Talk about a disruptive technology. The “world’s leading software platform for digital assets,” blockchain may be little known, but it could revolutionize electricity markets, according to Dick Munson of EDF Energy Exchange. For utilities blockchain could prove to be a threat – or an opportunity. … [Read more...]
Cleantech startups: can German utilities bridge the Valley of Death?
Investment in cleantech startups has so far yielded disappointing results, writes Marius Buchmann, Post-Doc at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. According to Buchmann, one important reason is that incumbent energy companies have not been willing to invest in and acquire startups. But this is now changing, especially in Germany, partly as a result of the new business model adopted by Eon and RWE. Article courtesy of Buchmann’s blog Enerquire. … [Read more...]
The great battery race
The coming of cheap and effective lithium-based batteries will cause the greatest changes in the energy and automobile sector since Henry Ford built the model T, writes Gerard Reid, founding partner of Alexa Capital, financial analyst and co-founder of the Energy and Carbon blog. But European countries like Germany and France have no significant production, in contrast to China, which views batteries and their raw materials as key factors in the … [Read more...]
Hamburg considers innovative heat storage scheme
Institutions in Hamburg are proposing to build a large underground thermal heat storage system that could supply roughly a quarter of the city’s heating needs with waste heat from industrial and power plants. If successful, it would make Vattenfall’s plans to realise a CO2-neutral district heating network superfluous. It could also serve as an example for other cities. … [Read more...]
The top 10 advanced energy stories of 2016 – and how they will shape 2017
From the first American offshore wind power to the economic power to employ millions of people, "advanced energy" is a major growth market that shows no signs of stopping, writes Lexie Briggs, social media manager at Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a US-based national association of business leaders promoting clean energy technologies. Briggs identifies the ten major advanced energy stories of 2016 in the US - and looks at how they will help shape … [Read more...]
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