Microgrid Deployment Tracker 2Q12

• Publication date: May 2012
• Report size: 9 pages

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 Depl...

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

Global Electrical Equipment Industry

List of Charts and Figures

Microgrid Capacity by Region, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Capacity by Market Segment, World Markets: 2Q 2012

List of Tables

Microgrid Projects, North America
Microgrid Projects, Europe
Microgrid Projects, Asia Pacific
Microgrid Projects, Rest of World
Microgrid Projects, Commercial/Industrial Segment
Microgrid Projects, Community/Utility Segment
Microgrid Projects, Institutional/Campus Environment Segment
Microgrid Projects, Military Segment
Microgrid Projects, Remote Systems Segment
Microgrid Projects, All Regions & All Segments
Microgrid Capacity by Region, World Markets: 2Q 2012
Microgrid Capacity by Market Segment, World Markets: 2Q 2012