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...

Recent oil and gas discoveries in East Africa have promoted significant interest for investors in the region, driving growth in exploration initiatives. After exploration success in Uganda, the overall region has seen an influx of international players, including Total, Anadarko, Tullow, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), in the m...

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...

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...

This study highlights a few key areas where cogeneration is being successfully utilised in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a small market but one that is proving to be valuable for those industries that are able to make use of heat and electricity and those that have large amounts of waste product that can be used as feedstock. This however also highli...

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 Sub-Saharan African uninterruptable power supply (UPS) market is still in the early stages of development in most African countries. From 2012 on, the market is expected to grow significantly, and this will be driven primarily by developments in the ICT sector and the unavailability of quality electricity supply. This research service, which fo...