CleanTechnica » Market Research http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Scotland’s Solar Power Capacity Grew 32% In 2014 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/scotlands-solar-power-capacity-grew-32-2014/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/scotlands-solar-power-capacity-grew-32-2014/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:00:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76910 A number of organisations based out of Scotland on Monday called for the Scottish Government to “do all it can to help encourage the roll-out [of] more solar power” in Scotland, following the publication of figures which showed Scotland’s solar capacity had increased by 32% during 2014. WWF Scotland published the figures from Ofgem, the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/scotlands-solar-power-capacity-grew-32-2014/feed/ 21 Report: Distributed-Renewables Disruption Will Reduce Utility Revenues By Up To $123 Billion A Year By 2025 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/report-distributed-renewables-disruption-will-reduce-utility-revenues-us123-billion-year-2025/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/report-distributed-renewables-disruption-will-reduce-utility-revenues-us123-billion-year-2025/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2014 09:44:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76886 The ongoing growth of distributed renewable energy generation throughout the US and Europe will see utility-company revenues reduced by as much as $123 billion a year by 2025, according to a new report from the consulting company Accenture. That new report — titled the Digitally Enabled Grid report — clearly states that if the utilities wish to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/report-distributed-renewables-disruption-will-reduce-utility-revenues-us123-billion-year-2025/feed/ 30 Renewable Cities Conference in Vancouver — Be There! http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/27/renewable-cities-conference-vancouver/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/27/renewable-cities-conference-vancouver/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2014 17:02:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76855 There are a lot of good cleantech conferences out there. It is quite hard for us to choose which ones we attend and which we skip. Clearly, I’m a big fan of the World Future Energy Summit (+ Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week as a whole) and EVS. But another big one that is new to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/27/renewable-cities-conference-vancouver/feed/ 4 Wind & Solar = 77% Of New US Electricity Generating Capacity In November (Exclusive) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:53:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76745 Editor’s Note: Upon repeated reader request and my own interest in seeing more accurate numbers, I have included an estimate of non-utility-scale solar (i.e., residential and commercial solar) in the numbers below. I will do this from here on out. Assumptions* and sources for these estimates are at the end of this article. If you think you’ve

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/wind-solar-account-70-new-us-generating-capacity-november/feed/ 60 Emerging Economies See Wind Growth As Technologies Evolve & Innovate http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/emerging-economies-see-wind-growth-technologies-evolve-innovate/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/emerging-economies-see-wind-growth-technologies-evolve-innovate/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:54:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76744 Emerging economies in the Middle East and Africa will have installed almost 3 GW of wind power by the end of 2014, with more than 58% of that being installed in the last two years. This is according to new analysis from MAKE, which follows on from recent and numerous additions to its wind power analyses, including an

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/emerging-economies-see-wind-growth-technologies-evolve-innovate/feed/ 1 Smart Thermostats To Reach $2.3 Billion In Annual Revenue By 2023 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/smart-thermostats-reach-2-3-billion-annual-revenue-2023/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/smart-thermostats-reach-2-3-billion-annual-revenue-2023/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:52:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76697 Ever since Nest “redeveloped” the thermostat to be a “smart thermostat,” the consumer technology industry has been well aware of clean technology. This awareness will lead to substantial growth, according to Navigant Research, which released a report predicting the smart thermostat market will reach nearly $2.3 billion in annual revenue by 2023. Nest may not

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/23/smart-thermostats-reach-2-3-billion-annual-revenue-2023/feed/ 3 Surprises In NREL State Study Of Where Solar Is Most Economical http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/surprises-nrel-state-study-solar-economical/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/surprises-nrel-state-study-solar-economical/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:00:58 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76634 Originally published on Solar Love. State by state, the effects of going solar are influenced by much more than how much the state naturally enjoys sunshine throughout the year. Going solar, according to new research by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, might be a more beneficial economic energy choice in states one does not expect to see at the top

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/surprises-nrel-state-study-solar-economical/feed/ 13 European Offshore Wind Industry Looks Forward To Healthy 2015, Stark 2016 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/european-offshore-wind-industry-looks-forward-healthy-2015-stark-2016/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/european-offshore-wind-industry-looks-forward-healthy-2015-stark-2016/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:19:37 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76699 The European offshore wind industry has been a darling of the global industry for some time now, with countries such as the UK and Germany pioneering massive amounts of offshore energy. However, according to new analysis from MAKE, even with a healthy 2015 ahead, the European offshore wind industry may be heading towards a 2016 cliff.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/22/european-offshore-wind-industry-looks-forward-healthy-2015-stark-2016/feed/ 7 EV Battery Experts Discuss Battery Costs & More (Interesting Video Discussion) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/ev-battery-costs-battery-experts-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/ev-battery-costs-battery-experts-video/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2014 20:53:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76694 Today is clearly a video catchup day for me. This last one of the day is a super interesting discussion about electric vehicle (EV) batteries. It includes the CEO of LG Chem (which provides EV batteries to GM for the Chevy Volt and Renault for its electric vehicles, as well as others), Prabhakar Patil; the

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/ev-battery-costs-battery-experts-video/feed/ 41 JB Straubel Interviews & Presentations http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/jb-straubel-interviews-presentations/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/jb-straubel-interviews-presentations/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:32:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76691 Following up on the Elon Musk interviews and videos I shared earlier today, I’ve also got a couple of great ones featuring Tesla co-founder and CTO JB Straubel, who I think really doesn’t get enough credit for his brilliance and passion. The Economist Here’s a great quote buried in an article in The Economist for which JB Straubel was

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/21/jb-straubel-interviews-presentations/feed/ 1 Least Financially Risky Electricity Projects: Solar & Wind http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/20/solar-wind-power-financial-risk/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/20/solar-wind-power-financial-risk/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2014 00:38:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76656 David Roberts of Grist recently dug into a couple of academic papers on the topic of cost overruns in the electricity sector. I had been saving the story for someone from our team to cover… but no one was picking it up, so I decided to do so a bit midnight (here in Europe) on this Saturday before Christmas. (You

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/20/solar-wind-power-financial-risk/feed/ 19 US Solar + Storage Market To Go Beyond $1 Billion A Year By 2018 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/solar-storage-market-go-beyond-1-billion-year-2018/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/solar-storage-market-go-beyond-1-billion-year-2018/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:08:19 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76544 Originally published on Solar Love. SunPower and Sunverge just announced a big solar+storage partnership, which follows a partnership between SolarCity and Tesla as well as the announcement of several energy storage companies beginning to hit the market. If you thought solar power was disruptive (it is), wait until solar + storage beat the price of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/solar-storage-market-go-beyond-1-billion-year-2018/feed/ 15 US Geothermal Power Companies Impacting Emerging Economies http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-geothermal-power-companies-impacting-emerging-economies/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-geothermal-power-companies-impacting-emerging-economies/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:44:21 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76520 The Geothermal Energy Association has released a series of figures and forecasts to finish off 2014, and in so doing highlighted the impact US geothermal power companies are having in emerging economies. In a press release put out through BusinessWire, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) announced “continued growth” in the global geothermal power sector, with “more countries

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/us-geothermal-power-companies-impacting-emerging-economies/feed/ 7 Solar Powered Cars, Top Solar Stocks (+ Other Solar Stories) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:50:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76426 In case you just can’t get enough solar news, analysis, and commentary, here’s a big link drop of good solar stories we haven’t already covered on CleanTechnica. Solar powered cars, solar trees, top solar stocks, and much, much more. Enjoy! Fun Solar EV Charging Rocks, But Which Option To Choose? Solar Trees For Solar-Powered EVs Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/feed/ 0 Nissan & Kia Get Serious About EV Advertising (+ Other EV News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/nissan-kia-ev-advertising-ev-news-4/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/nissan-kia-ev-advertising-ev-news-4/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:28:02 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76425 Here’s another massive link drop of cool EV stories that we haven’t covered on CleanTechnica. From EV advertising leadership to Tesla, Tesla, Tesla…. Enjoy! (Be sure to check out all of our EV stories too!) Non-Tesla EVs Nissan & Kia Up Spending On EV Advertising SunSwift Crowdfunding Campaign Raises $30,000 In 10 Days Acura NSX

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/nissan-kia-ev-advertising-ev-news-4/feed/ 1 Asia Pacific Solar PV Market Set To Reach 10 GW Q4’14 http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:31:24 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76402 After a long absence after its recent acquisition at the hands of IHS, Solarbuzz has reappeared with its latest Asia Pacific Major PV Markets Quarterly report, forecasting the Asia Pacific region to reach the 10 GW mark for the first time in this last quarter of 2014. Annual solar demand in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is expected

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/asia-pacific-solar-pv-market-set-reach-10-gw-q414/feed/ 1 EnergyTrend Places 2014 PV Demand At 44 GW, Expects 2015 To Top 50 GW http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/energytrend-places-2014-pv-demand-44-gw-expects-2015-top-50-gw/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/energytrend-places-2014-pv-demand-44-gw-expects-2015-top-50-gw/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:11:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76401 When energy historians* look back on 2014, they’re going to label it as one of the first years that predictions for the solar PV industry were hotly-covered from January to December. With December coming to a distressingly hurried close, we can expect the speculation and predictions to again pick up, as analysis firms provide final statistics

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/energytrend-places-2014-pv-demand-44-gw-expects-2015-top-50-gw/feed/ 28 Falling Oil Prices Will Not Bother Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:29:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76283 About two weeks back, the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) oil producers’ cartel decided not to cut output at its meeting in Vienna. Since then, oil prices have plummeted to a record five-year low. Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter and OPEC’s most influential member could potentially support global oil prices by cutting

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/14/falling-oil-prices-will-bother-solar/feed/ 39 Renewable Energy Growth Opportunities In Latin America & Caribbean http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/renewable-energy-growth-opportunities-latin-america-caribbean/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/renewable-energy-growth-opportunities-latin-america-caribbean/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:14:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76247 The renewable energy focus has slowly been shifting away from traditional national powerhouses in Europe and North America towards developing nations, primarily across the Southern Hemisphere. A new report published by the Worldwatch Institute has analysed the particular market barriers and growth pathways available for two specific regions, Latin America and the Caribbean, and found

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/12/renewable-energy-growth-opportunities-latin-america-caribbean/feed/ 3 How Much Trouble Is Wave Power Worth? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/much-trouble-wave-power-worth/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/10/much-trouble-wave-power-worth/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2014 08:17:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76145 A lot of figurative-ink has been spent on the possible value of tidal and wave energy rounding out the renewable energy market, but Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Chief Editor Angus McCrone recently discussed these technologies as more trouble than they’re worth. Appearing on Bloomberg’s “The Pulse,” McCrone got into just how much trouble these technologies are worth,

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