Smart Grid and Smart Homes: Key Players and Pilot Projects

Author

Gungor, Vehbi C. ; Sahin, Dilan ; Kocak, Taskin ; Ergüt, Salih ; Buccella, Concettina ; Cecati, Carlo ; Hancke, Gerhard P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Bahcesehir Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

2012

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

34

Abstract

The smart grid (SG) is envisioned as providing a communications network for the energy industry, similar to that which the Internet now provides for business and personal communications. The SG offers new business opportunities for different kind of industries, such as smart-meter vendors, electric utilities, and telecom operators from all around the world. This article deals with issues related to smart homes (SHs) and smart metering, which are key elements in the new SG. It introduces the key players in this field and points out the research challenges. Finally, SG pilot projects and field tests from all around the world and the deployment of advance metering infrastructure projects in North America, Asia, and Europe are summarized.

Keywords

Internet; electricity supply industry; smart meters; smart power grids; Asia; Europe; Internet; North America; business communications; communications network; electric utilities; energy industry; personal communications; smart grid; smart homes; smart metering; smart-meter vendors; telecom operators; Automatic meter reading; Commercialization; Electricity supply industry; Internet; Power grids; Smart grids; Telecommunication services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4529

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIE.2012.2207489

Filename

6378528