Energy

This research service is an assessment of the procurement trends and strategies of key utilities for fossil powered and renewable power plants in Europe. The work is an evaluation of current market drivers for investment as well as approaches to risk mitigation in light of the current economic crisis. Emphasis is placed on the recent decision to de...

Meeting energy needs while achieving security of supply and minimising carbon emissions are key challenges facing most countries. Although nuclear is gaining support in Europe, its significance varies among European countries. While some states are not willing to take risks and are opposed to nuclear (such as Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Belgium...

Electric vehicles are causing a huge demand for electric energy on a mass commercial scale. A utility must plan accordingly to handle the additional demand caused by the increasing use of these vehicles. The strategies adopted by such utilities, along with the process through which an EV is connected to the grid, is discussed in this deliverable. I...

This deliverable tracks the recent developments in the transformerless UPS technology, its benefits, development life cycle, pricing trends, industry perception, demand patterns in developed and emerging economies, revenue forecasts, and a brief comparison with transformer-based UPS in the European geographic region. The market potential of incorpo...

The European solar power market is primarily driven by government incentives and Europes agenda for clean energy. The photovoltaic solar market is undergoing a transition as the era of generous subsidies comes to an end and solar system prices continue to plummet. Chinese manufactures are exerting additional pricing pressure on their European coun...

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...

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...