Smart grid drives demand for sensors and controllers

According to the statistics of the Industrial Information Institute (MIC) of the Capital Policy Committee, the global smart grid market size was about US $ 90 billion in 2010, a growth of nearly 30% from 2009; it is expected to grow to 1,900 by 2015 The annual compound growth rate is about 18%. The sensor and controller components will occupy the highest market share, about 50% of the overall market.

Gong Junguang, a senior industry analyst at MIC, said that as the global greenhouse effect and the impact of climate change are expanding, governments around the world are actively promoting the development of laws, regulations and technologies related to energy conservation, and have become an important government direction. Driven by the massive investment of smart grid infrastructure by governments of all countries, more than 70% of power companies worldwide have begun to build and test related systems. Smart grids have been listed as important energy policy and economic development priorities by countries.

It is estimated that by 2015, the global smart grid market will reach US $ 190 billion. In addition to sensor and controller components accounting for about 50% of the market, information software and hardware equipment is followed by power grid management, power grid automation management, electricity meter management, etc. as the main development systems, accounting for about the overall market. 25%. Related network communication equipment demand accounts for 15% of the overall market output value, and the market size of smart meters accounts for 10% of the overall smart grid market output value.

Integration of information and communication technology creates new business opportunities for energy-saving applications

The energy and economic benefits driven by the smart grid have gradually driven the development trend of the combination of the energy industry and the ICT industry under the requirements of the digitalization, the application of two-way network transmission technology, remote monitoring and management, and will promote the investment and development of capital and communications companies in the future Related components, such as sensing components, control components, communication modules, etc. At the same time, the development of equipment such as meter information management system, intelligent energy-saving system and automation control will gradually receive market attention.

Under the integrated development trend of digitalization and network transmission technology, it will also promote the integrated development of the information and communication industry and the energy industry, derive the energy information and communication (EICT) industry, and form an upstream, midstream and downstream industry supply chain for energy monitoring, energy management and energy-saving services . In the future, system adjustments such as technical standard formulation, Netcom technology and equipment construction, test platform construction, demand response, and time electricity price will also be important issues that deserve attention.

Use ODM experience as a competitive niche to develop energy-saving products with cost advantages

Looking to the future, the development of Taiwanese companies in the field of energy monitoring application products has already been mass-produced for the industry, such as sensors, controllers, network modules and equipment. In the future, we should develop high-precision with the current accumulated ODM advantages. Energy and equipment diagnostic modules, and develop cost-effective smart meters and wireless sensing components.

Gong Junguang believes that Taiwan ’s ICT industry occupies many niche points in the global market. With the advantages of Taiwan ’s ICT manufacturers ’rapid response in ODM production capacity, flexible scheduling and cost control, they can actively use existing ICT technology and R & D energy to develop energy-saving applications in the future. product.

Taiwan ’s information software and hardware manufacturers have good system integration capabilities, high customization flexibility, and mature development of commercial software engineering technologies and back-end applications. Manufacturers should make full use of this advantage and develop and apply them separately for home, commercial, or industrial applications. The modular product makes it compatible with the system platform developed by large foreign manufacturers, and replaces the direct competition with the cooperation of both parties.

The MIC said that the infrastructure construction of the smart grid is expected to take at least 5 to 10 years from the planning period, the construction period to the actual operation market development period. At present, the deployment of smart grids in various countries around the world is still in the early stage of promotion. Based on the ODM experience and advantages of Taiwanese manufacturers in the ICT industry, it is better to take advantage of the advantages and lay out early to grasp the market opportunities for smart grid-related products.

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