S.) has released a new report which predicts that North America will add more than 400 GW of renewable energy capacity from 2012 through 2015, as the world leader in new renewable energy. “Smart Energy Annual Report 2012″ estimates that Europe will be the second-largest region for distributed electricity generation, Continue reading →
