Energy

The Office of Gas and Electricity Market (Ofgem) has implemented RIIO (setting Revenue using Incentives to deliver Innovations and Outputs) for the incentive-based regulation (IBR) covering the gas and electricity transmission and distribution network in Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland). The RIIO model puts the customer in the middle of...

As global economies grow manifold, people's standards of living will rise, challenging traditional utilities' business models. Global Mega Trends are disruptive forces that have far-reaching impact on several industries including power utilities. As a result, it is essential for utility companies to adopt a well-balanced strategy, strengthen existi...

Over the last decade, the development of renewable energy installations across many countries has surged. Given the stochastic nature of renewable energy sources, some countries are tackling the challenges of integrating larger shares of renewables into their power grid systems. This global market insight looks into some of the best practices adopt...

Wireless charging manufacturers are expected to reach economies of scale to offer the technology at a competitive price by 2016 or 2017. The perceived value also may improve with time. The smartphone market is the earliest adopter of wireless power charging technology, and is the largest revenue contributor to the global market. Other potential ap...

This research service examines the surge protection devices (SPD) market in Australia. The market is driven by investments of end-user verticals including utilities, mining, commercial and residential buildings, and data centres. The market is expected to show moderate growth during the forecast period of 2015 to 2021reduced capital expenditure in...

In this study the investment opportunities are provided on a country level. In each country chapter, total size of the oil and gas market, potential for marginal oil and gas fields, and incentives provided by the government for marginal fields are analyzed. In the production and drilling solutions chapters, different technologies and their advantag...

The energy management services (EMS) market is in a growth phase in Australia and New Zealand. The deregulation in the energy industry has resulted in the prices of energy being dependent on demand and supply forces. EMS plays a major role as end users seek to stabilize energy costs in their organization. The level of awareness contributes to its c...

This study covers the factors that will drive the adoption of ESS at grid level in countries such as Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. The study also comments on the present and upcoming storage technologies that will be commercially viable for energy storage at grid and power utilities level. The study evaluates different applicatio...

This research service covers the ongoing developments in the Asia-Pacific electricity sector due to the impact of several mega trendsthe main one being urbanization. As cities emerge to be the largest consumers of goods and services, the strain on physical infrastructure is throwing up significant challenges to city planners. To sustain the econom...