Smart Metering in Europe – 11th Edition

EU28+2 has 281 million metered electricity customers and the annual
demand for electricity meters for new installations and replacements
is in the range of 12–16 million units. Penetration for smart meters,
providing more comprehensive functionality than basic meter data
collections, was 24 percent at the end of 2014. By 2020, Berg Insight
projects that the penetration rate will increase to 58 percent, driven
by large rollouts in Spain, France and the UK, in combination with
nationwide rollouts in several smaller countries. The installed base
of smart electricity meters is forecasted to grow at a compound
annual growth rate of 15.8 percent between 2014 and 2020 to reach
163.8 million units at the end of the period. The rate of installations is
expected to accelerate towards the end of the decade as nationwide
rollouts in France and eventually also the UK get underway. Berg
Insight also anticipates that deployments of a new generation of smart
meters will start in Italy by circa 2020 as the first intelligent metering
devices installed in the country reach the end of their technical lifespan.
Moreover an uptake in adoption in Germany is likely, although fullscale
installations cannot be expected to begin before the mid-2020s.
Europe’s national governments play a key role for the adoption of
smart metering. The EU’s highly publicised 20/20/20 targets merely
include a recommendation for the member states to evaluate the
technology and introduce it – if there is a positive business case. Over
the past years, almost all European countries have performed cost
benefit analyses of smart metering and the majority of the cases have
resulted in a recommendation to go ahead with a rollout. Italy and
Sweden were the first countries in Europe to complete smart meter
rollouts in the late 2000s, followed by Finland at the end of 2013. A
second wave of deployments is now prepared or underway in France,
the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and several other countries in Western
Europe. Estonia is doing the first nationwide rollout in Eastern Europe,
where other markets with a high level of activity also include Poland
and Latvia. At the end of 2014, a total of seventeen European countries
had developed regulatory roadmaps for the full-scale introduction of
smart meters and at least two more were planning for partial rollouts.
Among the largest countries, only Germany remains indecisive about
smart meters. The official position of Germany’s federal government is
that the country should design the roll-out of smart metering systems
in a targeted fashion which meets the needs of its energy reforms.
A proposed plan for a partial rollout to around 30 percent of the
households is currently being evaluated. If approved, Berg Insight
believes that it could result in a gradual ramp-up of smart meter
deployments in the late 2010s and full-scale replacements beyond
2020.
The year 2014 was mixed with both positive and negative events
affecting the smart metering industry. On the positive side, the major
French utilities ERDF and GrDF finally announced that they were going
ahead with their smart meter rollouts, signing large contracts with
equipment vendors. There were also several new projects announced
in Eastern European countries such as Poland and Latvia. On the
negative side, the UK’s DCC announced that it will be unable to launch
the national smart metering solution on time and proposed a one year
delay until the end of 2016, which probably postpones the start of the
mass-rollout until 2017. In the area of smart meter communications,
the most significant event was the tie-up between Alliander and Enexis
to deploy a joint CDMA450 network for smart grid applications in the
Netherlands.
Smart gas metering is starting to take off in Europe as a number of
countries have identified a positive business case for the technology.
Seven countries – Austria, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands and the UK – have made positive assessments in their
national cost benefits analyses and plan full-scale rollouts. The
Netherlands made the installation of smart gas meters mandatory
for new connections and replacements in 2012 and the UK has also
started with replacements on a small scale. During 2015, large-scale
installations are planned to begin in France and Italy as well. At the
end of 2014, there were 2.5 million smart gas meters in operation,
corresponding to a penetration rate of around 2 percent. By 2020,
Berg Insight projects that the rate will increase to 40 percent, mainly
driven by nationwide rollouts in the UK, Italy and France. The installed
base of smart gas meters is forecasted to grow at a compound annual
growth rate of 63.8 percent between 2014 and 2020 to reach 49.0
million units at the end of the period.

1 Electricity, gas and district
heating markets in Europe
1.1 Energy industry players
1.2 Electricity market
1.3 Gas market
1.4 District heating market
2 Smart metering solutions
2.1 Introduction to smart grids
2.2 Smart metering
2.2.1 Smart metering applications
2.2.2 Smart metering infrastructure
2.2.3 Benefits of smart metering
2.3 Project strategies
2.3.1 System design and sourcing
2.3.2 Rollout and integration
2.3.3 Implementation and operation
2.3.4 Communicating with customers
2.4 Regulatory issues
2.4.1 Models for the introduction of smart meters
2.4.2 Standards and guidelines
2.4.3 Individual rights issues
3 Networks and communication
technologies
3.1 Smart grid communication networks
3.1.1 Smart grid network architecture
3.1.2 Communication technology options
3.2 PLC technology and vendors
3.2.1 International standards organisations
3.2.2 G3-PLC
3.2.3 PRIME
3.2.4 Meters & More
3.2.5 LonWorks
3.2.6 HomeGrid
3.2.7 HomePlug
3.2.8 Semiconductor companies
3.3 RF technology and vendors
3.3.1 International standards organisations
3.3.2 Thread
3.3.3 Wi-SUN
3.3.4 ZigBee
3.3.5 Z-Wave
3.4 Cellular technology and vendors
3.4.1 2G networks
3.4.2 3G and 4G networks
3.4.3 Cellular M2M module vendors
3.5 Low power wireless technology and vendors
3.5.1 Sigfox
3.5.2 Weightless
4 Smart metering industry players
4.1 Meter vendors
4.1.1 Landis+Gyr
4.1.2 Itron
4.1.3 Elster
4.1.4 AEM
4.1.5 Aidon
4.1.6 Apator
4.1.7 Circutor
4.1.8 Diehl Metering
4.1.9 EDMI Meters
4.1.10 Elektromed
4.1.11 Elgama Elektronika
4.1.12 EMH Metering
4.1.13 Energomera
4.1.14 GE Digital Energy
4.1.15 Hager
4.1.16 Hexing Electrical
4.1.17 Iskraemeco
4.1.18 Janz
4.1.19 Kaifa Technology
4.1.20 Kamstrup
4.1.21 Linyang Electronics
4.1.22 MeteRSit
4.1.23 Mitsubishi Electric
4.1.24 Orbis
4.1.25 RIZ
4.1.26 Sagemcom
4.1.27 Sanxing Electric
4.1.28 Secure Meters
4.1.29 VIKO
4.1.30 Wasion
4.1.31 ZIV
4.1.32 ZPA Smart Energy
4.2 Smart grid networking and solution
providers
4.2.1 ADD Grup
4.2.2 AP Systems
4.2.3 Connode
4.2.4 Corinex
4.2.5 Cyan Technology
4.2.6 Networked Energy Services
4.2.7 NURI Telecom
4.2.8 Ormazabal
4.2.9 Power Plus Communications
4.2.10 Sensus
4.2.11 Siemens
4.2.12 Silver Spring Networks
4.2.13 Trilliant
4.2.14 Xemex
4.3 Smart metering software and data analytics
solution providers
4.3.1 C3 Energy
4.3.2 Cuculus
4.3.3 Energyworx
4.3.4 Enoro
4.3.5 Ferranti Computer Systems
4.3.6 Gorlitz
4.3.7 Kisters
4.3.8 Netinium
4.3.9 Opower
4.3.10 Oracle
4.3.11 Powel
4.3.12 SAP
4.3.13 Telecontrol STM
4.4 System integrators and communication
service providers
4.4.1 Arqiva
4.4.2 Atos Worldgrid
4.4.3 Capgemini
4.4.4 CGI
4.4.5 Deutsche Telekom
4.4.6 Eltel Networks
4.4.7 Ericsson
4.4.8 IBM
4.4.9 Kapsch
4.4.10 LG CNS
4.4.11 Maingate
4.4.12 Omnetric Group
4.4.13 S&T
4.4.14 Schneider Electric
4.4.15 Telefonica
4.4.16 Telekom Austria
4.4.17 TeliaSonera
4.4.18 UtilityConnect
4.4.19 Vodafone
5 Market profiles
5.1 Regional summary
5.1.1 EU smart metering policies
5.1.2 Top smart metering projects in EU28+2
countries
5.2 Austria
5.3 Belgium
5.4 Bulgaria
5.5 Croatia
5.6 Cyprus
5.7 Czech Republic
5.8 Denmark
5.9 Estonia
5.10 Finland
5.11 France
5.12 Germany
5.13 Greece
5.14 Hungary
5.15 Ireland
5.16 Italy
5.17 Latvia
5.18 Lithuania
5.19 Luxembourg
5.20 Malta
5.21 Netherlands
5.22 Norway
5.23 Poland
5.24 Portugal
5.25 Romania
5.26 Slovakia
5.27 Slovenia
5.28 Spain
5.29 Sweden
5.30 Switzerland
5.31 United Kingdom
6 Case studies: Smart metering
projects in Europe
6.1 Enel
6.1.1 The Telegestore project in Italy
6.1.2 New generation of smart meters and system
solutions
6.1.3 Endesa’s smart metering project in Spain
6.1.4 Smart meter rollout plan for Romania
6.2 ERDF
6.2.1 The Linky Programme
6.2.2 System development and large-scale pilot
6.2.3 Full-scale rollout plans
6.3 E.ON
6.3.1 Sweden: Initial experiences from a smart meter
rollout
6.3.2 Spain and the UK: Complete rollouts before
2020
6.3.3 Germany and Central Europe: Pilot projects
and retail propositions
6.4 Iberdrola
6.4.1 The PRIME project
6.4.2 Smart metering rollout in Spain
6.5 GrDF
6.6 Smart metering projects in the Netherlands
6.6.1 Alliander
6.6.2 Enexis
6.6.3 Stedin
6.6.4 Delta, Cogas, Rendo and Westland
6.7 The UK Smart Meter Implementation
Programme
6.7.1 Arqiva’s FlexNet radio solution for the North
6.7.2 Telefonica’s cellular and mesh solution for the
Centre and South
6.8 Germany’s smart grid networking
architecture
6.9 Smart metering projects in Southeast
Europe
6.9.1 HEDNO’s plans for a large-scale smart
metering pilot in Greece
6.9.2 EPCG’s smart meter rollout in Montenegro
6.9.3 Smart metering pilots in Turkey
7 Market forecasts and trends
7.1 Market trends
7.1.1 Governments initiate rollouts but rely on the
industry for implementation
7.1.2 No end in sight for market fragmentation
7.1.3 Private infrastructure and broadband
technology trends in networking
7.2 Smart electricity metering market forecast
7.2.1 Geographical markets
7.2.2 Capital expenditure forecast
7.2.3 Communication technology market shares
7.3 Smart gas metering market forecast
7.4 Smart metering network gateway market forecast
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