Smart gas meter monitoring devices deploys two-way communication amongst distributors, energy suppliers, energy consumers, and energy meters to deliver actual information on gas consumption. Smart gas meters largely consist of communication modules, gas warning devices, flow control devices, data monitoring, data logging and measurement, and supporting software. The smart gas meter market is anticipated to grow from $1.59 billion in 2016 to $2.27 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 8.53% between 2016 and 2022. Government policies & directives in various established economies, ability to accurate billings & improved customer service and better performance are driving the additional growth in the market worldwide. Furthermore, growth in smart cities and its technology is expected to trigger the additional development in the market. These gas meters has various advantages over conventional meter to monitor the gas consumptions, also the accuracy was not up to the mark, that is why huge adoption of smart gas meter is anticipated in the forecasted period.
Increasing demand for energy security and awareness of reducing losses due to gas theft is boosting the smart gas meter market. Cumulative acceptance of gas as a utility is also responsible for the growth of smart gas market worldwide. During the forecasted period year 2016-2022, growth potential of smart gas meters is likely to shift from North America to Europe followed by Asia Pacific, Central America, and the Middle East.
The smart gas meter market is segmented by technology, type and end users. On the basis of technology the market is further divided into; meter data management (MDM), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), geographic information system (GIS), and some others. On the basis of end-users market is divided into; residential and commercial & industrial. A smart gas meter varies according to the engineering and quality of components required for manufacturing. The AMR segment is projected to be the largest market for smart gas meters in 2016. Majorly Popular in North America, Europe, this metering infrastructure is increasingly being implemented in other regions as well; it was developed primarily and is less expensive than AMI, and that is why, it has the largest market share in the year 2015. However, the AMI is anticipated to raise at the highest adoption rate because of its innovative technology. Moreover, AMI diminishes labor cost, and several gas utilities globally are replacing AMR with AMI infrastructure, further creating new growth prospects for the AMI market.
The smart gas market has been segmented into four major regions as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and rest of the world. North America accounts largest smart gas market share of 64% in the year 2015. North America dominates the global smart gas meter market, and Europe is projected to grow with a highest rate during the forecast period. In North America, the growth of the smart gas meter market is recognized by factors like investments in smart grid and gas pipeline networks. In the meantime, several smart gas meters are also taking place in countries such as the U.K., Spain, and France. This adoption, together with the EU’s (European Union) plans related to carbon emission reductions, is anticipated to trigger the growth in the European region. Regulatory obligations to reduce carbon footprint in Europe is the key driver for the growth of smart gas market in the region. Asia Pacific region ranked third on the basis of smart gas market growth in year 2015. In 2014, Rest of the world has showed slow growth, but it projected that environmental regulatory norms will increase the smart gas market growth in the rest of the world’s regions. The smart gas market in South and Central America is presently observing slow growth. However, the Government of Brazil is planning to deploy smart gas meters to control energy theft in the coming years. It is predicted that other economies in the region would follow gas meter adoptions. Hence Europe, France, the U.K., and Italy are anticipated to develop as potential markets for smart gas in the forecast period years 2016-2022.
Key players in the smart gas market include ABB Group, Advanced MRF LLC, Badger Meter Inc., Capgemini S.A., CGI Group Inc., Comverge Inc., Cyan Technology Ltd., Elster Group GmbH, Itron Inc., EnerNOC Inc., General Electric, Master Meter Inc., MOXA Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Quadlogic Meters Canada Inc. (QMC), Schneider Electric SE, Sensus Metering Systems Inc., Silver Spring Networks, SmartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH, Southern California Gas Company, Spire Metering Technology. These companies adopts various strategic initiatives such as merger, acquisition, sell off and collaborations. On recent acquisition happened on June 2016, Cyan technology technology’s acquisition of Connode software company. By this acquisition cyan can now expand their global reach and product portfolio.
