Substation Automation and Integration Systems

Global adoption of “smart grid’ programs and sustained electric load growth in Asia will support strong and steady expansion of substation automation and integration during the 2011-2015 period.

 

The substation automation and integration market is largely the province of global, full scope suppliers, often with turnkey responsibilities. But the rapidly growing Chinese market is being served by a number of new firms.  Fueled by Smart Grid Initiatives, the much more rapid adoption of interoperability technologies such as IEC 61850 offers new market opportunities for both established and new suppliers.

 

The trend toward renewable energy and distributed generation will also expand the market.  Renewables will feature much smaller generating units and many more of them.  Yet the remote location of prime wind resources means that renewable generation projects will use many more intelligent substations and devices for their protection and transmission systems.  No longer a pipe dream, renewables are growing rapidly in Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

 

The Chinese government has just published its 12th Five Year Plan which calls for major expansion and structural changes for the Chinese power grid.  As this plan is implemented, China will add both capacity and automation to its power transmission and distribution systems.  A worldwide characteristic of the smart grid is that more intelligence will be needed at the edges of the distribution system.  This will expand the role of distribution substations, many of which still need to be updated with intelligent devices and automation systems.  

 

The key issues researched in this report are the current character and future growth of the Substation Automation and Integration market.  Issues addressed include:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profiles for the major suppliers servicing this market are included.  Each profile reviews the company’s business, products, and services as it applies to this market segment.  Suppliers profiled include ABB, Alstom, Beijing Sifang Automation, BPL Global, C3-ilex, Cooper Power Systems, DAQ, Dongfang Electronics, Efacec Advanced Control Systems, Fuji, GarrettCom (a unit of Belden), GE Energy, Guodian Nanjing Automation (SAC), Hitachi, Hyosung, Integrated Electronic Systems Lab, Invensys, Mitsubishi Electric, NARI Technology Development, NR Electric, NovaTech, Open Systems International (OSI), Operation Technology, QEI, RuggedCom, Schneider Electric, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), Siemens Energy, Sieyuan Electric, SUBNET Solutions, Survalent Technology, Telvent, Toshiba, XJ Group, ZIV Group.