Aug 1
According to McKinsey, decarbonizing the industry sector prompts for processes with improved energy efficiency and strong usage of heat and electricity generated from renewable sources, such as biomass and photovoltaic.
The impact of EV on Earth’s resources is seldom misplaced. And in some cases, the common wisdom is almost entirely wrong.
In its New Energy Outlook 2018 report, Bloomberg expects that energy generation moves from two-thirds fossil fuels in 2017 to two-thirds renewable by 2050. PV, wind and batteries will be the technologies to transform the sector.
IoT Analytics published a report on how companies should build Internet of Things (IoT) solutions.
Based on analysis from several projects, the report advises a structured framework of five phases and useful examples of analyzed projects.
A great report has just been published by venture capital company Wing about the global panorama of Internet of Things startup companies and adoption by their target consumers.
The report is based on the analysis of 2,000+ deals, the context around the creation and exit activities, and interviews to IoT pioneers.
In a recent article on solar energy, McKinsey put together an overview of solar power worldwide installations as well a fine tutorial on some of the key success factors behind large scale deployment.
The same article also suggests an obvious business model based on two different entities, a developer company strong on cash for operations and a holding company with strong debt and stable yield.
For years now, one's been talking about the internet of things (IOT) for the built environment. The only problem is that the world of commercial real estate runs on decidedly last-generation technology.
There’s nothing like the equivalent of the ubiquitous home or office Wi-Fi router to connect it all.
The obstacles plaguing both renewables and traditional utility companies today typically come in two distinct forms — technology transitions and major industry shifts — both with the end goal of better serving and connecting with customers.
Though both obstacles have their own unique challenges, the strategies to implementing and scaling change efforts to overcome each issue are largely the same.
One of the major concerns of governments worldwide is to guarantee the availability of energy supply, even if energy is an ubiquitous commodity at the distance of a click. So is sustainability, as the COP21 conference committed to a faster decarbonization.
The introduction of renewable sources in the countries energy mix prompted for relevant premium prices in power purchase agreements, namely for wind and photovoltaic parks. As expected, the technology evolution brought the wind energy overall costs (also known as LCOE or Levelized Cost Of Energy) to similar values of those of gas, coal or nuclear, allowing it to position as a competitive source of energy, wind allows it. On the same direction, photovoltaic electricity generation is also becoming affordable with an important twist: its price and scalability allow for consumers to produce their own energy. Add a storage battery and everyone gets its own electricity 24/7.
Plug-in cars make up just one-tenth of 1 percent of the global car market today. They’re a rarity on the streets of most countries and still cost significantly more than similar gasoline burners.
Last year EV sales grew by about 60 percent worldwide but, in the next few years, Tesla, Chevy, and Nissan plan to start selling long-range electric cars in the $30,000 range.
Pedro Antao Alves 