Category: Report

UK Energy Efficiency Trends – September 2016

Energy Efficiency Trends is a quarterly report focused on the UK market, providing insight into non-residential energy efficiency. This edition examines consumer and supplier trends in the second quarter of 2016 (March-June) and provides invaluable insight on the immediate impact of the UK’s decision to exit the EU. Last quarter’s survey results were clear; respondents […]

Finance guide for policy-makers

About the Finance Guide The Paris UN Climate Agreement in December 2015 refocused attention on the need to mobilize substantial private capital flows into climate solutions at the pace and scale required to combat climate change with the required urgency. Implementation of national clean energy or ‘green’ infrastructure plans will require unprecedented levels of private […]

Clean energy investment – Q2 2016 fact pack

Clean energy investment in 2016 undershooting last year’s record. Investment slowdowns in China and Japan, as well as further reduction in the cost of solar, mean 2016 investment will fall well short of 2015’s upwardly revised $348.5bn. See the related press release here. Contents: 1. Clean energy coverage and definitions 2. Annual clean energy investment […]

New Energy Outlook 2016: Powering a changing world

UK Energy Efficiency Trends – June 2016

Energy Efficiency Trends is a quarterly report focused on the UK market, providing insight into non-residential energy efficiency. This edition examines consumer and supplier activities and trends in the first quarter of 2016. The report also includes a timely special feature on the ‘Brexit’ question. One of the most significant political decisions in a generation […]

Clean energy investment – Q1 2016 fact pack

China lull behind quiet Q1 for global clean energy investment. See the related press release here. Contents: 1. Clean energy coverage and definitions 2. Annual clean energy investment overview 3. Quarterly trends in clean energy: new investment 4. Quarterly trends in clean energy: funds in circulation 5. Clean energy indexes 6. Renewable energy capacity investment Download PDF

Liebreich State of the Industry Keynote BNEF Summit 2016

Always one of our most-watched presentations, BNEF’s Chairman of the Advisory Board, Michael Liebreich gives his energy outlook for 2016 and beyond.To view the transcript, please click here.To watch the video, please click here. Download PDF

UK Energy Efficiency Trends – March 2016

Energy Efficiency Trends is a quarterly report focused on the UK market, providing insight into non-residential energy efficiency. This edition takes the temperature of consumer and supplier market activity in the fourth and final quarter of 2015 (October-December). In headline, the key trends reported in Q3 have largely continued into Q4 – the ‘tale of […]

Economics of residential demand response in Japan

The four smart community projects funded by the Japanese government, in collaboration with the private sector, included various residential demand response schemes. These demonstration experiments conducted from FY2011 – FY2015 have shown peak reduction levels of 10% to 20%by relying on a combination of technologies eg, Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) as well as time-of-use […]

Supply-demand balancing system for electricity retailers

This case study discusses the community energy management system (CEMS) developed as part of the Kita Kyushu Smart Community Project by Fuji Electric. The Kita Kyushu project is one of the four smart community projects that were funded by the Japanese central as well as local governments in collaboration with the private sector. The primary […]