Energy Market Research Reports

This Research Service analyses the current (2011) South African municipal solid waste to energy landscape. Major metropolitan municipalities (eThekwini Municipality, City of Johannesburg, City of Tshwane, City of Cape Town and Mangaung Municipality) were interviewed. Views were obtained regarding the status quo, relevant drivers and restraints, str...

This research service explains, in detail, how Algeria has benefited from its oil and gas resources by building a competitive gas electricity generation industry. The Algerian government is now looking at ways to support further industry growth by investing in renewable energy projects. More than 15GW of projects are expected to arise during the fo...

This research service provides a high level overview of various energy generating technology types in South Africa, including nuclear, solar, hydro, wind, diesel and gas gensets, co-generation, open cycle gas turbines and closed cycle gas turbines. An introduction to each technology type is provided, along with general capital and operational expen...

The five countries which comprise this study on the East African Renewables Market: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, all have low rates of electrification as well as low levels of power generation. Each of these five countries does, however, have an abundance of natural resources that are suitable for renewable energy power generation....

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) medium voltage (MV) switchgear market is well established with considerable demand from the transmission and distribution (T&D) utilities, power generation companies, industrial and commercial end-user segments. The following products have been covered in the research service: Indoor Switchgear (ISG), Outdoor Swi...

Botswana electricity industry has challenges in meeting its energy needs. Firstly, the country can hardly meet its peak power demand and, secondly, the country relies heavily on power supply from its neighbouring countries. However, southern Africa is experiencing an increasing power supply deficit, leading to shortages of power for trading. After ...

This research service covers the state of the South African Genset Market and focuses on gensets above 20 kVA. As petrol gensets are generally below 20 kVA, they fall outside of the scope of this study. A lack of infrastructure and storage capacity for gas in South Africa makes gas gensets uncommon in the region. This study examines key drivers, re...

This Research Service provides a overview of the pending South African carbon tax environment. Recently, a legislative document was tabled and the proposed way forward by the South African government will have dire consequences on the industry. This Research Service explains the concept of a carbon tax, evaluates various international case studies,...

India has shown significant promise as one of the worlds rapidly growing economies. While focusing on its strength of resilient economic policy, the Indian Government will need to address important issues pertaining to the capital goods industry: such as, rising prices of raw materials, lack of skilled manpower, and ambiguous environmental policie...