Global Smart Grid Communications Market 2010-2014
- Published: September 2011
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A smart grid is a way to manage the delivery of electricity from suppliers to consumers in a way that saves energy, reduces costs and increases the reliability and transparency of power services. Most electricity providers are not prepared for these demands, in terms of culture or technology.
smart grid achieves all this via two-way digital communications, which will most probably be deployed as an overlay to the electrical power grid. As well as running the grid more efficiently, this could also allow the electricity supplier to control a range of devices at consumers' homes, business premises and industrial plants, as well work with a greater range of sources of power.
As the smart grid is deployed, the relationships between utilities and their customers, which have been relatively
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Executive Summary
Section 1: How the energy industry works now
Section 2: What is the smart grid and why do we need it?
Section 3: Smart grids face challenges
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