AWS Truepower’s Wind Trends Bulletin is a report that evaluates deviations in global wind conditions from the historical norm on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. The purpose is to provide wind-plant owners, investors, and operators with a high-level analysis of wind resource performance influenced by climatic fluctuations. The maps contained in the report were derived…

Auto manufacturers will need to meet aggressive fuel efficiency targets over the next decade – 54.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in the U.S. and Europe’s 95 grams of carbon dioxide emission per kilometer.

According to research and consulting firm, GlobalData, non-hydro renewable energy will be the fastest-growing power source in the U.S. over the next decade. Installed capacity is expected to increase from 121.9 gigawatts (GW) in 2015 to 216 GW in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% between 2015 and 2025. Based on…

The energy revolution underway creates additional opportunities for technologies and systems with superior performance and reduced costs.

Editor’s note: Research and Markets has added a new report to their offering, entitled “Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market 2015-2019.” The analysis focuses on Li-ion, lead-acid, and sodium-based batteries and provides a host of market breakdowns. It predicts a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for off-grid storage of nearly 7.5% by 2019. Here is the release… This market is…

Editor’s note: The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has released the second edition of REthinking Energy, their flagship report on renewables and reducing global emissions. According to IRENA’s findings, doubling the share of renewables by 2030 could deliver about half of the emissions reductions needed, in combination with energy efficiency, to keep the rise in average global…

Specialist renewable energy underwriter, GCube Underwriting, recently launched a unique report into wind turbine fires. Towering Inferno is the latest in a series of reports for GCube’s insured and broker community, analyzing the root causes, impacts, and mitigation of turbine fires and downtime. Fires are an infrequent occurrence in the global wind energy industry. The 300,000-strong international fleet…

Brazil’s non-hydro renewable power sector is expected to account for more than 25% of Brazil’s total capacity by 2025, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. Non-hydro renewables’ cumulative installed capacity will also more than triple from 17.1 GW in 2014 to an estimated 57.8 GW by 2025. The company’s report, Brazil Power Market Outlook to…

NextGen Climate America recently released a report, with economic modeling conducted by ICF International, showing that the transition to a clean energy economy will drive economic growth for decades, create well-paying jobs, and increase household incomes. The report, titled “Economic Analysis of U.S. Decarbonization Pathways,” finds that under the E3 scenarios of investing in clean energy and reducing greenhouse gas…

According to a new report from the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), the U.S. West leads the rest of the country in generation and investment for renewable energy. Fully redesigned for 2015, ACORE’s “Renewable Energy in the 50 States: Western Region” report examines state energy policies and programs, investment, and market openness in the…

Vaisala, a global provider of environmental and industrial measurement, has been recognized for the second consecutive year as one of the top companies in demonstrating a superior approach to climate change mitigation and transparent reporting. The CDP Nordic 2015 report includes Vaisala on the Nordic Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the second year in…

As one of the world’s largest research organizations, Research and Markets recently announced the availability of the  “Analyzing the Global Market for Wind Turbine Towers” report. This research analyzes the global market for wind-turbine towers and is divided into five sections. The report begins by analyzing the global wind-power industry through an analysis of related technology and a look…

Michigan households and business owners can keep more money in their pockets, and rural Michigan landowners will receive millions of dollars more a year in land lease payments, by building new wind farms that tap into more of the state’s low-cost wind energy resources. That’s according to a new report, “A wind vision for new…

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Global Market for Wind Turbine Gearboxes” report to their offering. This research analyzes the global market for gearboxes used in wind turbines in this research report Analyzing the Global Market for Wind Turbine Gearboxes. The report is divided into five sections. Section 1 analyzes the…

A study released by industrial and environmental measurement company, Vaisala, concluded that the company’s Triton Wind Profiler is as accurate for wind-resource assessment applications as a traditional met tower. The study evaluated over 50,000 hours of wind data gathered from customer sites on four continents. Conducted by the Vaisala 3TIER Services wind-resource assessment team, this…

With a two-third reduction in the cost of wind energy over the last six years, the renewable Production Tax Credit (PTC) is on track to achieving its goal of a vibrant, self-sustaining wind industry. That is the remarkable conclusion of analyses by national laboratories, consultants, and other independent experts and summarized in a new white…

Delivered quarterly, GTM Research’s U.S. Energy Storage Monitor provides the industry’s only comprehensive research on energy storage markets, deployments, policies, regulations, and financing in the U.S. These in-depth reports provide energy industry professionals, policymakers, government agencies, and financiers with consistent, actionable insight into the burgeoning U.S. energy storage market. According to the Q2 2015 report,…

Earlier this year, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released a report that answered 15 of the most common questions about wind power, reliability, and the grid. Entitled, “Wind energy helps build a more reliable and balanced electricity portfolio,” the report is based on grid operators’ real-world experience integrating wind power and dozens of studies conducted by grid operators examining how higher…

The Q3/2015 Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update is said to offer a detailed market forecast for more than 50 key and emerging markets for wind power from 2015 to 2024. The forecast data includes a split of expected onshore and offshore development, and analysis of the latest wind turbine order intake and pricing trends.…

The total amount of electricity generated by renewable energy sources in the United States will grow 1.8% this year, estimates the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in a Short-Term Energy Outlook released this summer. According to EIA projections, non-hydropower renewable power generation will increase by 5.5% in 2015, while hydropower will decrease 2% in that…