A new report from Navigant Research tracks utility smart meter projects, providing data on global smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) deployments, with additional analysis of related technologies, timeframes, and vendor selections, including a vendor selection share analysis for North America.From 2009 to 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Smart Grid Investment Grant Program […]
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Gamesa to supply 36 MW to French developer Valorem
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, continues to make inroads with its business strategy in Europe, having received its first order from French wind power developer Valorem for the supply of 36 MW at three wind farms. Specifically, the company will supply and install eight G114-2.5 MW turbines at the Santerre wind farm, […]
New Installed Energy Storage Systems for Renewable Energy Integration Capacity Is Expected to Total 45.1 GW from 2015 to 2025
A recent report from Navigant Research examines the market for energy storage systems for renewable energy integration (ESRI), including global market forecasts for capacity and revenue, broken out by application, technology, and region, through 2025.The fastest-growing renewable energy markets continue to be solar PV and wind, variable forms of generation that present challenges to an […]
Deployed U.S. Utility Distribution Microgrids Capacity is Expected to Reach 241 MW in 2024, According to Navigant Research
A new slide-based report from Navigant Research examines the U.S. utility distribution microgrid (UDM) market, with a focus on technology and policy trends, customer adoption, utility deployments, and the vendor landscape, through 2024. UDMs are helping utilities across the country explore new market opportunities in the distributed energy resources (DER) landscape. Rather than being focused […]
Surging Energy Storage Market Provides New Opportunities for Material and Polymer Suppliers
Driven by an increasing share of renewable energy and e-mobility, the energy storage market is exhibiting substantial growth, which Apricum expects will continue for the foreseeable future. This not only presents new opportunities for energy storage system suppliers, but also for material and polymer players who can add substantial value to these emerging markets by […]
Deployed U.S. Utility Distribution Microgrids Capacity is Expected to Reach 241 MW in 2024
Utility distribution microgrid adoption depends on regulatory reforms, natural disasters, and adoption of distributed energy resources. A new slide-based report from Navigant Research examines the U.S. utility distribution microgrid (UDM) market, with a focus on technology and policy trends, customer adoption, utility deployments, and the vendor landscape, through 2024.UDMs are helping utilities across the country […]
Romax InSight launches two new innovative technologies for wind turbine inspections, servicing and condition monitoring
Romax InSight is proud to be launching two new products – ecoCMSTM and Field ProTM – to reduce cost and increase the effectiveness of wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M).ecoCMSTM is a new, low-cost condition monitoring system (CMS) for wind turbines. ecoCMS is aimed at making high performance CMS more affordable for wind farm owners, […]
Single-Axis Tracker Market in North America Doubled in 2015 — Reaching $1.2 Billion
The North American single-axis tracker market increased by over 100 percent, year over year, to reach $1.2 billion in 2015; the market is forecast to grow 20 percent to $1.4 billion in 2016. Single-axis tracker shipments exceeded fixed-tilt shipments by over 2 gigawatts (GW) breaking the 5 GW shipment mark for the first time in […]
Power Capacity of Global Installed Energy Storage for the Grid and Ancillary Services is Expected to Reach 21.6 GW in 2025, According to Navigant Research
A new report from Navigant Research examines the growing opportunities for energy storage systems (ESSs) to provide numerous services to the grid, with global market forecasts for power capacity, energy capacity, and revenue, segmented by region, technology, and application, through 2025. Grid operators around the world are beginning to recognize the value that large-scale ESSs […]
Hanwha Q CELLS Receives TOP BRAND PV Seal 2016 from EuPD Research in Europe, the USA and Australia
Hanwha Q CELLS Co. Ltd. was awarded the “Top Brand PV Seal 2016” from EuPD Research for the third time in a row in Europe and for the first time in the USA and in Australia based on surveys of installers in each respective market. According to EuPD Research, the results from this year’s European […]