Category: Report

March 23 2021

Texas Legislature Lets Billion-Dollar Resettlement Die

The Texas legislature refuses to proceed with a bill that would reprice billions of dollars in energy and ancillary services charges incurred during last month’s power crisis.

March 18 2021

Battery Swapping Could Turbocharge Electric Vehicle Fleets

Battery swapping can significantly reduce refueling time for electric vehicles (EVs). There are now over 550 battery swapping stations in China.

March 15 2021

Climate-Tech VC Investing Tops $17bn in 2020

`Climate tech’ is a label for the emergence of technologies addressing the climate crisis, usually targeting both mitigation and adaptation.

March 8 2021

Siemens Gamesa Retains Top Spot in India as Wind Turbine Market Set to Rebound

India added 1.1 gigawatts of onshore wind projects in 2020 – the slowest pace of new build in a decade.

March 2 2021

BloombergNEF 2021 Executive Factbook

BloombergNEF’s Executive Factbook is our look at the most important developments in decarbonization, digital transformation, and the energy transition.

February 23 2021

GE Remains Top in Record Year for U.S. Wind Additions

The U.S. added more wind capacity than ever before in 2020. Some 16.5 gigawatts of capacity was installed – far exceeding the previous record set in 2012.

February 16 2021

Annual Offshore Wind Installations to Triple This Decade

The offshore wind industry is emerging unscathed from the Covid-19 pandemic. By the end of the decade, BNEF expects cumulative capacity to breach the 200GW mark, reaching 206GW.

February 16 2021

The Lifecycle Emissions of Electric Vehicles

The lifecycle CO2 emissions of medium segment battery electric cars produced in 2020 and used for 250,000 km would be between 18% and 87% lower than those of equivalent internal combustion engine vehicles in the five countries included in this report.

February 16 2021

Heating Could Add 5% to U.K. Electricity Demand in 2030

The U.K. government’s heat pump sales target could add 14 terawatt-hours (TWh) to electricity demand by 2030. This is a 5% increase in electricity demand compared to BNEF’s base case.

February 11 2021

Nobel Prize Winning Discovery Could Harness Resiliency and Sustainability of Crop Production

Within agriculture, novel gene editing technologies have the potential to revolutionize the breeding of new crops, giving them desired characteristics such as better nutrient content, longer shelf life, improved productivity or resiliency.