AS Published on Saturday 8 July 2023 - n° 453 - Categories:electricity companies
Residential generation requires electricity companies to adapt
Distributed installations (residential rooftops) reached 200 GW in 2022 (out of a total of 240 GW), and are expected to reach 300 GW in 2023. This means a reset for power companies.
Two of the biggest solar markets, the United States and China, have increased their distributed generation capacity by more than
AS Published on Monday 29 May 2023 - n° 447 - Categories:electricity companies
The world's major electricity companies dominate ownership of power stations
The world's major electricity companies increasingly dominate the development and ownership of large-scale solar power plants. Only six renewable energy specialists
L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:electricity companies, Germany
Fraunhofer IEE believes that artificial intelligence will be needed to manage decentralised generation
The Fraunhofer Institute IEE (for energy economics and energy systems technology) has completed the "K-ES" (cognitive energy systems) research project.
They found that in a decentralised energy system based on renewable energies, production and consumption can no longer be reconciled as easily as before.
AS Published on Sunday 19 March 2023 - n° 437 - Categories:electricity companies
Direct current is gaining market share over alternating current
For a long time, AC solar-plus-storage coupling was the preferred choice of developers to combine the two technologies in hybrid resource projects. Now DC coupling (and fixed DC coupling) is on the rise and offers more advantages than their AC counterparts.
AS Published on Sunday 13 November 2022 - n° 424 - Categories:the prices, electricity companies
The evolution of the kilowatt-hour price over the last three months in Germany
The "market value of solar" determined by the four German transmission system operators for the month of October is 12.904 euro cents per kilowatt hour. Although this figure is still very high
L R AS Published on Monday 21 February 2022 - n° 394 - Categories:electricity companies
Rising energy prices have had a negative impact on electricity companies
The price of electricity on the European market has risen from €20-30/MWh a year ago to €50 in November-December and now to over €100/MWh. This price increase is the result of the economic downturn related to the covid and the subsequent strong economic recovery,
AS Published on Monday 11 October 2021 - n° 377 - Categories:electricity companies
Rising gas and electricity prices mean reinventing ourselves
The quadrupling of the price of gas on the international markets is worrying individuals and raising questions among companies.
L R AS Published on Monday 20 September 2021 - n° 374 - Categories:electricity companies
Soaring electricity and CO2 prices are already making green hydrogen competitive
Gas prices are rising exponentially, not only in European markets, but also in America and Asia,
AS Published on Sunday 27 June 2021 - n° 368 - Categories:electricity companies
Owners of coal-fired power plants have a strong interest in switching to RE
European power generators that rapidly replace coal with renewables can reap significant economic benefits by reducing fuel and carbon costs and gain new energy export opportunities.
L R AS Published on Sunday 6 December 2020 - n° 343 - Categories:on request, electricity companies
Bringing together wind and solar power, the centralised grid and distributed installations
The coordination of solar energy and storage and the integration of solar and wind power in electricity companies offer opportunities to maximise savings, and have paved the way for a cheaper grid.
AS Published on Saturday 26 September 2020 - n° 333 - Categories:electricity companies
Too sudden and too intense, the sun can damage the electrical circuits of the power plants.
The sun can damage the components of solar power plants when the temperature suddenly exceeds 30° and especially if it lasts for more than a minute, according to the study carried out by different
L R AS Published on Sunday 5 July 2020 - n° 327 - Categories:electricity companies
Evolution of coal towards renewable energies
More and more electricity companies are switching directly from coal to renewables without using gas as a transitional stage. Many examples are already emerging in the United States. The companies
L R AS Published on Friday 26 June 2020 - n° 326 - Categories:electricity companies
Solar power plants must be properly maintained
In the face of strong competition and in order to obtain contracts, the solar power plant maintenance companies of electricity companies tend to reduce the amount of their billings.
AS Published on Sunday 31 May 2020 - n° 324 - Categories:electricity companies
A sharp decline in energy investments in 2020?
The sharp fall in energy investment could jeopardise the energy transition. The IEA now envisages a decline of
L R AS Published on Monday 16 March 2020 - n° 313 - Categories:European countries, electricity companies
Liander wants to reduce network congestion
Liander, the largest electricity supplier in the Netherlands will tackle grid congestion in the province of Gelderland. This involves reducing the number of