Data

The Energy Consumption of Data Center Increase Drastically Due to New 5G Mobile Communication Standard

This is the outcome of a study carried out by RWTH Aachen University, commissioned by E.ON. According to the study, 5G alone will further increase the already r…

Coal Trade

China's Jan-Nov Coal Imports Rise 10% on Year to 299 Mil mt; Exceed 2018 Total

China imported 299.3 million mt of coal, including thermal and coking coal, over January-November, up 10.2% year on year, exceeding its 2018 full year import vo…

No Oil Discovery After Staatsolie’s Six-Well Campaign Off Suriname

Staatsolie said earlier this week that it had drilled six exploration wells as part of its nearshore drilling campaign. While no commercial oil discovery was ma…

Market Analysis

Japanese Offshore Wind Market Shows A Positive Signals to Investors

Japan is seeing a surge of interest from companies looking to enter its fledgling offshore wind sector, according to new analysis from research firm GlobalData.

New Generator That Uses Substance to Convert Waste Heat into Clean Electricity

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a generator prototype that uses liquid metal to convert waste heat from sources such as electric cars o…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Continues to Drop in the US

By comparing 2018 and 2019 energy production data for the entire country, the researchers found that coal generation in 2019 Q2 was down 19% when compared to th…

Market Analysis

Installed Solar Capacity is Now Greater than Oil in the United States

According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the first three-quarters of 2019, sol…

Satellite Data can Cut Dam Disaster Response Time and Costs

NASA says satellite data can cut disaster response times and costs.

Global Potential for Tidal Power is 1000 GW, But Costs Dampen the Prospects

However, the upfront construction costs of the tidal barrage, in addition to associated environmental impacts, remain major obstacles to further development of …

Gas turbine engine

​EN Engineering Acquires QC Data

Utility services firm EN Engineering announced it has acquired QC Data, an intelligent infrastructure services firm headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado…

Market Analysis

Solar’s Hidden Secret: The Data

Solar arrays generate a tremendous amount of digital information. Take a look at the chart below. A 1GW fossil or coal-based power plant on average will generat…

Schneider Electric Study Reveals Hyperscale Inflection Point In The Data Center Value Chain

81% of value chain respondents say hyperscale and colocation data centers will positively impact their business in the future.

Power Plant Contract Activity Shows Downward Trend in Asia- Pacific

There were 62 power plant contracts announced in the Asia-Pacific region in Q3 2019, marking a drop of 49 per cent over the last 12-month average of 122, accord…

Smart Grid

​New Measuring Devices from Siemens Capture Energy Data with Higher Accuracy

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has added the 7KM PAC3220 and 7KM PAC3120 measuring devices to its Sentron power monitoring portfolio.

​Mobile Data to Improve Urban Energy Behaviour

Energy use in buildings accounts for more than 40% of total primary energy use in Europe and the United States, with most of them located in urban areas that ar…