Pike Research (News - Alert), a leading market research and consulting firm that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets, has recently published the report on the Smart Appliances Market. According to the report, the smart appliance market, which includes smart grid-connected refrigerators, clothes washers and dryers, water heaters, dishwashers, and other appliances, is expected to see significant growth by the beginning of 2013 and by 2019 Pike Research anticipates that smart appliances will represent a $26.1 billion annual market.
In a release, Bob Gohn, research director at Pike Research said that, “Smart appliances are at the very beginning of their commercialization path. While technology standards have been slow to develop, the pace is now picking up and appliance manufacturers are readying themselves to launch products in increasingly greater numbers.”
Pike Research’s report on the Smart Appliances market provides an in-depth understanding of the current state of the global smart appliance market including an analysis of market drivers and challenges, enabling technologies, regulatory factors, detailed market forecasts of smart appliance unit shipments, revenues, and penetration rates, further segmented by appliance product category and key world regions, as well as key industry players. ZigBee is most likely to lead the RF smart appliance implementations, and HomePlug (News - Alert) Green PHY is expected to be the likely winner in power line carrier (PLC) initiatives.
The report will be beneficial for Appliance manufacturers; communications technology companies, energy management system vendors, utilities, industry associations, government agencies and investment communities.
In other news, at DistribuTECH, a utility industry conference and exposition focused on the smart grid market, Pike Research announced the launch of six new Smart Grid Advisory Services covering the global market for intelligent grid infrastructure, services, and applications. According to a release, the new market research services concentrate on grid automation, smart metering, and energy management applications that defining the next generation of the electrical grid. The firm's research includes profiles of utility smart grid deployments, construction of microgrids at the sub-utility scale, examination of business models and technology issues including scalability and security, and quantification of the smart grid market opportunity across different sectors.
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