Hydroelectric Power Market
Over the period 2002 to 2007, the cost of energy rose steadily, as did the revenues generated by those companies in the business of extracting (in the case of fossil fuels), processing, moving,...
View ArticleElectric Power Generation
By way of noting this year’s “Earth Hour” (May 26, 2011)—as well as the ongoing challenges being faced by the Japanese as they struggle to get a damaged nuclear power plant stabilized—this week our...
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Nuclear Power Plants
Electricity is generated in a variety of ways which are broken down into the six categories presented in the pie chart to the right. Each method of generating electricity has its pros and cons, its...
View ArticleHydroelectric Power
The production of electricity with hydroelectric power plants represents 80% of all renewable electric power generation worldwide. Hydro plants work by using the flow of water to turn a turbine, which...
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Electricity from Renewables
Hydroelectric power plants are the largest producers of electricity from renewable sources. As we saw in yesterday’s Market Size post, they represented 15.97% of world electricity production in 2008....
View Article“Other” Renewables
In yesterday’s market size post we looked at non hydro-power renewable sources of electricity. These renewables are usually broken into four categories, Wind, Geothermal, Solar and Other. So, what does...
View ArticleSolar Panels
On May 17, 2012, the U.S. Commerce Department announced the imposition of antidumping tariffs on solar panels imported to the United States from several Chinese companies. China exports 95% of the...
View ArticlePortable Generators
The recent hurricane that did so much damage along the north eastern coast of the United States has caused a spike in the sale of portable generators that convert fuel—gasline, deisel, natural gas,...
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Plug-In, Electric Cars
Today’s market size is the number of electric plug-in cars purchased in the United States in 2012. Plug-in electric cars come in two varieties, an all electric version like the Tesla Model S and a...
View ArticleAutomotive Semiconductors
Semiconductors—the essencial foundation upon which modern electronics rest—are found in all electronic devices as well as many products that one would not initially think of as electronic, such as...
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