Glen Allen, VA: Smart Grid Analysis (SGA), NanoMarkets' group dedicated to analyzing emerging market and technology opportunities within Smart Grids, has just announced a new report that will be released in April of 2010 that addresses the market potential for transmission and distribution equipment being created by Smart Grid Deployment. Additional details about the report, "Transmission and Distribution Equipment Opportunities for the Smart Grid" including a table of contents and an excerpt can be found at www.smartgridanalysis.com or www.nanomarkets.net.

About the Report:

The much touted Smart Grid will have a profound impact on every sector of the electricity industry; not the least on the firms that manufacture the equipment used in the transmission and distribution infrastructure. Transformers, circuit breakers, switches and other grid equipment will all have to take on new kinds of functionality ranging from new communications interfaces, to enhanced survivability and the ability to cope with highly distributed generation architectures.

Smart Grid Analysis believes these trends will create important new revenue opportunities for equipment firms that understand what the Smart Grid will require of them and their products. Indeed, the changes in the grid are expected to be revolutionary enough to produce major shifts in market shares among existing suppliers and to enable new firms to enter the T&D sector.

There is already considerable hype about the Smart Grid and it will be easy for equipment firms to overshoot what the market really demands. With this in mind, this new report begins by identifying what the real and pressing demands for equipment from grid modernization will be in the major countries and regions of the world. In particular, we discuss what we see as the eight critical market and technical requirements that T&D equipment will require to succeed in the emerging Smart Grid market environment, as well as the considerable challenges that Smart Grid infrastructure equipment suppliers face.

Based on this analysis, this report assesses each of the major T&D equipment market segments in the light of these eight requirements. In particular, it indicates what the T&D products of the future will look like and where they will fit into future grid architectures. Finally, we provide an eight-year market forecast for all the main equipment categories, broken out by technology, voltage supported, network segment in which the equipment is installed, etc. We also profile the product/market strategies of leading suppliers and examine the latest T&D products and technologies aimed at Smart Grid markets.

This report identifies where the markets for technological advanced grid equipment is to be found and the keys to success in these markets. We believe it will be essential reading to suppliers of equipment, utilities and investors looking to get a realistic appraisal of where money is being made and will be made in Smart Grid infrastructure. It deals primarily with new business opportunities in T&D infrastructure markets

About Smart Grid Analysis:

The mission of Smart Grid Analysis is to provide comprehensive and actionable industry analysis of the emerging Smart Grid market that clients can leverage to meet their business and technology objectives. The data is available in our market research reports, white papers and consulting engagements or through one-on-one engagements with our analysts. Visit us on the web at www.smartgridanalysis.com.

About NanoMarkets:

NanoMarkets tracks and analyzes emerging market opportunities created by developments in advanced materials. Visit www.nanomarkets.net for a full listing of NanoMarkets' reports and other services.

Contact:

Robert Nolan
NanoMarkets
(804) 360-2967
info "at" smartgridanalysis.com

View the report: Transmission and Distribution Equipment Opportunities for the Smart Grid