Electric Vehicles Are Changing the Market for Grid Automation

The ARC Grid Automation market report provides critical insight into the suppliers that make the electric grid operate. The grid automation report covers measuring devices, control and protection devices, control and data gathering communications, and a wide class of operational execution systems. The report scope includes DMS, ADMS, TMS, EMS, OMS, WAMS, VVC, LFA, forecasting, GIS, and the services that go with these products. Grid automation spans a wide range of suppliers and technologies, but fundamentally it is focused on reliability, cost of power, and meeting environmental goals. Grid regulators and operators will be introducing new energy, ancillary service, and capacity markets and new policies that will drive investment in new generation, storage, transmission, distribution, and demand response software and hardware.

"Electric vehicles are on the cusp of a revolution in passenger cars. The fear that EVs will disrupt the electric grid is giving way to the realization that EVs can be a stabilizing influence on the electric grid. With the proper regulations, polices, and standards many EVs can charge when power costs are low. When EV makers enable bidirectional charging, owners can realize Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) or Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) to make money and stabilize the grid. Grid regulators and operators will be introducing new energy, ancillary service, and capacity markets and new policies that will drive investment in new generation, storage, transmission, distribution, and demand response software and hardware. The strategy for suppliers is to evaluate how, when, and where the markets will change," according to Rick Rys, Senior Analyst and key author of ARC's Grid Automation Market Research Report.

Grid Automation Market Trends

In addition to providing detailed competitive market share data, the report also addresses key market trends as follows:

  • Digitalization Improvements 
  • Grid Interactive Customers 
  • Increased Power Consumption 
  • More Distributed Generation

Leading Suppliers to the Grid Automation Market Identified

In addition to providing specific market data and industry trends, this ARC market research also identifies and positions the leading suppliers to this market and provides and summarizes their relevant offerings. An alphabetical list of key suppliers covered in this analysis includes: ABB, General Electric, NARI Technology, Schneider Electric, Siemens.

About the Grid Automation Research

Grid Automation Market TrendsThe Grid Automation report explores the current and future market performance and related technology and business trends and identifies leading technology suppliers. This new research is based on ARC’s industry-leading market research database, extensive primary and secondary research, and proprietary economic modelling techniques. The research includes competitive analysis, plus five-year market forecasts by World Region, Grid Location, Revenue Category, Hardware Revenues by Type, Software Revenues by Application, Service Revenues by Type, Site Type, Project Size, Project Type, Customer Type, Sales Channel.

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