GTM Research will present highlights and key findings from new market research detailing the growth of the smart grid over the next 5 years, including a bottom-up market forecast analysis that covers advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), distribution automation (DA), next-generation utility control systems, and home area networks (HAN). Understanding the smart grid or "Utility 2.0" will be imperative for understanding the evolving way in which pv will plug-in and communicate with both grid operators and homes and business.
To date, the enormous growth in both the solar and smart grid industries over the past decade has largely been occurring independent of each other. However, as the electric power grids across the globe increasingly get networked for 2-way communications, due largely to the growth in AMI, new opportunities are popping up to converge distributed generation (specifically photovoltaics) with the grid operator and building control systems. On this panel, hear from leading utility executives and policy makers who will explain how these domains are merging, and further detail the best framework to ensure that the significant strides made in technology, policy and investment will collectively move us to a less-centralized, less carbon-intensive electric power delivery system.
Sponsored by Petra Solar
