Smart grid will become the focus of China's future economic development

According to Gong Junguang, a senior industry analyst at MIC, as the global greenhouse effect and the impact of climate change are increasing, governments around the world are actively promoting the development of laws and regulations related to energy conservation and technological development, and have become an important government policy direction. Under the drive of governments investing heavily in smart grid infrastructure construction, more than 70% of power companies worldwide have begun to build and test related systems. Smart grids have been listed as important energy policy and economic development priorities by countries.

It is estimated that by 2015, the global smart grid market will reach US$190 billion. In addition to approximately 50% market share of sensors and controller components, information hardware and software equipment takes the second place, with the main development system being "transmission-distribution-side grid management, power grid automation management, and meter management". 25% of the market. Relevant network communication equipment demand accounts for 15% of the total market output, while the market size of smart meters accounts for 10% of the total smart grid market output value.

Capital Communications Technology Integration Creates New Business Opportunities for Energy Saving Applications

The energy and economic benefits brought by smart grids have gradually driven the development trend of combining the energy industry with the ICT industry under the requirements of planned goals such as digitalization, two-way network transmission technology applications, and remote monitoring and management. In the future, investment in telecommunications operators will be driven into development. Relevant components, such as sensing components, control components, communication modules, etc., as well as the development of meter information management systems, intelligent energy-saving systems, and automation controls, will also be increasingly valued by the market.

Under the trend of integration of digital and network transmission technologies, it will further promote the integration and development of the capital communication industry and the energy industry, and the development of the EICT industry, and form a supply chain for energy monitoring, energy management, and energy conservation services in the upstream, middle, and downstream industries. . In the future, the establishment of technical standards, the development of China Netcom's technology and equipment, the construction of test platforms, demand response, and time-based tariff adjustment are also important issues that merit attention.

Develop cost-effective energy-saving products for competitive advantage with ODM experience

Looking to the future, Taiwanese companies have developed their energy monitoring application products. For this industry, they have mass production scales, such as sensors, controllers, network modules, and equipment. In the future, they should use the current accumulated ODM advantages to develop high-precision precision. The energy and equipment diagnostic modules, and the development of cost-effective smart meters, wireless sensing components.

Gong Junguang believes that Taiwan’s ICT industry has many advantages in the global market. With Taiwan’s ICT companies’ advantages in rapid response, flexible scheduling, and cost control of ODM production capabilities, they can actively use existing ICT technologies and R&D energy to develop energy-saving applications. product.

Taiwan’s information hardware and software vendors have good system integration capabilities, high customization flexibility, and mature commercial software engineering technologies and back-end applications. Manufacturers should fully utilize this advantage and develop and apply them to home, business, or industrial applications. The modular product enables it to be compatible with the system platforms developed by large foreign companies, and replaces positive competition with bilateral cooperation.

According to the MIC, the infrastructure of the smart grid will take at least 5 to 10 years from the planning period and construction period to the actual market development period. At present, the deployment of smart grids in various countries around the world is still in the stage of early promotion. With Taiwanese manufacturers' ODM experience and advantages in the ICT industry, they should make full use of their advantages and make early arrangements to grasp the market opportunities of smart grid-related products.