NanoMarkets Smart Grid Analysis Group Issues Papers on Smart Grid Sensors and Smart Grid Supercapacitors

Published: May 28, 2010    Category: Smart Grids

Glen Allen, VA:  NanoMarkets’ Smart Grid Analysis group has issued two papers that address market opportunities for sensors and supercapacitors in Smart Gridapplications.  The papers are available on the NanoMarkets website at www.nanomarkets.net.  The content from the papers was drawn from previously issued market reports from the firm that provided in-depth analysis of smart grid energy storageand smart grid sensors technologies.

The Papers:

Supercapacitors in the Grid:

According to NanoMarkets’ Smart Grid Analysis, the Smart Grid supercapacitor market will reach $3.8 billion in 2015.  Today, however, the market for these systems is worth only about $0.4 billion with by far the biggest chunk of revenues coming from regenerative energy capture with load smoothing for light rail applications.  Our analysis suggests that new applications, especially those related to power quality and grid instability, are likely to be driven significantly forward by the impressive gains that Smart Grid supercapacitors have been able to achieve.

Three Types of Smart Grid Sensors That Will Make Money in the Next Decade:

The rising price of energy is not good news for most businesses.  However, NanoMarkets’ Smart Grid Analysis believes that one industry that should see significant revenue increases as a direct result of the “too expensive not to monitor” trend will be the sensor industry.   Putting more sensors into the grid will be essential to increasing the efficiency of the electricity power infrastructure, which itself is essential at a time of long-term rising prices for electricity.  In addition, more sensors help meet the growing demands from regulators and consumers for more grid reliability at a time when this reliability is challenged by everything from cyber-terrorists to the need to integrate highly fluctuating renewable energy sources.

About Smart Grid Analysis Reports:

Batteries and Ultra-Capacitors for the Smart Power Grid: Market Opportunities 2009-2016 quantifies the opportunities for electrical storage for emerging Smart Grid applications. Battery technologies considered in this report include lead acid, lead carbon, ultrabatteries, sodium sulfur, flow batteries and lithium ion batteries, as well as supercapacitors. This report also includes specific regional analysis of demand for storage in Smart Grid for North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, non-Japan Asia, and Japan. Applications for the Smart Grid that are considered in this report include grid stability, frequency smoothing and peak shifting, microgrid frequency regulation, grid-connected, light rail.

Detailed volume and value forecasts are provided for each application area and storage technology. In addition, we have included profiles of influential suppliers of Smart Grid storage products. Some of the firms mentioned in this report include Axion, C&D technologies, Cellenium, Enersys, ESMA, Excide Technologies, Firefly, General Electric, Geobattery, Maxwell Technologies, Nesscap, NGK Insulators, Premium Power, Prudent Energy, Siemens, Sumitomo, TEPCO, Vfuel and ZBB Energy.

Sensors for the Smart Grid provides an in-depth analysis of the emerging market for sensors in the Smart Grid. Areas covered include sensors for energy monitoring, load balancing sensors, security monitoring and equipment inspection. We examine the markets for such sensors in the transmission and distribution networks of the power companies and in the home. As with all Smart Grid Analysis reports, this report contains a granular eight-year forecast in volume and value terms. And it also includes an assessment of the strategies of the leading players in this space as well the activities of the major standards organizations and their role in creating a smart sensor friendly grid ecosystem. The report also discusses the differences in the Smart Grid sensor market among the major industrialized countries of the world.

About NanoMarkets’ Smart Grid Analysis

The mission of Smart Grid Analysis is to provide comprehensive and actionable industry analysis of the emerging Smart Grid market that clients can leverage to meet their business and technology objectives. The data is available in our market research reports, white papers and consulting engagements or through one-on-one engagements with our analysts. Visit us on the web at www.smartgridanalysis.com.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
804-360-2967
rob@nanomarkets.net

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