[May 15, 2015]

Research and Markets: Revisiting the European Smart Grid Demand Response (DR) Market to 2020

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/tgvlxw/revisiting_the) has announced the addition of the "Revisiting the European Smart Grid Demand Response (DR) Market" report to their offering.

This research service analyses trends within the European smart grid DR market. It determines the challenges and opportunities for industrial and ICT vendors. This is a distinctively potent market, in which conditions are characterised by dominant manufacturers and innovative technology enablers within the various functional aspects of the power grid value chain, ranging from transmission to distribution to end consumers.

In this regard, the concept of industry convergence has emerged as an all-important business proposition. The research and analysis span 2013 to 2020.

Smart grids enable the transformation of utility functions and push information technology (IT) across its traditional boundary into operational technology (OT), remarkably blurring the boundaries between the two. In turn, the utilities can leverage this convergence for smrter, more cost effective, and more reliable operation.

Information and communication technology (ICT) coupled with favourable regulatory norms offers a great platform for smart grid pilot projects. With a global interoperable standard and increased awareness amongst consumers, smart grids will be poised for success.

Many governments are considering smart grids and the broader low-carbon technology industry as critical to the evolution of their manufacturing and knowledge economy. Over the last 12 months, a significant number of projects have moved from research and the development (R&D) to the demonstration and deployment (D&D) phase, which is a healthy sign that the smart grid market is making significant progress.

The rate at which smart grid projects are being undertaken by various utilities across Europe makes smart grid implementation seem plausible. Utilities' participation in implementing smart grid solutions adds further impetus to this otherwise nascent market. Although there is an overall positive trend, utilities in Eastern Europe seem to be lacking a drive to move projects forward simply due to severe funding crunch. This report emphasizes that successful execution is possible when there is absolute support from the government as well as from other participants of this evolving value chain.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Executive Summary

2. Scope Objectives

3. Market Overview

4. Smart Grid

5. Investments

6. Demand Response - A Comprehensive Investigation with Actionable Insights

7. Aggregation and Aggregators

8. Market Participants

9. Key Trends that Impact the Smart Grid Market

10. The Game Changers - A Glimpse

11. Country Snapshot - Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain

12. Company Profiles

13. Conclusion

14. The Last Word - 3 Big Predictions

Companies Mentioned

- Cisco (News - Alert) System Inc.

- Endeco Technologies Limited

- EnerNOC Inc.

- Oracle Corporation

- Silver Spring Networks Inc.

- Smarter Grid Solutions Limited

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