Energy

The United States is a major security and military partner of the GCC. Between 2000 and 2010, the diversification trends among the GCC economies helped to promote bilateral trade with the United States in areas such as crude oil and natural gas production, exploration, construction, and financial services. The long-term cyclical correlation between...

Solar PV has become, and will continue to be for the next few years, the fastest growing technology in the U.S. energy industry. The U.S. residential solar power market has grown during the last three years as a consequence of rising energy prices, volatile fuel costs, and government incentives for renewable energy. The present research service ana...

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 research service offers a panorama view of the market, with a sharp contrast between the electricity industry and the primary energy or feedstock. While the former grows at a fast and promising pace in terms of revenues and installed capacity, primary energy markets maintain a structural deficit. The power supplies market is already facing cha...

Russia has long awaited the outcome of its accession process. The implications of accession will have both a positive and negative impact on Russia and its trade partners. The major consensus of this analysis, however, points to important long-term gains that are evident to the Russian economy and certain opportunities that accession will give trad...

The Peruvian electricity industry entered a phase of significant internal changes starting in the 1990s. Segments of the industry have evolved into varying degrees of competition. The Peruvian government has embarked on a new strategy to increase the electrification rate in rural areas and also to satisfy a growing electricity demand. This is a goo...

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...

This study is part of a larger research service, which tracks infrastructure across the African continent. It provides a top level overview of infrastructure development in Nigeria. More specifically, the study provides an insight into the state of current infrastructure and an analysis of key current and future infrastructure developments taking p...

The Brazilian wind power market has experienced tremendous growth during the last few years as a consequence of increasing government concerns about the need to diversify the national generation base and assure energy security and independence. However, despite all incentives, the Brazilian market still plays a secondary role compared to the global...