Accenture is the world's largest consulting firm, doing $23 billion in 2010. The Accenture smart grid practice area has been one of the firm's fastest growing areas over the past few years. Although known for business process and IT skills, Accenture's smart grid group has also added deep expertise in power engineering, distribution automation and smart grid architecture.
Accenture has more than 200 locations in more than 50 countries.
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Some big numbers surfaced in a new report on the energy systems of 124 countries just released by the World Economic Forum. Among them: $38 trillion (U.S. dollars) of global investment in energy supply infrastructure is required by 2035 to keep up with an added 40% rising energy consumption in the same time span.
With its experience across many different utilities in many different parts of the world, Accenture has a great vantage point for spotting patterns and best practices. That's why we thought you'd be interested in the six skills Accenture has found to be essential for success in smart metering.
New research from Accenture spotlights what actions large energy providers can take to keep their customers happy in both regulated and deregulated markets alike. (Think Internet and social media.) Click for details on Accenture's findings from 10,000 consumers in 19 countries - plus a look at just-released reports on microgrids, SCADA security, utility satellite communications and PV installations.
Accenture is broadening its research and development reach with a new R&D laboratory in Beijing, China. The new lab will concentrate on researching emerging technologies and looking at new ways to address the market needs and challenges of businesses and governments in China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific area.
Vault.com, which provides insight into the consulting industry, just unveiled its practice area rankings for 2012, covering everything from health care to public sector consulting. But you don't have to wade through all of that; we've zeroed in on the top energy consulting firms for you. Just click inside.
Click inside for video replays and presentation materials from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from real-world smart meter deployments featuring experts from Baltimore Gas & Electric and Accenture.
This document includes the speaker presentation materials from our Aug. 24, 2011 webinar on top lessons learned from smart grid deployments, featuring experts from Baltimore Gas & Electric and Accenture.
This is the first segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology presented with Accenture as part of SGN's Lessons from the Real World webinar series. In it moderator Jesse Berst introduces the panelists and provides a brief overview. He is followed by Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, who discusses why electric utilities need to blend IT and OT.
In this second segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, cites some of the difficulties companies have discovered while trying to blend IT and OT – and some of the pitfalls to avoid.
In this third segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, Mark Wyatt, Vice President of Grid and Smart Energy Systems at Duke Energy, discusses steps his utility has taken to in the ongoing process of merging IT and OT. He also highlights best practices they utilize, as well as the impact NERC CIP has on the process.
In this fourth and final segment from our July 19, 2011 webinar on best practices for merging information technology and operational technology, our expert panelists answer audience questions regarding the importance of IEC Spec 61-970 and 61-968, integrating AMI and DMS and personnel skills needed for this process.
Video replays and presentation materials from our recent webinar on best practices for merging IT and OT, which featured experts from Duke Energy and Accenture, are now posted. Click inside for links.
This document includes the presentation materials used in the Smart Grid News webinar on merging IT and OT presented July 19, 2011 with Accenture. Featured panelists were Wade Malcolm, Accenture's Senior Director of Smart Grid Operational Technology, and Mark Wyatt, Vice President of Grid and Smart Energy Systems at Duke Energy. Jesse Berst moderated.
As utilities move to integrate information technology and operational technology, they are finding the journey is not so easy. Data privacy and security hurdles. Impacts to legacy systems. New skill sets to teach ... the list goes on. Jesse Berst has been talking with experts from Duke and Accenture about these challenges; we think you'll be interested in what he's learned.
When SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst recently asked Accenture officials for an update on the company's future directions, he also learned what the company sees in the future for smart grid technologies. Click to read more, and to cast your vote in the SGN Quick Poll.
As smart technologies enable a marketplace for in-home consumer technologies, demand-side management programs and related support services, this research paper from Accenture explores how proliferation in the ‘‘beyond-the-meter” market may also create new pressures from nontraditional players as diverse as product retailers to telecommunications companies. Accenture believes that a combination of converging forces is evolving the new energy marketplace and addresses those in this report.
A new report from Accenture says most consumers would consider buying power and energy efficiency products and services from companies other than their local electric utility. For instance, the cable company, retailers or an online entity. But it's not all bad news.
Jesse Berst sat down with Accenture's Sharon Allan recently and asked her to share her thoughts on what to expect in smart grid trends for the immediate future – and what Accenture is doing to maintain its successful track record. It's an interesting interview, and don't forget to watch the video.
A new Accenture report warns that rollouts of EVs will be hampered unless investors stir up demand, cut the cost of public charging infrastructure and manage the impact on the electric grid. While not the rosy analysis we might prefer to see, it's well worth reading.
This presentation highlights materials used in the Smart Grid News webinar titled 'Smart grid security - how to protect both new and legacy equipment' that was presented Jan. 27, 2011. Featured panelists were Robert Humphrey of Duke Energy and Robert Trapp of Accenture.
If you missed experts from Duke Energy and Accenture discussing 'Smart grid security: How to protect both new and legacy equipment' in our Jan. 27, 2011 webinar, the video replays are now available. Click inside for links.
This first segment of our Jan. 27, 2011 smart grid security webinar begins with moderator Jesse Berst introducing the speakers and providing a brief overview of the topic. Eric Trapp of Accenture follows with a discussion of the four key principles to utility infrastructure protection.
In this second segment from our Jan. 27, 2011 smart grid security webinar, Eric Trapp of Accenture covers the risk assessments that utilities should undertake to ensure an effective "security blanket" for their overall infrastructure.
The six-part video replay and presentation materials from the asset management webinar presented by Smart Grid News with experts from Accenture, Hydro One and Toronto Hydro are now available for download.
It wouldn't be the end of another year without putting the past 12 months into perspective. In today's post, SGN founder Jesse Berst identifies a dozen smart grid winners and explains why they get the gold star. (And not to worry; losers get their 15 seconds of fame next week.)
The IEEE Standards Association just published a new standard for OPGW and announced three new smart grid projects involving standards for distribution automation and smart grid communications. Click for more on those developments and a link to this week's Tuesday Topic discussion, where we're asking if you think the world of plug-and-play smart grid is finally near.
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