Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2Q12 - Institutional/Campus, Community/Utility, Commercial/ Industrial, Military, and Remote Systems: Active Microgrid Projects by World Region
Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2Q12 - Institutional/Campus, Community/Utility, Commercial/ Industrial, Military, and Remote Systems: Active Microgrid Projects by World Region
Institutional/Campus, Community/Utility, Commercial/ Industrial, Military, and Remote Systems: Active Microgrid Projects by World Region
Microgrids are an emerging smart grid platform that incorporates a variety of
hardware and software product offerings to enable the integration of
distributed energy generation in a variety of forms. Microgrid projects may be
grid-tied or remote and are utilized in several key application segments
including commercial/industrial, community/utility, institutional/campus,
military, and remote installations.
This edition of the Microgrid Deployment Tracker reinforces two major trends
that Pike Research has identified in our past analysis. First, North America
continues to be the world's most promising market for grid-tied microgrid
projects, with more than 50 new projects coming to light since the last
tracker update. These projects boosted overall planned capacity in North
America to 1,550 MW in 2Q 2012, up 51% from 1,026 MW identified in our 4Q 2011
update. Second, Pike Research finds that the remote microgrid segment is the
best long-term bet in the sector. As supporting evidence for this conclusion,
the region boasting the largest growth in this edition of the tracker was
"Rest of World", with planned capacity in these countries rising from 76 MW to
391 MW. Many of these projects are in the very early planning stages.
This Pike Research tracker report provides a detailed and comprehensive
database of worldwide microgrid projects. The tracker covers microgrids in
five key segments: commercial/industrial, community/utility,
institutional/campus, military, and remote systems. Deployments are segmented
by world region, and the tracker includes details on generation capacity,
power generation sources, facility type, and companies involved for each
project.
Key Questions Addressed:
What is the total global capacity for all segments of microgrids today?
Which of the primary applications - commercial/industrial,
community/utility, institutional/campus, military and remote - leads in
capacity deployments today?
Which geography leads the world in total deployments to date?
Which vendors are involved with which projects, and where?
What regions of the world are hot spots for remote systems, the leading
microgrid segment in terms of sheer numbers of projects and total revenues?
Who needs this report?
Microgrid hardware and software companies
Inverter manufacturers
Systems integrators
Utilities
Government agencies
Industry associations
Academic community
Investor community
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
List of Charts and Figures
Microgrid Capacity by Region, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Capacity by Market Segment, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Capacity by Region, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Capacity by Market Segment, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2Q12 - Institutional/Campus, Community/Utility, Commercial/ Industrial, Military, and Remote Systems: Active Microgrid Projects by World Region published by Navigant Research (formerly Pike Research) in May 7, 2012. This report consists of 9 Pages and the price starts from US $ 2900.
Press Release
Capacity of Planned or Operating Microgrids Surpasses 2.5 Gigawatts Worldwide
May 14th, 2012
Global Information Inc. would like to present a new market research report, "Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2Q12 - Institutional/Campus, Community/Utility, Commercial/ Industrial, Military, and Remote Systems: Active Microgrid Projects by World Region" by Navigant Research (formerly Pike Research).
The year 2011 signaled a shift in the microgrid sector, as some of the first large-scale commercial microgrid projects reached significant milestones. With the adoption of newly created IEEE islanding standards in July 2011, the shift from pilot validation projects to fully commercial projects accelerated, as evidenced by the large jump in planned, proposed, and operating grid-tied microgrids in North America. According to a new tracker report from Pike Research, as of the second quarter of 2012 there are 87 new microgrids either planned, proposed, or in current operation, totaling over 2,575 megawatts (MW) in capacity. This represents a 54% increase over planned and operating capacity identified in the 4Q 2011 update from Pike Research.
"Microgrids are rapidly moving beyond pilot projects and into commercial applications and developments," says senior analyst Peter Asmus. "With more than 85 new projects added since the fourth quarter of 2011, and total planned, proposed, and operating capacity now exceeding 2.5 gigawatts, it is clear that momentum in this segment of the smart grid landscape is accelerating."
Globally, the rising costs of diesel fuel along with the drop in solar photovoltaic (PV) prices have contributed to a flurry of new commercial activity regarding remote microgrids throughout the developing world. Depending upon ones definition of a microgrid, remote systems could lead the global microgrid market in terms of revenue by 2018. North America, however, continues to be the worlds most promising market for grid-tied microgrid projects, with more than 50 new projects coming to light since the last tracker update. These projects boosted overall planned capacity in North America to 1,550 MW in 2Q 2012, up 51% from 1,026 MW identified in Pike Researchs 4Q 2011 update.
Pike Researchs "Microgrid Deployment Tracker" provides a detailed and comprehensive database of worldwide microgrid projects. The tracker covers microgrids in five key segments: commercial/industrial, community/utility, institutional/campus, military, and remote systems. Deployments are segmented by world region, and the tracker includes details on generation capacity, power generation sources, facility type, and companies involved for each project.
