Utilities actively investing in new technologies despite political uncertainty in US: Capgemini's 2017 World Energy Markets Observatory Report

as mentioned in Despite this political uncertainty, utilities have increased investments in green and renewable energy. 2016 was a record year with renewable energy capacity additions of over 22GW. As investment and adoption of green and renewable energy increases, a significant transformation of how utilities deliver energy, and consumers receive it, has begun. As renewable energy sources grow, so will the risk of congestion-driven outages. "The U.S. energy market has shown growth in renewable energy projects and an increase in new technology investments – which shows a focus on building a successful future, despite uncertainties in today's climate."

Clean Energy Investment Slows Globally, Lags Significantly In Emerging Markets

Clean Energy Investment Slows Globally, Lags Significantly In Emerging MarketsNovember 10th, 2017 by Joshua S HillClean energy investments slowed considerably in 2016 in both OECD and non-OECD markets but the drop-off was most significant in emerging markets, falling by $40.2 billion to only $111.4 billion in 2016, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance's new Climatescope 2017 report. Specifically, Climatescope reveals that clean energy investment in non-OECD countries only reached $111.4 billion, down $40.2 billion from the $151.6 billion taken in during 2015. New asset (project) financing for clean energy in developing nations, 2010-2016"The figures highlight the gap between talk and action when it comes to addressing climate and supporting clean energy," said Ethan Zindler of BNEF. Investment coming in to non-OECD nations from outside has been a critical component of clean energy investment for emerging markets, with 36% of funds deployed to the 106 emerging markets analyzed in Climatescope 2017 found to be non-domestic. After growing from $2.7 billion in 2007 to an impressive $13.5 billion in 2015, OECD-based clean energy investments into emerging markets reached only $10 billion in 2016.


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Wind Energy Feels the Force of World Markets

according to Green technology such as solar panels and wind turbines are increasingly mass-produced, so basic supply-and-demand economics dictate that they get cheaper. Green SkepticsThe company has made wind turbines since 1979, around the same time as oil giants from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to Exxon Mobil Corp. began dabbling in green energy. Of course they will."The Danish company is not the only wind turbine maker adjusting to the new marketplace. There's also an unpredictable future for the U.S., the wind energy industry's biggest market after China. A skeptic over climate change, President Donald Trump openly dislikes wind energy, saying the turbines are ugly and kill birds.

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