SmartGridTrends offers comprehensive, targeted coverage of Smart Grid related technologies, infrastructure, and applications.  SmartGridTrends reports  provide in-depth analysis of Smart Grid developments and identifies and analyzes key opportunities and trends, with a focus on the role of Integrated Communications as a key component of Smart Grid architectures.

Key Questions Answered 

• What is the role of the consumer in the Smart Grid?
• What are the key market trends and challenges driving Smart Grid technology adoption?
• What steps are necessary to ensure the security of the Smart Grid?
• What is the impact of regulation and policy on Smart Grid development and business models?
• Who are the innovators in Smart Grid deployment?
• How will operators integrate and manage the large number of devices that make up the Smart Grid?
• What are the key opportunities for vendors and solutions providers?  How big are they?

Key Coverage Areas

Smart Grid Trends provides strategic, competitive and market intelligence in the following key areas:

• Smart Grid Infrastructure and Applications
• Energy Policy and Regulatory Impacts
• Smart Grid Stakeholder Landscape
• Smart Grid Challenges and Opportunities

Smart Grid Infrastructure & Applications

Key Infrastructure: Integrated Communications Infrastructure, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), Supply Automation, Supply Control and Optimization

Key Applications: Demand Response (DR), Asset Management & Usage Forecasting, Dynamic Pricing, Theft & Outage Management, Load Profiling Balancing; Distribution Network Diagnosis, Remote Surveillance & Control, Supply Monitoring, Analysis and Quality Control, Demand-Side Management (DSM), Home Energy Management (HEM)

Energy Policy and Regulatory Impacts

Government and State Requirements, Stimulus Programs, Renewables Programs

Smart Grid Stakeholder Landscape

Energy Retailers, Transmission Providers, Distribution Providers, Policymakers, Product & Service Suppliers, Financial, End Users, Telecommunications Providers, System Integrators

Smart Grid Challenges & Opportunities

Standards, Business Models, Consumer Adoption, Storage, Security, Device Management