Energy

West Africa is an energy-rich region with abundant oil, gas, and hydro resources. The lack of energy infrastructure, gas supply issues, and non-cost-reflective tariffs restrict reliable electricity supply which is very important for the growing economies. Complications in the West African gas pipeline (WAGP) and rampant gas flaring has led to great...

This research service provides a strategic analysis of the implications of shale gas development in South Africa. The research service explores the market drivers, restraints, and challenges from a cost benefit perspective pertaining to both the environment and the economy. Key focus is based on implications of shale gas in South Africa's power gen...

The research service titled Grid Integration Challenges of Renewable Energy in South Africa deals with the issues involved with interconnecting variable renewable energy generation facilities into the South African transmission and distribution grid network. Renewable energy poses a new challenge to transmission system operators due to its inherent...

This research service covers the current state and future potential of the power cables market in Southeast Asia. It provides an in-depth analysis of the drivers and restraints and their impact in the forecast period. The power cable types covered in this study include high voltage (HV), medium voltage (MV), and low voltage (LV). It covers both ove...

The increasing concern over climate change has influenced governments to adopt regulations to drive power generation fuelled by gas. The increasing gap between power demand and supply, particularly in the developing economies, is also a key driver for the gas gensets. However, high initial cost is seen as a major restraint for the global gas genset...

The GCC distribution transformers market is well established, with considerable demand from power generation companies, transmission and distribution (T&D) utilities and industrial end-user segments. The following segments have been covered in this study: 1.0 MVA-3.0 MVA and 3.1 MVA-10.0 MVA. The countries covered are Saudi Arabia, the United Arab ...

The Western European power plant services market is expected to experience solid growth as the market shifts from steam-fired power plants to gas-fired power plants in order to reduce carbon emissions and to achieve a more adaptive and flexible generating system. Revenue growth will be supported by more LTSAs sold to the new fleet of gas-fired powe...

This research service covers the current state and future potential of the UPS services market in Southeast Asia. It provides an in-depth analysis of the drivers, restraints and their impacts in the forecast period. The UPS types covered in this study are single-phase UPS services and three-phase UPS services. The customer type covered in this stud...

The South African electricity market is strained. The implementation of smart grids will help alleviate many of the problems the country is facing. This research service gives a comprehensive analysis of international best practice and case studies of smart grid projects that have been implemented, and tells how South Africa can learn from them. Th...