1. 1. Australian Smart Grid Market - Utility SurveyMoving from smart meter focused deployment to holistic solutions Sarah Wang, Senior Consultant Energy & Power Systems15 June 2012
2. 2. Focus Points SectionDefinition and What Each State is DoingKey DriversKey RestraintsUtilities ResponsesCriteria for Vendor SelectionWhat the Rest of The World is Doing2
3. 3. Utility Survey Smart Grid Utility Survey: Smart Grid Development Stage, Australia, 2012 Smart GridSmart GridUtility Utility Development StageDevelopment StageEnergex, QldUnited Energy*Ergon, QldCitiPower*AusGrid Jemena*Integral Energy (Endeavour Energy)ETSAEssential EnergyAuroraActewAGLWestern PowerPowercor* Horizon PowerSP Ausnet*Power & Water*: the five distribution utilities in Victoria have completed their smart gridinfrastructure construction. Smart meter rollout is to be completed in mid of 2013.No planImplementation Stage Source: Frost & Sullivan analysis3
4. 4. What is each state doing? Customer base of approximately ETSA has been exploring the Successful business case on 75,000. Is the smallest market opportunities presented by demand control. Ongoing and across all states. demand side management, planned grid automation Distribution network heavily conducting small scale defined projects focusing on demand under-invested. No immediate area trial using commercially control andmanagement. smart grid roll-out plan.available devices. The trial will Network: Proprietary network.continue focus on demand sidemanagement. Network: 3G and 4G.Has a much lower customerdensity than other states. AfterNorthernthe successful 12,000 AMI-basedtrial project, a larger rollout TerritorySmart grid smart city projectinvolving ~250,000 smart meterspiloted by AusGrid. Project value:is being planned (subject to the A$100 million; exploring AMI,regulatory approval). Network: electric vehicle, renewable energy,Wireless Mesh Radio Networkand storage technologies.Queensland Other small scale AMI-based trial is on going. Network: WiMax andWesternSouth abackbone fibrenetwork Australia (AusGrid),Australia New SouthWales Forms nearly 25.0 percent of total Australian electricity market in terms In 2010-11 Aurora Energy wasof subscriber base. Victoriafocusedon remotenetwork Regulatory mandate to deploy smart meters for all consumers by 2013,monitoring, remote control andwhich would amount to over 2.5 million Meters.automation. AMI-based trial project Focus is on AMI, but the utilities are looking to build scalableproduced failed business case. .infrastructure that could involve other technologies in future. Network: WiMax and Wireless Mesh Radio.TasmaniaSource: Frost & Sullivan analysis.4
5. 5. Key Drivers SummaryPreparing forpotential regulatorychangesIncreasingThe Growingdemand for energy replacement of adoption of efficiency andanalogue poweralternative and capital investmentmeters drives the distributedreduction smart meterenergy systems rolloutSource: Frost & Sullivan 5
6. 6. Key Restraints Summary Negative Disaggregationexperiences fromFinancing difficultyof the power previous projects supply chain inAustraliaUntestedtechnologiesSource: Frost & Sullivan 6
7. 7. Smart Grids in Australia Utility Responses Reasons for adopting the smart grids Major challenges encountered by the utilities Key areas of interests Technology focus Benefits7
8. 8. What Do the Utilities Expect From VendorsTrack Record Professional PeoplePriceAppropriateTechnology Procurement Process8
9. 9. Technological TrendsKey Takeaway: The future trend is a strategy using AMI combined with technology upgrades in the traditional power network. AMI-based ComprehensiveAMI-based Approach power network automation Technologystrategy replacement based 2015 andBefore 2010CurrentbeyondSource: Frost & Sullivan analysis 9
10. 10. Global Perspective North America:Europe: 17.9% 23.2% Rest of theWorld: 58.9% 10
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14. 14. Todays Presenter Sarah Wang, Senior Consultant Frost & Sullivan Australia and New Zealand SydneyWith over 7 years of experience in industry research and business consulting, Sarah has undertaken research and consulting projects in renewable energy, environment, power generation and transmission, building technologies, and chemicals and materials.She is now a Senior Consultant at Industrial Practice, Australia and New Zealand; focuses on managing and conducting research on industry trends and data analysis, to generate client-focused reports, briefings, and other content for the subscription services.For any other enquiries, email us:apacfrost@frost.com14
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