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Smart grid development in Australia kick started in 2010. It was led by the government- mandated and funded smart meter rollout in Victoria. Nevertheless, parallel cost-benefit analyses carried out by other power distribution utilities, challenges encountered during the rollout in Victoria, and budget restraints have driven utilities to explore alt...

Electric vehicles are causing a huge demand for electric energy on a mass commercial scale. A utility must plan accordingly to handle the additional demand caused by the increasing use of these vehicles. The strategies adopted by such utilities, along with the process through which an EV is connected to the grid, is discussed in this deliverable. I...

This study covers automation opportunities in the smartgrid market in SE Asia and Australia and New Zealand. It discusses the technologies that currently use automation and the new technologies in the smart grid market that will use automation. It also provides information on the drivers and restraints faced by governments in implementing these sys...

This research service examines the switchgear market in Asia-Pacific and provides industry analysis and forecast. The market is in the growth stage of the industry life cycle. The developing countries in this region have been focusing on power generation and transmission and distribution (T&D) investments, while the developed nations are keen on al...

The past 2-3 years have witnessed an increasing interest in smart grids and smart energy. Smart meters are considered to be the first step towards smart grid implementation. The smart meter rollout in Europe is well underway, boosted by the European Union legislation to achieve 80 percent coverage by 2020. Sweden and Italy had full scale penetratio...

The majority of European energy utilities have made considerable amount of progress towards smart grid implementation, especially in the areas of automated meter infrastructure (AMI) and demand side management. Approximately 35 per cent of utilities companies do not know when a return on investment will be achieved from their programs, whereas 29 p...

This study offers an in-depth analysis of the Chinese grid systems from the transformer market and smart grid market perspective. The traditional market is represented by the transformer market. This traditional market is estimated to keep growing stimulated by the emerging smart grid market for the next five years. The smart grid market comprises ...

The Indian medium voltage (MV) switchgear market is well established with considerable demand from power generation companies, transmission and distribution (T&D) utilities, and industrial end-user segments. The products covered in the research service include indoor switchgear, outdoor switchgear, ring main units and compact substations. Initiativ...

With over 40 participants, the Indian low voltage (LV) switchgear market is highly competitive and price sensitive. The research service discusses the markets for air circuit breaker (ACB), moulded case circuit breaker (MCCB), contactors and relays (C&R), miniature circuit breaker (MCB), residual current devices (RCD), distribution boards (DB), cha...