A Study on Smart Communities in the APEC Region
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A Study on Smart Communities in the APEC Region APEC the on Smart in Communities A Study A Study on Smart Communities in the APEC Region November 2015 APERC Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre Published by Asia Pacic Energy Research Centre (APERC) Inui Building Kachidoki 11F, 1-13-1 Kachidoki Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0054 Japan Tel: (813) 5144-8551 Fax: (813) 5144-8555 Email: [email protected] This research report is available at: http://aperc.ieej.or.jp Photography credits: APERC. APERC © Asia Pacic Energy Research Centre, 2015. ISBN 978-4-931482-47-0 A Study on Smart Communities in the APEC Region November 2015 APERC Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre Published by Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) Inui Building Kachidoki 11F, 1-13-1 Kachidoki Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0054 Japan Tel: (813) 5144-8551 Fax: (813) 5144-8555 Email: [email protected] This research report is available at: http://aperc.ieej.or.jp Photography credits: APERC. © Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre, 2015. ISBN 978-4-931482-47-0 Foreword Following the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation’s mission of promoting economic prosperity in a sustainable way, many economies are promoting more efficient energy utilization with advanced technologies including smart technologies in order to reconcile their growing energy needs with lower carbon emissions. This movement presents an opportunity for upgrade their energy infrastructure. This research report reviews smart community projects and backgrounds of economy to identify the expectations and challenges for the related smart technologies in the APEC Region. This report categorizes respective economies’ smart community projects by responsible entities, purpose, focused technologies and so on. The knowhow and technologies, acquired through smart community demonstration projects, should be suited to the regulations and market structures in the respective economies for future continuous penetration and utilisation. The report reviews the market situation and project summary of selected economies to understand the characteristics of the economy and the future penetration potential of element technologies. This report consists of two main parts. The first part can be read in to acquire an understanding of overviews of smart community projects in the Asia-Pacific region, electricity business in selected economies and prospects of dissemination of element technologies related to smart communities. The second part shows one of the outcomes of demonstration projects for smart grid system integration. This report is the work of the Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre. It is an independent study, and does not necessarily reflect the view of or policies of the APEC Energy Working Group or individual member economies. Hopefully, this research report will become a cornerstone of the establishment of information exchange and international collaborative activities designed to accelerate smart community development, leveraging APEC’s economic and cooperative strengths. Takato OJIMI President Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre i Acknowledgements We appreciate those who have made inputs to this study report, A Study on Smart Communities in the APEC Region, which could not have been accomplished without the contribution of professionals both inside and outside of APERC. In particular we would like to acknowledge the work of Dr. Weerawat Chantanakome, Former Chief Executive Officer, Brunei National Energy Research Institute This report was made possible through the initiative and efforts of the following people. Project Leader Koji MORITA, Board Member, Director, Fossil Fuels & Electric Power Industry Unit, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) APERC Authors Junichi OGASAWARA, Assistant Director, Fossil Fuels & Electric Power Industry Unit, IEEJ APERC Mitsutaka MATSUDA Former Senior Researcher, Fossil Fuels & Electric Power Industry Unit, IEEJ APERC Yu NAGATOMI Researcher, Fossil Fuels & Electric Power Industry Unit, IEEJ APERC Takashi OTSUKI Researcher, APERC Contributors to Economy Analyses Dr Weerawat CHANTANAKOME Former Chief Executive Officer, Brunei National Energy Research Institute Luis CAMACHO BEAS Senior Researcher, APERC Yeong Chuan LIN Former Senior Researcher, APERC Juan Roberto LOZANO MAYA Researcher, APERC Martin Miguel BROWN-SANTIRSO Researcher, APERC Muhamad Izham ABD. SHUKOR Researcher, APERC Editors Legato ii CONTENTS CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ iii Figure list ................................................................................................................................. v Table list ............................................................................................................................... vii Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 1 1 Overview of the Current Status of Smart Community Demonstration Projects in the APEC Region ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Australia .................................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Brunei ....................................................................................................................... 9 1.3 Canada .................................................................................................................... 10 1.4 Chile ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.5 People's Republic of China ........................................................................................ 19 1.6 Hong Kong, China .................................................................................................... 27 1.7 Indonesia ................................................................................................................. 28 1.8 Japan ....................................................................................................................... 32 1.9 Korea ...................................................................................................................... 36 1.10 Malaysia .................................................................................................................. 39 1.11 Mexico .................................................................................................................... 42 1.12 New Zealand ............................................................................................................ 45 1.13 Papua New Guinea ................................................................................................... 49 1.14 Peru ......................................................................................................................... 50 1.15 The Philippines ........................................................................................................ 52 1.16 Russia ...................................................................................................................... 55 1.17 Singapore ................................................................................................................. 58 1.18 Chinese Taipei ......................................................................................................... 60 1.19 Thailand .................................................................................................................. 64 1.20 The United States ..................................................................................................... 66 1.21 Viet Nam ................................................................................................................. 77 2 Electricity Business in the Selected APEC Economies Where Smart Community Demonstrations are Ongoing .................................................................................................... 81 2.1 Australia .................................................................................................................. 81 2.2 People's Republic of China ........................................................................................ 83 2.3 Japan ....................................................................................................................... 86 2.4 Korea ...................................................................................................................... 88 iii 2.5 The United States ..................................................................................................... 89 2.6 Thailand .................................................................................................................. 94 3 Prospects and Effects of Dissemination of Element Technologies Related to Smart Communities in the APEC Region ............................................................................................ 97 3.1 Outline of Smart Community Projects in the APEC Region ......................................... 97 3.2 Prospects of Dissemination of Element Technologies Related to Smart Communities in Respective Economies ....................................................................................................... 100 3.3 Barriers to Entry of Element Technologies Related to Smart Communities and Forecasts 103 3.4 Energy/Power-Saving Effect