2008 Global Utilities - Environmental Focus for Smart Grids

1. Smart Grids: Energy and Environment Issues 2008

• 1.1 Smart grids and climate change
  • 1.1.1 Catalysts for change
  • 1.1.2 Vision for the future
• 1.2 The reality of global warming
  • 1.2.1 Smart meters
• 1.3 Trillions to be spent on electricity grids
  • 1.3.1 ICT solutions for global warming and energy saving
• 1.4 Will we get it right in 2008?
  • 1.4.1 Industries need to work together
• 1.5 Leadership is all that is needed

2. Smart Grid Overview and Global Activities

• 2.1 Overview of smart grids
  • 2.1.1 Introduction
  • 2.1.2 What is a smart grid?
  • 2.1.3 Current grid outmoded and outdated
  • 2.1.4 Old technologies, and no young engineers
  • 2.1.5 Utilities need to be modernised
  • 2.1.6 In favour of smart grids
  • 2.1.7 Smart grid analyses 2008
• 2.2 Smart grid activities 2008
  • 2.2.1 Overview of smart grid activities around the world
  • 2.2.2 Case study 1: Australia
  • 2.2.3 Case study 2: USA
  • 2.2.4 IBM' s Intelligent Utility Network Coalition

3. Global Utilities Broadband Market 2008

• 3.1 High level analyses of broadband
  • 3.1.1 Broadband doesn' t just equal high-speed Internet
  • 3.1.2 The many aspects of broadband infrastructure
  • 3.1.3 Cities to take charge
  • 3.1.4 National or local infrastructure
  • 3.1.5 The pointless technology debates
  • 3.1.6 End-to-end connectivity for national NGNs
• 3.2 Utilities broadband trends and analyses
  • 3.2.1 Introduction
  • 3.2.2 BPL market overview
  • 3.2.3 BPL review
  • 3.2.4 BPL SWOT analysis
  • 3.2.5 Selecting the right business model
  • 3.2.6 Utilities as telcos
  • 3.2.7 Other developments
  • 3.2.8 Analysing telecoms and the electricity utilities

4. Home Plug and Demand Side Management

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 HomePlug
  • 4.2.1 Introduction
  • 4.2.2 Every socket a telco outlet
  • 4.2.3 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
  • 4.2.4 56 bit DES
  • 4.2.5 Interoperability
  • 4.2.6 Reach - with and beyond each home
  • 4.2.7 HomePlug Powerline Alliance
• 4.3 Trends and developments 2008
  • 4.3.1 HomeGrid Forum
  • 4.3.2 Zyxel digital media adapter uses HomePlug AV
  • 4.3.3 HomePlug product shipments double
• 4.4 Home networking
• 4.5 Demand Side Management/Energy Management Services
  • 4.5.1 Introduction
  • 4.5.2 DSM applications for residential users
• 4.6 Conclusion

5. Regional Overviews

• 5.1 North America
  • 5.1.1 USA
• 5.2 Latin America
  • 5.2.1 Overview
  • 5.2.2 Argentina
  • 5.2.3 Brazil
  • 5.2.4 Chile
  • 5.2.5 Colombia
  • 5.2.6 Costa Rica
  • 5.2.7 Ecuador
  • 5.2.8 Mexico
• 5.3 Europe
  • 5.3.1 Western Europe
  • 5.3.2 Eastern Europe
• 5.4 Africa and the Middle East
  • 5.4.1 Africa
  • 5.4.2 Middle East
• 5.5 Asia
  • 5.5.1 Overview
  • 5.5.2 China
  • 5.5.3 Malaysia
  • 5.5.4 Singapore
• 5.6 Pacific region
  • 5.6.1 Australia

6. Glossary of Abbreviations

• Table 1 - Overall electricity price increase in select countries - 2003 - 2008
• Table 2 - BPL networking equipment unit sales worldwide - 2006 - 2007
• Table 3 - HomePlug product shipments - 2007 - 2008
• Table 4 - Electricity market price increase in select Western European countries - 2007 - 2008

• Exhibit 1 - Definition of smart grid
• Exhibit 2 - Smart grid applications
• Exhibit 3 - Regional summary of smart grid activity - 2008
• Exhibit 4 - Selected smart grid/AMI/AMR project examples worldwide - 2008
• Exhibit 5 - Key starting-points for local broadbanding
• Exhibit 6 - Key broadbanding steps
• Exhibit 7 - Potential BPL applications
• Exhibit 8 - HomePlug from NetComm (Australia)
• Exhibit 9 - Traditional and non-traditional energy information/energy management services