Dive Summary:
- A new Pike Research report finds that the global market for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) equipment will grow steadily over the remainder of this decade, with worldwide shipments totaling more than three million devices from 2012 to 2020.
- SCADA devices remain a key element in the emerging smart grid and perform a wide range of data collection, sharing, and coordinated control actions.
- The growth in demand for SCADA devices will stem from distribution substation, feeder, and transmission upgrade projects.
From the article:
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices are key elements of the emerging smart grid. SCADA devices perform a wide range of data collection, sharing, and coordinated control actions that make the electricity system more efficient and reliable.
According to a new report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant's Energy Practice, the global market for transmission and substation automation SCADA equipment will grow steadily over the remainder of this decade, with worldwide shipments totaling more than 3 million devices from 2012 to 2020. ...