Australian Smart Grid Market - Utility Survey Moving from smart meter focused deployment to holistic solutions Sarah Wang, Senior Consultant Energy & Power Systems 15 June 2012
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. Focus Points SectionDefinition and What Each State is
DoingKey DriversKey RestraintsUtilities ResponsesCriteria for
Vendor SelectionWhat the Rest of The World is Doing2
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. 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. 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. Key Restraints Summary Negative Disaggregationexperiences
fromFinancing difficultyof the power previous projects supply chain
inAustraliaUntestedtechnologiesSource: Frost & Sullivan 6
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. What Do the Utilities Expect From VendorsTrack Record
Professional PeoplePriceAppropriateTechnology Procurement
Process8
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. Global Perspective North America:Europe: 17.9% 23.2% Rest
of theWorld: 58.9% 10
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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
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