Energy Market Research Reports

This study is part of a research service, which tracks infrastructure across the African continent. This report, in particular, dives into the transport infrastructure sector in South Africa and analyses the current state of road, rail, port and airport infrastructure. It then goes on to explore the infrastructure development projects in the pipeli...

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...

The past 2-3 years have witnessed an increasing interest in smart grids and smart energy. Smart meters are considered to be the first step towards smart grid implementation. The smart meter rollout in Europe is well underway, boosted by the European Union legislation to achieve 80 percent coverage by 2020. Sweden and Italy had full scale penetratio...

The market opportunities in cogeneration, trigeneration and gas generators, growing industrial and construction activities, replacement opportunities, tax advantages and Turkeys strategic location in its region are key factors driving the Turkish genset market. Meanwhile, low cost competition and pricing, with high operating costs and government ...

The UPS segment in datacentre market is poised for high growth across Europe and is nearing maturity. The cooling segment in datacentre market is experiencing medium growth, the boom in the datacentre market across Europe is a major factor driving both UPS and Cooling segments and this trend is likely to continue in the future. The power and coolin...

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...

Being one of the fastest growing economies, Turkey has realized the necessity of balancing its energy mix with renewable energy resources. As the key market players have gained experience, the sector has started to become one of the centres of attraction in terms of foreign investment flow. The declared feed-in tariffs within the scope of the recen...

Based on a survey of several thousand key companies, this market insight highlights the hot topics for growth, as identified in the energy and environment sector, for 2012. Energy is a key mega trend today with massive opportunities for efficient generation, distribution, and use of energy. Meanwhile, digital technology is transforming the indust...

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...