South Korea Smart Meter Market Overview, 2027

"South Korea is rapidly advancing its energy infrastructure with the adoption of smart meters, revolutionizing the way electricity is monitored, managed, and consumed. Smart meters, also known as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), play a crucial role in enhancing energy efficiency, promoting renewable energy integration, and empowering consumers. As South Korea seeks to transition towards a sustainable and intelligent energy ecosystem, the widespread deployment of smart meters has become a key priority. This article explores the current state of the smart meter market in South Korea, its driving factors, benefits, and the impact on the nation's energy landscape. Furthermore, Smart meters provide real-time data on energy consumption, empowering consumers to monitor their electricity usage more effectively. With access to detailed insights, consumers can identify energy-saving opportunities, optimize appliance usage, and make informed decisions to reduce their energy footprint. By promoting energy efficiency, smart meters play a pivotal role in achieving the national energy efficiency goals set by the South Korean government. Smart meters empower consumers by providing them with detailed insights into their energy consumption patterns. Through online portals and mobile applications, consumers can access real-time information on their energy usage, set energy-saving goals, and receive personalized recommendations. This heightened awareness promotes responsible energy consumption, fosters behavioural changes, and strengthens the relationship between consumers and their energy usage. Smart meters are superior to traditional meters because they eliminate estimated billings and display real-time usage readings. A smart meter measures the electric current flow and voltage at regular time intervals to calculate the power used in 15 or 30 minutes. Similarly, water and gas usage are also effectively monitored. Further, with the advent of AMI meters, switching suppliers has become easy.

According to the report titled ""South Korea Smart Meter Outlook, 2027"", published by Bonafide Research The South Korean government has played a pivotal role in driving the adoption of smart meters through supportive policies and regulations. Initiatives such as the Smart Grid Roadmap and the Smart Grid Master Plan outline the strategic vision for the integration of smart meters into the national energy infrastructure. Financial incentives, subsidies, and regulatory frameworks have been established to accelerate the deployment of smart meters across the country. Smart meters enable the implementation of demand response programs, where consumers are encouraged to adjust their energy consumption during peak demand periods. Real-time data provided by smart meters allows utilities to monitor and manage demand, incentivize consumers to shift their energy usage to off-peak hours, and reduce strain on the grid. Demand response programs help enhance grid stability and mitigate the need for additional power generation. Since the smart meters are placed exterior to the property, they are assumed to have low exposure to radiation from them. Power Line Communication (PLC) and Cellular Technology are the most commonly used communication technologies for smart meters. Single phase smart meters are installed as they are capable of integrating into a complete AMI solution for achieving Smart Grid benefits. Communication options including optical, RF, and GPRS are used. Tamper alerts are available and event logging with active energy, voltage, and current snaps is available along with power failure alerts. Power thefts can be identified and resolved quickly. Gas leaks and unwanted use of water can be monitored easily and that can result in lowering consumer bills.

Consumers are increasingly adopting smart meters as they can easily track their energy usage, water usage, or gas usage in real time. These can save on water wastage, electricity overuse, or detect gas leaks quickly. Also, power outages are quickly reported to the utility providers, and a faster resolution time can be achieved. The smart meters regularly display energy billings to both suppliers and users. Varied communication technologies are used, such as LAN or WAN. The meters are also capable of monitoring their efficient performance by reporting any internal memory problems or if the terminal covers are removed to the supplier to take corresponding action to resolve it. The restraints on the smart meter vary from customer to customer as they face different problems. Some meters caught fire due to faulty meter panels being installed. However, out of millions of smart meters installed, only a few cases have been registered for a fire outbreak on the property. Consumers are also weary of the amount of radiation projected through these smart meters that may lead to memory loss, dizziness, headaches, or even cancer. Residential smart meters are being installed on a large scale around the world through government programmes and initiatives. Public-private partnerships are ideal for fast installation processes to be achieved in the country. Home automation is on the rise, and when coupled with a smart meter, it can prove to be a bill saver for the consumer. Smart meters are two-way communication devices with the power grid, creating potential efficiencies and cost savings for both consumers and energy providers. Power companies generally aggregate the information collected and then transmit it back to consumers and businesses, often with recommendations for cost and usage-saving measures. Due to their two-way communication property, sometimes consumers are concerned about their information leakage and safety. Additionally, in some cases, unregulated smart meter implementations have caused safety concerns.

Commercial establishments, such as office buildings, factories, and retail spaces, typically have higher energy consumption compared to residential properties. Smart meters allow businesses to monitor their energy usage more closely, identify areas of inefficiency, and make informed decisions to reduce energy waste. The ability to track and manage energy consumption in real-time is particularly valuable for businesses with significant energy demands. Commercial entities are more likely to participate in demand response programs due to their larger energy footprint. Demand response programs involve adjusting energy usage during peak demand periods to support grid stability. Smart meters enable businesses to receive real-time signals from utilities and curtail or shift their energy usage accordingly. By participating in demand response, commercial establishments can contribute to grid reliability and potentially earn financial incentives. Commercial installations of smart meters are increasing rapidly, with the construction industry booming with new complexes and buildings. Smart commercial spaces are also further creating demand for smart meters. Since commercial places are spread wide and on a number of floors, it is hard to monitor energy that is used unnecessarily and to effectively monitor this, a smart electric meter is required. These are a better way to monitor business energy usage in real time.

COVID-19's Impact on the Solid-State Drive Market:



The COVID-19 pandemic slowed the implementation processes for smart meters due to the imposed lockdowns in almost all major countries. They are not covered under essential products. This adversely affected the smart meters owing to less focus on the development of the end users' industry. Apart from this, manufacturing and supply chain delays were also witnessed, which put a challenge to the smart meters. Governments had to shift focus on consumer health rather than non-essential services, and projects had to be halted or postponed to a later period. Also, infrastructure development came to a standstill as construction activities were stopped.

Considered in this report

Geography: South Korea
Historic Year: 2016
Base year: 2021
Estimated year: 2022
Forecast year: 2027

Aspects covered in this report

South Korea Smart Meter market with its value and forecast along with its segments
Various drivers and challenges
On-going trends and developments
Top profiled companies
Strategic recommendation

By Type of Smart Meter in the report:

Electricity Meter
Gas Meter
Water Meter

By End User of Solid-State Drive in the report:

Residential
Industrial
Commercial

By Technology in the report:

Automotive Meter Reading
Advanced Metering infrastructure

By Component in the report:

Hardware
Software & Services

By Phase in the report:

Single Phase
Three Phase

By Communication Type in the report:

Cellular Technology
Radio Frequency
Power Line communication
Other Communication Types

The approach of the report:

This report consists of a combined approach of primary as well as secondary research. Initially, secondary research was used to get an understanding of the market and listing out the companies that are present in the market. The secondary research consists of third party sources such as press releases, annual report of companies, analyzing the government generated reports and databases. After gathering the data from secondary sources primary research was conducted by making telephonic interviews with the leading players about how the market is functioning. Post this we have started doing primary calls to industry people by equally segmenting in regional aspects, tier aspects, age group, and gender. Once we have primary data with us we have started verifying the details obtained from secondary sources.

Intended audience

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