Driven by feed-in tariffs (FITs) and the commoditization of photovoltaic (PV) modules, along with innovative leasing programs for residential solar installations, distributed solar PV systems are expected to see double- and, in some ...
Tags: Solar Power, Lighting
Driven by feed-in tariffs (FITs) and the commoditization of photovoltaic (PV) modules—along with leasing programs for residential solar installations—Navigant Research expects distributed solar PV systems to see double-digit ...
Tags: Solar Power, feed-in tariffs
More than 1,300 gigawatts of wind and solar power generation capacity are expected to come online in the next 10 years, creating an unprecedented amount of instability on the grid - particularly in key markets within North America, Western ...
Tags: Energy Storage Systems, Wind Power
Following years of oversupply and unsustainable, often artificially low module pricing, 2013 is expected to be the year that the global solar photovoltaic (PV) market begins to stabilize, says a new report from Navigant Research. ...
Tags: Global Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
July 4,2013-Substation automation equipment has been a significant and mature market for at least a decade.The integration of substation automation functions into the broader smart grid architecture is gradually shifting the nature of the ...
One of the least expensive, most reliable distributed generation (DG) technologies available today, Navigant Research says diesel gensets have expanding opportunities ($41.2 billion by 2018 globally) among homeowners and commercial ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Industrial Equipment
According to a report by Navigant Research, about three million of light duty plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) will be sold per year by 2020, accounting for 3% of the total light duty vehicle market. The vehicles will include both plug-in ...
Tags: Plug-in EV, Auto
As rollouts of smart grid systems and smart meters have accelerated in the U.S., utilities have struggled to effectively communicate the benefits of these technologies for consumers. Convincing end-users to embrace this technology, by ...
Tags: Smart Grid, US, 2012
Worldwide capacity of Li-ion batteries for Electric vehicles applications is expected to soar ten times from 4,400 megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2013 to nearly 49,000 MWh by 2020, according to a new report by Navigant Research. According to the ...
May 14, 2013 - According to a recent survey by Navigant Research, consumer support for solar and wind energy, though still high, has fallen steadily over the last three years. Favorable impressions of solar energy fell from 77% in 2011 to ...
Tags: Consumer Support, Wind Energy, Solar Energy
The lighting industry is in the early stages of shifting away from established technologies -- fluorescent, incandescent, and high-intensity discharge (HID) lighting -- toward light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Hence adoption rates of LED ...
Tags: Lighting market, LED Lighting
A new Navugant study suggests that the market for ZigBee-enabled energy products is at a crossroads. According to the report devices based on ZigBee’s wireless communications technology have gained significant momentum in the energy ...
Unit shipments of LED lamps worldwide will grow from 68 million in 2013 to 1.28 billion annually by 2021, according to the report ‘Energy Efficient Lighting for Commercial Markets’ from Navigant Research, as falling prices and ...
Tags: LED luminaire market, LED Lamp
April 16, 2013 - The rise of LED technology is affecting every part of the commercial lighting industry, says Navigant Research, as falling prices and improved quality drive widespread adoption. According to a new report from Navigant, ...
Tags: LED lamps, LED, LED lighting
Plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) installed with the vehicle-to-building (V2B) technology are expected to register total sale of 200,000 units from 2012 to 2020, according to the report by Navigant Research. The increase in sales is ...
Tags: PEVs, Vehicle-to-Building Report, Auto