ARC says Smart Grid Software Market to Grow 65% in Five Years

ARC預測智能電網軟件市場在5年內將增長65％ 
 
August 5, 2010: The worldwide Smart Grid Operations Management software and services market will grow by greater than 65% over the next five years, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1 percent. A new report published by ARC Advisory Group projects this substantial growth will result from a concurrent wave of new technology and worldwide infrastructure spending driven by sovereign investment programs. These sovereign investment programs are heavily focused on technology to improve grid reliability, efficiency, and information management capabilities. Smart grid operations management software is a critical element in the development of more efficient and reliable electric grids.

8月5日消息——未來5年，全球智能電網的運行管理軟件和服務市場將獲得超過65％的增長，即年復合增長率（CAGR）為11.1%。ARC顧問集團公布的一份最新報告表明，新興技術以及政府投資計劃帶動全球基礎設施開支的兩大浪潮是該市場持續增長的因素。這些政府投資項目均集中在提升電網的可靠性、效率、信息管理能力的技術革新。在發展更可靠、更高效電網的過程中，智能電網運營管理軟件是一個非常關鍵的因素。

The United States, China, and India are the countries currently allocating the greatest amount of public capital to grid expansion and improvement initiatives. “The concurrent deployment of the $8 billion in U.S. smart grid investment, $180 billion in Chinese grid investment, and $10 billion for the Indian R-APDRP program is serving as the catalyst for exceptional growth in this technology-driven market,” according to Clint Reiser, Enterprise Software Analyst, and the principal author of ARC’s “Smart Grid Operations Management Software & Services Worldwide Outlook.” The growth is also being supported by expansion projects in emerging markets such as the Middle East and Latin America.

目前，美國、中國和印度是在電網擴建和升級項目中投入公共資金數額最大的國家。ARC企業軟件領域的分析師Clint Reiser在其主筆的《智能電網運營管理軟件和服務全球市場研究報告》中指出：“美國政府投資80億美元于智能電網、中國投入1800億美元用于電網建設、印度投入100億美元用于其R-APDRP項目是這一技術驅動型市場取得異常增長的催化劑。”中東和拉美等新興市場也有越來越多的擴建項目，這必然促進智能電網市場的發展。

U.S. Government Stimulus
美國政府的刺激方案

In 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allotted $4.5 billion to modernize the electric grid, enhance security of U.S. energy infrastructure, and ensure reliable electricity delivery to meet growing demand. Smart grid management software vendors have already begun experiencing increased interest in their solutions. Although these software vendors anticipate growth to occur in transmission and substation automation technology, they anticipate the greatest growth to occur from spending on distribution technology to enhance network control, efficiency, reliability, and power quality. In particular, vendors have noted that utilities have shown interest in new distribution management system and outage management system applications.

2009年，美國恢復和再投資法案撥出45億美元用于智能電網的現代化改造，增強美國能源基建設施的安全性，確保滿足經濟增長所需要的電力供應。智能電網管理軟件供應商也開始感覺到他們的解決方案受到越來越多的關注。盡管這些軟件供應商預期的增長出現在傳輸及變電站自動化技術上，但他們預計最大的增長來自于對增強網絡控制、效率、可靠性、發電質量的配電技術投資上。特別地，供應商已經注意到了公用事業機關對新型配電管理系統和停電管理系統的應用表現出的濃厚興趣。

China’s Ongoing Grid Expansion and Modernization
中國正在推進電網擴建和現代化改造

China is in the midst of a large-scale, nationwide grid extension and modernization project. What began as an effort to supply electricity to the majority of the country’s population has gradually shifted focus toward grid modernization and efficiency. ARC believes that smart grid operations management software and other intelligent grid elements will account for an increasing percentage of total spending as this shift in focus toward grid modernization continues. Chinese Government and industry leaders have stated that a “unified strong and smart grid” system is going to be built across the country by 2020. Larger scale smart grid construction is expected to be included in China’s five year development plan beginning in 2011. A number of foreign technology and service providers have already established a presence in China in anticipation of the country’s smart grid growth opportunities.

中國政府正在全國范圍內實施大規模的電網擴建和現代化改造項目。電網建設的重點從起初的滿足國內大部分人口的電力供應逐漸轉變為電網的現代化和效率。ARC認為，隨著對電網現代化的持續關注，智能電網運營管理軟件和其他智能電網元器件占總投資的比重將逐漸增大。中國政府和行業領導企業已公布了“統一堅強智能電網”計劃到2020年全面建成。大規模的智能電網建設預計將被歸納入起始于2011年的中國下一個五年發展規劃，而眾多國外技術和服務供應商早已布局中國市場，期待分享中國的智能電網發展機遇。

Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory Group has grown to become the Thought Leader in Manufacturing and Supply Chain solutions. ARC analysts have the expert industry knowledge and first-hand experience to help clients find the best answer to complex business issues. ARC focuses on simple yet critical goals: improving clients’ return on assets, operational performance, total cost of ownership, project time-to-benefit, and shareholder value.

ARC管理集團成立于1986年，是全球制造業和供應鏈領域領先的研究機構。ARC分析師通過應用豐富行業知識和第一手經驗，幫助客戶應對企業運營中出現的各種復雜問題。ARC專注于幫助客戶實現簡單但卻具有關鍵意義的企業目標，包括提高客戶資產收益率、運營績效、降低總體擁有成本、縮短項目見效周期、提升股東收益。