Energy-related greenhouse gas emissions have plateaued for the second year running – an extraordinary fact considering the global economy grew by more than 3% in the same period. This news, coming just before leaders from 175 countries gathered in New York to sign the Paris Agreement, provides a welcome sign of real progress in the […]
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Revenue from Global Industrial Energy Management Systems Is Expected to Total $224 Billion from 2015 to 2024
A recent report from Navigant Research examines the global market for industrial energy management systems (IEMSs), segmented by software and services, with forecasts for revenue by region, through 2024.Though industrial facilities are some of the most energy-intensive buildings worldwide, the drive for continuous operations and a focus on production has made energy efficiency a low […]
Connectivity, Autonomous Technology, On-Demand Mobility, and Vehicle Electrification Will Transform Global Passenger Transportation
A new white paper from Navigant Research examines the long-term evolution of individual transportation based on an assessment of four key trends vehicle connectivity, vehicle autonomy, on-demand mobility, and vehicle electrification—from 2025 to 2050.Current developments in automotive technology preview a future where vehicles are capable of doing the driving and electric drive technology is efficient […]
The Number of Customers Using Dynamic Pricing Rates for Electricity Is Expected to Exceed 113 Million in 2025
A new report from Navigant Research explores the market drivers and barriers for global dynamic pricing in the electricity industry, with forecasts for number of customers segmented by pricing type, sector, and region, through 2025.Dynamic pricing, a concept in which the value of a product varies based on time or other factors, can be found […]
New analysis of Paris Agreement identifies market opportunities as more companies move to take bold climate action
A new analysis, ‘What Paris means for business’ published today, just hours before world leaders convene at the United Nations to sign the historic Paris Climate Agreement, highlights market opportunities worth trillions of dollars arising from the agreement and urges the private sector to take action now and bring clean energy and prosperity to all. […]
China lull behind quiet quarter for global clean energy investment
Global clean energy investment in the first quarter of 2016 was $53.1bn, down 22% on Q4 2015’s $68.1bn and 12% below the $60.5bn recorded in the equivalent quarter a year ago. The figures, based on transactions recorded by Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s data team, show that the main factor behind the relatively weak Q1 result […]
Technavio Announces Top Five Vendors in the Global Solar Pumps Market from 2016 to 2020
Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global solar pumps market report. This research report also lists eight other prominent vendors that are expected to impact the market during the forecast period. Competitive vendor landscape Technavio analysts states that there is intense competition among the major vendors in the global solar […]
Phoenix Solar AG among global Top 20 EPC providers
Phoenix Solar AG, a leading international photovoltaic system integrator listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has been included in the top 20 of the global EPC provider list, issued annually by Wiki-Solar, the leading research and information platform tracking the deployment of solar photovoltaic power stations. Phoenix Solar ranks 17th as […]
Clean energy generated using bacteria-powered solar panel
In a first, scientists have created a bio-solar panel that generates electricity from photosynthesis and respiratory activities of cyanobacteria, or blue-grean algae, and can run small devices in remote areas where regular battery replacement is not possible.Researchers connected nine biological-solar (bio-solar) cells into a panel that continuously produced electricity from the panel and generated the […]
How to determine meaningful, comparable costs of energy storage
Apricum Principal Florian Mayr is a guest blogger at Energy Storage News . In his most recent post, he and co-author Project Manager Hannes Beushausen explain what to consider for calculating meaningful, comparable energy storage system costs. Read their article here.