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Smart Metering and Wireless M2M

Smart Metering and Wireless M2M is the fourth consecutive report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments on the European AMM market.

This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with over 130 pages of unique business intelligence, including 5-year industry forecasts, expert commentary and real-life case studies on which to base your business decisions.

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Understand the regulatory and macroeconomic drivers behind the adoption of intelligent metering in Europe.

Learn more about recent market developments in ten Western European countries.

Discover the AMM solutions available from leading vendors on the European market.

Benefit from experiences gained by leading industry players when implementing smart metering.

Recognize the business opportunities in each part of the metering value chain.

Profit from valuable insights about the most successful business and technology propositions on the market.

Berg Insight’s M2M Research SeriesWhat are the key business opportunities in the emerging European wireless M2M market? Berg Insight’s M2M Research Series is a unique series of market reports published on a quarterly basis. Each title offers detailed analysis of a specific vertical application area such as intelligent metering, fleet management or vehicle telematics. Once per year we also publish a summary of our research with detailed forecasts for the European wireless M2M market.

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Europe embraces smart metering in search for energy savingsMetering is a fundamental business enabler for companies in the utility sector. At the beginning of 2006, there were approximately 246 million electricity meters; 101 million gas meters and 3 million district heating meters in EU23+2. Electricity reaches virtually every household and business in the whole of Europe, while gas is most widely used in the Netherlands, the UK, Italy, Germany, France and Poland. Metering practices are undergoing radical changes in the wake of the liberalisation of the European energy markets. The new situation will require that the utility meters of tomorrow are connected to data communication networks.

Automated meter management (AMM) is a generic term for intelligent metering services based on two-way data communication. AMM could be considered as the third generation of metering technology. Manually read meters have been around since the advent of the utility industry in the late 19th century. Over the last three decades, automated meter reading (AMR) based on one-way or two-way communication has evolved, particularly in the US where radio-based AMR is widely used. AMM broadens the scope of AMR beyond just meter readings with additional features enabled by two-way real-time data communication.

There are numerous drivers, as well as barriers, which influence the developments on the European AMM market. Macroeconomic factors such as energy consumption patterns and tax policies play a major role. The regulatory and competitive environment in each country is also important for regional markets. Technology development is a fourth factor influencing market developments. Electricity prices and electricity consumption levels are strong factors influencing whether AMM is deployed or not in different markets. The European countries with the highest market activity are those with the highest electricity consumption per household – Norway, Sweden and Finland, and those with the highest electricity retail prices – Denmark, the Netherlands and Italy.

Northern Europe became the hotspot for AMM in Europe in 2003 when Sweden announced the decision to require monthly readings of all electricity meters by 2009. Soon activities spread to the other Nordic countries. Vattenfall, Fortum and E.ON decided to deploy AMM in

Finland as well as in Sweden, as the leading industry players in both countries at the time. Developments in Denmark took off in 2004 with several ambitious projects being announced by the country’s largest utilities. Norway has taken a more cautious stance, but in June 2007 the Norwegian energy authority NVE declared that it would recommend new legislation requiring smart meters to take effect in 2013. As of August 2007, almost all of the DSOs in Sweden had signed contracts for AMM solutions. In Finland and Denmark, the share of metering points under contract was 23 percent and 15 percent respectively. Norway was lagging behind with just 6 percent. Altogether contracts for nearly 8 million smart meters are still open in the Nordic region.

Energy market reforms and growing public interest in energy conservation has also set the Western European market for AMM-solutions in motion. While deployments in Italy are nearing completion, other countries are becoming increasingly active. The Netherlands is set to follow the Swedish example and introduce legislation requiring smart metering by the mid 2010s. Governments in Austria, Ireland, Spain and the UK are also encouraging AMM in various ways. At the same time the market is driven forward by the initiatives of leading energy industry players which are increasingly confident that advanced metering technology is needed to improve efficiency. In August 2007, large-scale deployments of AMM had been announced by Enel, ACEA, AEM-Torino and ASM Brescia in Italy, Endesa and Enel Viesgo in Spain, LINZ STROM in Austria, as well as Oxxio and Nuon in the Netherlands.

Why do the regulators in the Netherlands, Norway and Ireland want to mandate smart metering in their countries?

What are the latest government and industry initiatives for promotion and standardisation of smart metering in the UK?

Why has Endesa decided to roll out smart meters to 11 million network customers in Spain?

How has the energy retailer Oxxio positioned its smart metering proposition on the deregulated Dutch meter market?

What are the latest market developments in the Nordic countries?

Who are the leading suppliers of AMM solutions on the European market?

Can GPRS and wireless mesh technologies challenge PLC for meter communication?

Which lessons can be learned from implementation of advanced metering infrastructure in North America?

This report answers the following questions:

Installed base of electricity smart meters (EU23+2 2006–2012)

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1 Electricity, gas and district heating distribution in Europe 1.1 Energy industry players 1.2 Electricity distribution market 1.3 Gas distribution market 1.4 District heating market

2 AMM – Automated meter management 2.1 AMM applications 2.1.1 Remote meter reading 2.1.2 Customer relationship management 2.1.3 Demand-side management 2.1.4 Value added services 2.2 Advanced metering infrastructure 2.2.1 Smart meters 2.2.2 Collection system 2.2.3 MDMS 2.3 Communication technology options 2.3.1 PLC point-to-multipoint 2.3.2 Wireless Mesh point-to-multipoint 2.3.3 GPRS point-to-point 2.4 AMM value chain 2.5 AMM rollout strategies 2.5.1 C&I segment 2.5.2 Residential customer segment 2.5.3 Rollout strategies and choice of communication technologies

3 Key industry players 3.1 Landis+Gyr 3.1.1 Landis+Gyr Europe 3.1.2 Enermet 3.1.3 Hunt Technologies 3.1.4 Ampy Metering 3.2 Itron 3.2.1 Itron North America 3.2.2 Actaris 3.3 Echelon 3.3.1 NES – Networked Energy Services 3.3.2 VAR program 3.4 Metering system vendors 3.4.1 Add Grup 3.4.2 Aidon 3.4.3 EDMI 3.4.4 Elster 3.4.5 Enel 3.4.6 Iskraemeco 3.4.7 Kamstrup 3.4.8 PRI 3.4.9 Sagem Communications 3.5 MDMS and middleware vendors 3.5.1 EnergyICT 3.5.2 Netinium 3.5.3 Oracle

3.5.4 Powel 3.6 End-to-end solution providers 3.6.1 Bglobal 3.6.2 IBM 3.6.3 Metrima 3.6.4 Policom 3.6.5 Telenor Cinclus

4 Market forecasts and trends 4.1 Market drivers and barriers 4.1.1 Macroeconomic factors 4.1.2 Regulatory environment 4.1.3 Competitive environment 4.1.4 Technology development 4.2 AMM market forecast 4.2.1 Market value 4.2.2 Geographical distribution 4.3 Impacts of AMM on the European wireless M2M market 4.3.1 GPRS technology market 4.3.2 Wireless Mesh technology market

5 Market profiles: Northern Europe 5.1 Sweden 5.1.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 5.1.2 Metering regulatory environment 5.1.3 AMM market developments 5.2 Norway 5.2.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 5.2.2 Metering regulatory environment 5.2.3 AMM market developments 5.3 Finland 5.3.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 5.3.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments 5.4 Denmark 5.4.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 5.4.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments

6 Market profiles: Western Europe 6.1 Austria 6.1.1 Electricity and gas distribution industry structure 6.1.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments 6.2 Ireland 6.2.1 Electricity and gas distribution industry structure 6.2.2 Metering regulatory environment 6.2.3 Plans for a nationwide smart metering pilot 6.3 Italy 6.3.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 6.3.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments

6.4 The Netherlands 6.4.1 Electricity and gas distribution industry structure 6.4.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments 6.5 Spain 6.5.1 Electricity distribution industry structure 6.5.2 Metering regulatory environment and AMM market developments 6.6 United Kingdom 6.6.1 Electricity and gas distribution industry structure 6.6.2 Metering regulatory environment 6.6.3 Nationwide smart metering and energy information pilot 6.6.4 Industry smart metering standardisation initiative

7 Case studies: European and international AMM projects 7.1 E.ON Group 7.1.1 E.ON Nordic 7.1.2 E.ON@future project 7.1.3 E.ON UK 7.1.4 E.ON US 7.2 Centrica 7.2.1 British Gas 7.2.2 Oxxio 7.3 Endesa 7.3.1 Defining multi-supplier interoperability for residential smart metering 7.3.2 Pilot installations and full-scale implementation plans 7.4 Vattenfall 7.4.1 Group smart metering initiatives 7.4.2 AMM projects in Sweden and Finland 7.5 Nuon 7.5.1 Infostroom project 7.5.2 Initial pilots and full-scale deployment plans 7.6 Fortum 7.6.1 Point-to-point GPRS smart metering solution from Telenor Cinclus 7.6.2 Status for AMM in Finland and Norway 7.7 Rhein Energie 7.8 Skagerak Energi 7.9 AMM deployments in the US and Canada 7.9.1 Pacific Gas & Electric 7.9.2 PPL Electric 7.9.3 Salt River Project 7.9.4 TXU 7.9.5 Hydro One

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Tobias Ryberg is founding partner of Berg Insight and principal analyst. He is an experienced analyst and author of numerous articles and reports about telecom and IT for leading Swedish and international publishers. The European Smart Metering market has been his major research area for the past 4 years.

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