Category: Report

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 […]

Integration of transportation and energy data management systems to lower traffic congestion and emissions

This case study discusses Toyota Motor Corporation’s demonstration project on integration of the transportation data management system (TDMS) with the energy data management system (EDMS) to increase utilisation of public transportation systems to lower emissions as well as traffic congestion. This project dubbed “TDMS-EDMS”was part of the Toyota Smart Community project, one of the four […]

Ultra-compact electric car sharing for last-mile mobility

This case study discusses Toyota Motor Corporation’s demonstration project on car-sharing using ultra-compact electric vehicles to overcome the last mile challenge for public transportation. Public transportation systems such as subways, light rail and bus rapid transit, typically have stations every one-mile or so. Access to these stations beyond an easy walking distance is known as […]

Grid balancing using energy storage aggregation

This case study discusses the battery-based energy storage aggregation system developed as part of the Yokohama Smart Community Project. Dubbed battery SCADA, it has been used to explore how distributed battery-based energy storage systems can be virtually aggregated to provide ancillary services such as frequency regulation to the grid as well as peak-shifting for the […]

Clean energy investment by the numbers, 2015

Asia’s energy transition in an age of plenty

The Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures held its first plenary meeting in Asia on 9 March in Singapore. Bloomberg New Energy Finance delivered the following presentation, on clean energy in Asia and energy transition risks for commodities and the utility business model, at the Singapore Exchange. To download the full presentation […]

Off-Grid Solar Market Trends Report 2016

The 1.2 billion people living without access to the power grid spend about $27 billion annually on lighting and mobile-phone charging with kerosene, candles, battery torches or other fossil-fuel powered stopgap technologies. Solar-powered portable lights and home kits offer a better service at lower cost. This report takes stock of what the emerging off-grid solar […]

Sustainable Energy in America 2016 Factbook

OVERVIEW To download the full report in pdf, click here. Now in its fourth year, the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook series documents the revolution transforming how the US produces, delivers, and consumes energy. The 2016 Factbook provides an update through the end of 2015, highlighting a number of key developments that occurred as the long-term transformation […]

Mapping the Gap: the Road from Paris

FINANCE PATHS TO A TWO-DEGREE FUTURE Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Ceres and Ken Locklin have collaborated to examine more closely total volumes of capital that will be required to fund clean energy power project development in the electric sector over the next 2.5 decades. The project’s goals: ˗ To examine total volumes of capital required […]

2015 League Tables: Clean Energy and Energy Smart Technologies

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Clean Energy & Energy Smart Technology League Tables are the most transparent and comprehensive benchmarks for identifying active clean energy investors, project financiers, investment banks and law firms. The tables in this report cover deals across asset finance, M&A, venture capital / private equity and public markets that have been […]