The wind energy market in the United States has seen a definitive shift toward the development of project sites that exploit the wind energy resource in a lower wind speed regime. These projects are still sited in close proximity to transmission lines for cost-effective energy, according to IntelStor, a cloud-based market intelligence platform for renewable…
World Bank Group’s wind investments top $80.7 billion
The World Bank Group has a long history of supporting emerging industries. The wind energy sector is no different, and since 1995, wind power has benefited to the tune of U.S.$80.7 billion in project finance allocation from the World Bank on 565 different projects around the world. Geographically, the Americas received a total of $35.3…
Global offshore wind energy reaches tipping point
The global offshore wind energy sector is on the precipice of a tipping point, according to analysis from IntelStor LLC, a cloud-based market intelligence ecosystem for renewable energy. IntelStor is anticipating a total potential growth of 329 GW by 2028, with 181 GW of that as likely build. According to the company, the Americas have committed…
Wind industry has lost billion to IP infringements and trade secret theft, finds IntelStor
Since 1995, the wind energy industry has suffered more than $5.2 billion in commercial losses associated with intellectual property (IP) risks, which went unmitigated and could have been avoided. This is according to analysis from IntelStor LLC, a cloud-based market intelligence ecosystem for renewable energy. IntelStor has found that these losses are partly in the…
Global wind-turbine mapping project surpasses 100,000 count
An ambitious project being led by IntelStor to map the geo-locations of every wind turbine in the world has hit a major milestone. IntelStor is a cloud-based market intelligence ecosystem for renewable energy. The company says it has now completed the geo-location mapping of 107,902 out of 355,793 onshore and offshore wind turbines in the…
Wind R&D spending to top $36.9 billion by 2028
As the wind-turbine market enters a new era, driven by subsidy and tax credit free cost parity, a new generation of wind technology is poised to hit the market by 2020. Markets that are shifting towards a competitive tendering process continue to drive the need for higher AEP, as well as lower CapEx, OpEx, and…
Meet IntelStor, a new renewable energy data platform
IntelStor is a new, renewable energy data platform built for decision support of project diligence and product development. According to the developer, it is the world’s first cloud-based market intelligence platform for renewables, built for decision support of project diligence and product development. The brainchild of Philip Totaro — who was most recently running consultancy…