Navigant Research Names Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Schneider Electric, and Opus One Solutions the Leading Microgrid Controller Vendors

A diverse controls market presents opportunities for many
companies to emerge as leaders in the coming decade

BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#MicrogridControls–A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant
Research examines the strategy and execution of 15 microgrid
controller vendors, with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL),
Schneider Electric, and Opus One Solutions ranked as the leading market
players.

Whether intentionally islanding from the utility grid or responding to a
signal from a grid operator to provide ancillary services, the microgrid
controller can be viewed as the heart of the microgrid. A variety of
companies are now competing in the controller space, looking for ways to
innovate this technology that is vital to all microgrid projects—whether
focused on resilience, renewable energy integration, or economic
optimization. Click
to tweet: According to a new Leaderboard report from @NavigantRSRCH,
SEL, Schneider Electric, and Opus One Solutions are the leading vendors
of microgrid controllers.

“Whether experts on scientific engineering, or business model
innovation, or anticipating a future incorporating new concepts such as
transactive energy, there is room for continued innovation among control
products, including companies offering energy storage or smart inverters
that were excluded from this analysis,” says Peter Asmus, research
director with Navigant Research. “The three companies that met the
criteria for market leaders are each quite different in terms of
history, emphasis, and solution offerings, but each offers tremendous
value to the market, demonstrating how diverse the controls platform
space is today.”

While SEL, Schneider, and Opus One currently lead, the other 12
companies profiled in this report are all positioned to become leaders
in the next decade. According to the report, no single company dominates
the microgrid controls space, but many provide unique value to those
seeking controls technology.

The report, Navigant
Research Leaderboard: Microgrid Controls, examines the
strategy and execution of 15 leading microgrid controller vendors. These
players are rated on 12 criteria: vision; go-to market strategy;
partners; business model innovation; controls philosophy; geographic
reach; sales, marketing, and distribution; product performance
(islanding); controls functionality; project portfolio; pricing; and
staying power. Using Navigant Research’s proprietary Leaderboard
methodology, vendors are profiled, rated, and ranked with the goal of
providing industry participants with an objective assessment of these
companies’ relative strengths and weaknesses in the global microgrid
controls market. An Executive Summary of the report is available for
free download on the Navigant
Research website.

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* The information contained in this press release concerning the
report, Navigant Research Leaderboard: Microgrid Controls, is a
summary and reflects Navigant Research’s current expectations based on
market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are
inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those
contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full
report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the
report’s conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report.
Neither Navigant Research nor Navigant undertakes any obligation to
update any of the information contained in this press release or the
report.

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