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Hype Cycle for Utility Industry Operational and Energy Technologies, 2006
3 July 2006
 
Zarko Sumic   James Spiers   Bradley Williams   Cynthia Moore   Kristian Steenstrup   Leif-Olof Wallin   Juan Ignacio Fernandez  

Energy utilities will continue to explore technology options in their quests to meet rising customer expectations, mitigate the impact of high energy prices in increasingly volatile energy markets and create expected shareholder returns in uncertain regulatory environments.








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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

1.0
    
 What You Need to Know
2.0
    
 The Hype Cycle
3.0
    
 The Priority Matrix
4.0
    
 On the Rise

4.1
    
 High-Temperature Superconductivity
4.2
    
 Hydrogen Economy
4.3
    
 Open SCADA
4.4
    
 Distributed Generation
4.5
    
 Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
4.6
    
 Advanced Energy Storage
5.0
    
 At the Peak

5.1
    
 Customer Gateways
5.2
    
 Advanced Metering Infrastructure Residential/Domestic
5.3
    
 Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems
6.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

6.1
    
 Demand Response
6.2
    
 Broadband Over Power Lines
6.3
    
 Intelligent Electronic Devices
6.4
    
 Advanced Distribution Protection
6.5
    
 Photovoltaic Generation
6.6
    
 Fuel Cells
6.7
    
 Security/Surveillance
6.8
    
 Advanced Metering LC&I
7.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

7.1
    
 Mobile and Wireless
7.2
    
 Liquefied Natural Gas
7.3
    
 Wind Generation
8.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

8.1
    
 Energy Management Systems
9.0
    
 Appendices

9.1
    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Utility Industry Operational and Energy Technologies, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Utility Industry Operational and Energy Technologies, 2006
 



Document History:
 
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