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Ireland’s Front-of-the-Meter Storage Market
Ireland is making gradual progress toward the deployment of a grid-scale battery energy storage project. It has over 1 GW projects in development. The stakeholders are working on developing an energy storage-specific policy framework to remove barriers for batteries...
COP27: The Fight to Keep the 1.5°C Goal Alive
The Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Change Conference took place last month in Egypt, commencing on 6 November 2022 and ending on the 18th. The conference builds up on pledges made in the COP26 at Glasgow last year and comprised of a series of events to build on future...
The Big Three: Who is leading Europe’s EV Charging Market?
Currently, the majority of EV charging occurs at residential and workplace locations. In the near future, however, the percentage of public charging infrastructure—at public parking spaces, stations, and highways—will skyrocket as home charging needs must be...
Battery Powered Vessels – Five Year Landscape
Vessel Charging is actively gaining popularity as countries are building up on the battery technology that would allow vessels to utilize electrical energy as alternative clean fuel all around the world; to depend on them in a hybrid or unblended manner. All electric...
Unlocking South America’s Grid Potential: A Look at FACTS Deployments from 2017-2021
The major demand of the South American FACTS market comes from Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Several large-scale transmission infrastructure developments take up the major share of transmission budget in these countries, due to which very little budget is left to be...
New Energy to Propel China’s Distribution Transformer Market
• Distribution transformer market of China is expected to grow with a CAGR of 6.4% (in terms of units) from 2022-2027.• Majority of the distribution transformers demanded in China are in the voltage range of 1-12 kV accounting for 91% of the annual market.• China has...
Utilities Deploying Ester Oil Filled Distribution Transformers
• For insulation and cooling purposes, mineral oils are being used in transformer industry for nearly a century but in recent times several other fluids have also been developed by transformer manufacturers. • An electric utility in the Philippines named Meralco...
Fuel Cell Kingdoms of East Asia
Battery Electric vehicle technologies are being actively adopted and implemented in many regions throughout the world, as countries are aggressively moving forward in hopes of reaching their climate and carbon-neutrality goals. Amidst constraints posed by the...
Major LCV Competitors in the EMEA Region
In 2021, light commercial vehicles (LCV) remained competitive in the EMEA Region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Stellantis maintained its spot at the top, with a market share of 22%, followed by the Mercedes-Benz Group and Ford Motor Company, with 18% and 17%...
The EU’s Hydrogen Market Landscape
The drive to net-zero is accelerating as we speak, and hydrogen is one alternative fuel that could be used to achieve this momentous goal. Several reasons make hydrogen the perfect candidate to accomplish net-zero. First and foremost, hydrogen is the most abundant and...
Summary of Developments at COP27
The Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conference officially ended with an historic climate “loss and damage” fund being set up on Sunday, 20 November. Here are key highlights from the conference. The “loss and damage” fund is an official acknowledgement of the fact that poorer...
Transition to SF6 Free HV Equipment Picking Pace
• Global warming potential of SF6 is 23,500 times higher than that of CO2 over a span of 100 years and has an atmospheric life of 3,200 years.• It is significant to note that the EU is leading the transition from conventional SF6 based electrical grid equipment to SF6...