欧州と北米のスマート水道メータ　第3版

Berg Insight (ベルグインサイト)「欧州と北米のスマート水道メータ　第3版 – Smart Water Metering in Europe and North America – 3rd Edition」は欧州と北米のスマート水道メーター市場を調査し、高度メーターインフラ（AMI）と自動検針（AMR）技術の最新動向を解説しています。また2028年までの市場予測も行っています。

主な掲載内容

• 欧州と北米の水道サービス
• スマート水道メータ
• IoTネットワークと通信技術
  • IoTネットワーク技術
  • 3GPPセルラー技術
  • LoRaとLoRaWAN
  • Sigfox
  • RF技術と規格
• スマートメーターの産業プレイヤ
  • メーターベンダ
  • 通信ソリューションプロバイダー
  • ソフトウェアソリューションプロバイダー
• 水道の自動検針（AMR）／AMI市場概要
  • 欧州
  • 北米
• 欧州と北米の技術別水道自動検針（AMR）／AMI計画
• 市場分析
  • 市場予測
  • 産業分析
  • 市場動向

Report Overview

Smart Water Metering in Europe and North America is the third strategy report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments in the markets for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and automated meter reading (AMR) technologies in the water sector in these two regions. This strategic research report from Berg Insight provides you with over 175 pages of unique business intelligence, including 6-year industry forecasts and expert commentary on which to base your business decisions.

Are you looking for detailed information and comprehensive data about the smart water metering market in Europe and North America? This report covers the latest developments in the markets for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and automated meter reading (AMR) technologies. The installed base of water utility AMI endpoints in Europe and North America amounted to 55.8 million units in 2022 and is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 13.0 percent to reach 116.4 million units in 2028. Get up to date with the latest information about vendors, water utilities, products and markets.

Highlights from the report

• Insights from 30 new executive interviews with market leading companies.
• 360-degree overview of next generation RF and cellular standards for water AMI communications.
• Comprehensive overview of the water utility markets in Europe and North America.
• Profiles of the key players in the water AMI and AMR industry in Europe and North America.
• Full coverage of the European and North American markets with in-depth country profiles.
• In-depth analysis of the development of AMI deployments in Europe and North America.
• Detailed market forecasts by region and technology lasting until 2028.

Executive Summary

The number of water AMI endpoints in Europe and North America to twofold by 2028

The registration and collection of water meter data has historically constituted a highly resource-consuming manual task, requiring professional meter reading personnel to visit each individual metering point to optically register meter consumption values on a periodical basis. Automated meter reading (AMR) solutions which enable wireless walk- or drive-by meter reading operations have over the years automated the work of meter reading personnel to some extent and are today commonplace within water metering operations. Throughout the past two decades, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solutions aimed at addressing the shortcomings of AMR by instead leveraging a fixed communications network infrastructure have evolved. By enabling high-frequency readings of detailed meter data while also allowing for direct two-way communications with the utility backoffice, AMI solutions open up entirely new possibilities for water utilities to make substantial enhancements of operational efficiency, reduce non-revenue water (NRW), and greatly improve water conservation schemes. Today, the term smart metering has become a buzz word within the water sector that is to be considered synonymous with the concept of AMI.

North America today constitutes the leading market for both AMR and AMI solutions globally and had at the end of 2022 an installed base of 86.5 million active water utility AMR and AMI endpoints, representing a penetration of around 75 percent. AMI accounted for 38.0 million of the installed endpoints, equalling an AMI penetration of more than 33 percent. Berg Insight forecasts that the number of water AMI endpoints in North America will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.3 percent to reach 72.3 million units in 2028. Large-scale deployments of AMI started to gain traction in the region a decade ago and have since grown steadily with multiple projects covering more than 100,000 endpoints now completed. Today, utilities seeking to replace their existing AMR solutions account for a substantial share of the AMI installations through meter-park upgrades.

Europe is meanwhile the second largest market for AMR and AMI solutions and had at the end of 2022 an installed base of 68.6 million active water utility AMR and AMI endpoints, translating into a penetration rate of approximately 45 percent. Less mature than the North American market, Europe had in 2022 a total of 17.8 million AMI endpoints installed, representing an AMI penetration of around 12 percent. The number is however forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 16.3 percent to reach 44.1 million units in 2028. France and Spain have historically been the primary markets for water AMI solutions in Europe, but markets such as Italy, the UK, Scandinavia, the DACH region and the Benelux are now also emerging as major water AMI markets.

A variety of proprietary and standards-based communications technologies are today used for water AMI deployments. In North America, proprietary RF networking platforms have completely dominated the market and accounted for as much as 92 percent of the installed base of AMI endpoints in 2022. Meanwhile, various proprietary and open-standard RF technologies based on the EN 13757 standard accounted for roughly 47 percent of all AMI endpoints installed in Europe. The category includes Wize, which constitutes the single most deployed technology for water AMI in Europe. Other proprietary RF technologies that are not based on EN 13757 accounted for over 37 percent of the European deployments. Optimised for cost-sensitive and mission-critical IoT applications, LoRaWAN and 3GPP-based LPWA technologies are now also emerging as real contenders within the water AMI markets – particularly LTE-M in the US and LoRaWAN and NB-IoT in Europe. At the end of 2022, LoRaWAN was used to connect a total of 1.6 million endpoints in Europe and this number is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 36.6 percent to reach 10.6 million in 2028. Cellular communications meanwhile accounted for 3–6 percent of the installed base in both regions and is also forecasted to see massive growth throughout the forecast period, primarily driven by 3GPP-based LPWA deployments.

The water AMI and AMR markets in Europe and North America are largely served by local or regional players and only a few companies such as Itron, Sensus (Xylem), Honeywell, Kamstrup, the Arad Group and the Minol-ZENNER Group have managed to establish a major presence in both regions. At the end of 2022, the top 5 water AMI endpoint vendors in North America in terms of installed base were Sensus, Badger Meter, Itron, Aclara (Hubbell) and the Neptune Technology Group (Roper Technologies). The top 5 water AMI endpoint vendors in Europe comprised Diehl Metering, Itron, Birdz (Veolia), Sensus and Kamstrup. The SUEZ subsidiary SUEZ Smart Solutions also constitutes a key player in the European water AMI market by having been instrumental to the development and deployment of Wize technology.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

1 Water Services in Europe and North America
1.1 Water services sector in Europe and North America
1.1.1 The organisation of water service management
1.1.2 Residential water rates and consumption
1.1.3 European water distribution system operators
1.1.4 North American water distribution system operators

2 Smart Water Metering
2.1 Introduction to water metering
2.2 Remote meter reading systems
2.2.1 Smart water metering applications and benefits
2.2.2 Smart water metering infrastructure
2.3 Project strategies
2.3.1 System design and sourcing
2.3.2 Rollout and integration
2.3.3 Implementation and operation
2.3.4 Communicating with customers
2.3.5 Individual rights issues

3 IoT Networks and Communications Technologies
3.1 IoT network technologies
3.1.1 Network architectures
3.1.2 Unlicensed and licensed frequency bands
3.2 3GPP cellular technologies
3.2.1 2G/3G/4G/5G cellular technologies and IoT
3.2.2 The role of cellular networks in smart meter communications
3.2.3 NB-IoT of LTE-M network deployments in Europe and North America
3.3 LoRa and LoRaWAN
3.3.1 Technology characteristics and network footprint
3.4 Sigfox
3.5 RF technology and standards
3.5.1 EN 13757
3.5.2 Proprietary RF networking platforms

4 Smart Metering Industry Players
4.1 Meter vendors
4.1.1 Apator
4.1.2 Arad Group
4.1.3 Axioma Metering
4.1.4 B METERS
4.1.5 Badger Meter
4.1.6 Diehl Metering
4.1.7 E. Wehrle Group
4.1.8 Engelmann Sensor
4.1.9 FILA
4.1.10 GWF
4.1.11 Honeywell
4.1.12 INTEGRA Metering
4.1.13 Itron
4.1.14 Janz (SIT Group)
4.1.15 Kamstrup
4.1.16 Lorenz
4.1.17 Landis+Gyr
4.1.18 Maddalena
4.1.19 Metron-Farnier
4.1.20 Minol-ZENNER Group
4.1.21 Mueller Systems
4.1.22 Neptune Technology Group (Roper Technologies)
4.1.23 QUNDIS
4.1.24 Sagemcom
4.1.25 Sensus (Xylem)
4.2 Communications solution providers
4.2.1 Aclara (Hubbell)
4.2.2 Abering
4.2.3 AIUT
4.2.4 APKAPPA
4.2.5 Birdz (Veolia)
4.2.6 Ista
4.2.7 Netmore
4.2.8 Smart Earth Technologies
4.2.9 Sontex
4.2.10 SUEZ Smart Solutions
4.2.11 Techem
4.2.12 Technolog (Roper Technologies)
4.2.13 Telereading
4.2.14 Vodafone
4.3 Software solution providers
4.3.1 Atlantica Digital
4.3.2 Dropcountr
4.3.3 Ferranti
4.3.4 Harris Utilities
4.3.5 Idrica (Global Omnium)
4.3.6 Indra
4.3.7 Oracle
4.3.8 TaKaDu
4.3.9 Terranova Software
4.3.10 VertexOne

5 Water AMR/AMI Market Profiles
5.1 Europe
5.1.1 Belgium and Luxembourg
5.1.2 Denmark
5.1.3 Estonia
5.1.4 Finland
5.1.5 France
5.1.6 Ireland
5.1.7 Italy
5.1.8 Latvia
5.1.9 Lithuania
5.1.10 Netherlands
5.1.11 Norway
5.1.12 Poland
5.1.13 Spain
5.1.14 Sweden
5.1.15 United Kingdom
5.1.16 Rest of Europe
5.1.17 Pan-European research projects
5.2 North America
5.2.1 Northeastern USA
5.2.2 Southern USA
5.2.3 Western USA
5.2.4 Midwestern USA
5.2.5 Canada

6 Water AMR/AMI Projects in Europe and North America by Technology
6.1 Water AMI projects in Europe by technology
6.1.1 Wize and EN 13757-based RF
6.1.2 Proprietary RF technologies not based on EN 13757
6.1.3 LoRaWAN and Sigfox
6.2 Water AMI projects in North America by technology
6.2.1 Proprietary RF networks
6.2.2 Cellular communications

7 Market Analysis
7.1 Market forecasts
7.1.1 AMI communications technology market shares
7.2 Industry analysis
7.2.1 Europe
7.2.2 North America
7.3 Market trends
7.3.1 Transition from mechanical to static metering technologies
7.3.2 Rapidly growing adoption of standards-based LPWA
7.3.3 AMI network implementation and operational models are changing
7.3.4 Realising the full potential of water AMI beyond meter-to-cash
7.3.5 Digital security – a top priority for future smart water networks

Glossary

List of Figures

Figure 1.1: Water services value chain …………….. 4
Figure 1.2: General water service management models ……….. 5
Figure 1.3: Drinking water service statistics and management models (EU27+3 & NA) … 7
Figure 1.4: Top 50 European drinking water system operators (2022) …….. 10
Figure 1.5: Top 25 North American drinking water system operators (2022) ……. 14
Figure 2.1: Smart metering infrastructure ………….. 22
Figure 2.2: Examples of water meters with AMI/AMR functionality ……… 24
Figure 3.1: Unlicensed and reserved radio frequencies available for wireless IoT ….. 32
Figure 3.2: Comparison of LTE-M and NB-IoT specifications ………. 34
Figure 3.3: Number of LTE-M and NB-IoT networks (World 2018–2022) …….. 36
Figure 3.4: LoRaWAN network architecture ………….. 37
Figure 3.5: Public LoRaWAN network operators in Europe & North America (Q2-2023) .. 38
Figure 3.6: Sigfox network partners in Europe and North America (Q2-2023) …… 41
Figure 3.7: Selected members of the OMS Group ………… 43
Figure 3.8: Selected members of the Wize Alliance by industry ……… 44
Figure 4.1: Water meter vendor company data (FY2022) ………. 48
Figure 4.2: Ultrimis W ultrasonic water meter ………….. 49
Figure 4.3: Sonata ultrasonic meter and Dialog 3G Register ……….. 51
Figure 4.4: Qalcosonic W1 ultrasonic meter …………… 54
Figure 4.5: Hydrosonic-LR ultrasonic LoRa water meter (EU) ………. 55
Figure 4.6: Acquisitions made by Badger Meter (Q3-2022) ………. 56
Figure 4.7: ORION Cellular LTE-M endpoint and BEACON AMA …….. 57
Figure 4.8: HYDRUS ultrasonic meter and RC i G4 radio module ……… 59
Figure 4.9: WaterStar M (EU) ……………… 61
Figure 4.10: Cyble 5 module and Intelis ultrasonic meter (NA) …….. 66
Figure 4.11: MULTICAL 21 and flowIQ 2200 ultrasonic meters …….. 69
Figure 4.12: ELECTO SONIC ultrasonic meter and ARROW WAN NB-IoT module …. 73
Figure 4.13: 3900 RF Meter Interface Unit ……………. 78
Figure 4.14: G3 module ……………….. 86
Figure 4.15: X231 Cellular AMI endpoint and 100C Smart Valve …….. 90
Figure 4.16: VertexOne’s solution portfolio, post WaterSmart acquisition ……. 101
Figure 5.1: Top Belgian water utilities (2022) …………. 105
Figure 5.2: Top Danish water utilities (2022)………….. 106
Figure 5.3: Top water utilities in Finland (2022) ………… 109
Figure 5.4: Top French water utilities (2022) …………. 111
Figure 5.5: Top Italian water utilities (2022) …………… 116
Figure 5.6: Top Dutch water utilities (2022) …………… 119
Figure 5.7: Top Norwegian municipalities (2022) ………… 120
Figure 5.8: Top Polish water utilities (2022) …………… 122
Figure 5.9: Top Spanish water utilities (2022) ………… 124
Figure 5.10: Top Swedish water utilities (2022) ………… 126
Figure 5.11: Top water utilities in the UK (2022) ………….. 129
Figure 5.12: Top water utilities in Canada (2022) ………… 137
Figure 6.1: Top European water utilities by AMI endpoints installed (2022) ……. 140
Figure 6.2: Major European AMI projects using Wize ……….. 141
Figure 6.3: Major European AMI projects using proprietary RF …….. 142
Figure 6.4: Major European AMI projects using LoRaWAN or Sigfox …….. 144
Figure 6.5: Major AMI projects using 3GPP-based LPWA ……….. 145
Figure 6.6: Major AMI projects in Europe …………… 147
Figure 6.7: Top AMI projects in North America …………. 148
Figure 6.8: Top North American water utilities by AMI endpoints installed (2022) …. 150
Figure 6.9: Top North American AMI projects using cellular technology …… 151
Figure 7.1: Water AMI & AMR installed base and shipments (EU27+3 2022–2028) … 154
Figure 7.2: Water AMI & AMR installed base and shipments (NA 2022–2028) …… 155
Figure 7.3: AMI installed base by communications technology (2022–2028) ….. 157
Figure 7.4: Top 5 utility AMI & AMR endpoint vendors (EU27+3 2022) …….. 160
Figure 7.5: Vendor shares of installed base (EU27+3 2022) ……… 162
Figure 7.6: Top 5 utility AMI & AMR endpoint vendors (North America 2022) …. 164
Figure 7.7: Vendor shares of installed base (North America 2022) ……… 165