Energy
How To Succeed As An Energy Services Provider (Webinar)
To succeed in the competitive energy sources and services market, both emerging players and established providers must continually evaluate their energy services capabilities. This webinar will reveal the Verdantix Energy Services Radar, a detailed assessment tool to help energy consultants, power utilities and technology providers measure their capabilities across a variety of energy domains and systems. View Full Details »
Published: 11 April 2013
How To Deliver On-Site Renewables At Scale
This report provides energy decision-makers in roles such as Director of Energy and Facilities Manager with an independent analysis of the 20 largest on-site renewable programmes in the US – ranked by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Verdantix assessed these on-site renewables deployments to better understand trends in technology selection and energy services delivery partnership capabilities. View Full Details »
Published: 22 March 2013
Hot Topics In Energy Management (Webinar)
The global energy value chain is in the middle of a multi decade transformation. A shift from centralized to decentralized generation, supply security issues, major policy changes and higher prices impact plant managers, facilities directors, building information modellers, heads of energy services firms and most recently, CFOs. This webinar uses case study analysis and unique survey data to reveal the hot topics in energy management in 2013 View Full Details »
Published: 01 March 2013
The Future Of Smart Buildings (Webinar)
The automation of building operations, management and maintenance is defining the smart building market today. The growth in big data is enabling owners, occupiers and facilities managers to increase net operating income, reduce operational expenditure and fine tune their properties environmental sustainability performance. But how will the smart building market evolve and who is defining the future shape of the market? View Full Details »
Published: 15 February 2013
Sainsbury's Installs 100MW Of Renewable Heat
On July 19, 2012, E.ON announced that it was taking a role as a key partner in the delivery of a 100MW multi-site renewable heat contract with UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s. This report provides Chief Sustainability Officers, Energy Directors, and Finance Directors with an understanding of E.ON’s approach to implementing this strategic energy management solution and the renewable heat technology that forms part of this contract. View Full Details »
Published: 14 February 2013
Energy Profile: United Kingdom 2011-2015
The Verdantix Energy Profile of the United Kingdom (UK) provides organizations with an overview of the UK’s evolving energy landscape. This report will help inform the energy strategies of market participants including strategy leaders, heads of energy and CFOs. View Full Details »
Published: 15 January 2013
Eight Predictions For Energy Management In 2013
Verdantix assessed competitive dynamics, innovation, corporate energy strategies and the regulatory environment to better understand key energy management trends over the next 12 months. View Full Details »
Published: 10 January 2013
UK Energy Bill Set To Boost Corporate Energy Management
This report provides energy managers and heads of sustainability with an independent analysis of the UK Energy Bill and package of energy policy reforms, published by the UK government on November 29, 2012. While these energy policy reforms will affect power utilities most, Verdantix analysis finds that the measures will also impact corporate energy management programmes. View Full Details »
Published: 21 December 2012
Energy Management In Emerging Economies: Trends From The B.R.I.C.S And Mexico (Webinar)
Energy management has become a headline issue for firms operating in emerging markets. Firms across Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Mexico are spending an average of $5.5 million annually on energy management. But how is this money being spent and how will spending trends evolve over the next five years? View Full Details »
Published: 14 December 2012
Ecova And Aclara Help Utilities With Customer Engagement
In February 2012, Ecova and Aclara announced a new partnership, focusing on home energy management: Home Energy Plan. The plan joins the competitive home energy management market, a sector that is experiencing a greater integration of software to complement existing services. View Full Details »
Published: 30 November 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Emerging Economies
The energy value chain is undergoing a multi-decade transformation, creating opportunities for a wide range of energy service firms, technology and software suppliers. Large firms operating in emerging economies are giving energy and energy management issues greater consideration. View Full Details »
Published: 10 September 2012
On-Site Renewables Gain Global Momentum
The proliferation of decentralized energy generation, including on-site renewables, is contributing to a global change in energy management and the energy value chain. This report helps Business Development Directors, Chief Marketing Officers and strategy leaders that operate in the renewable technologies market to understand the extent to which businesses across 21 industries from 13 countries plan to invest in on-site renewable energy technologies in 2012. View Full Details »
Published: 02 August 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Data Tables
The Verdantix Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Data Tables Excel file helps strategy leaders, chief marketing officers and business development directors that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand the energy management spending patterns of large corporations and the perceptions of their brand in the market. View Full Details »
Published: 25 July 2012
US Sustainable Technology Services Spend 2011-2015
This report provides sustainability leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and direction of the US market for sustainable technology services spending from 2011 to 2015. Until recently, expenditure by most firms on technology services had focused on cost reduction projects such as improving the energy efficiency of facilities and data centres. View Full Details »
Published: 22 June 2012
Webinar: The Future of Energy Management
The global energy value chain is at the start of a multi-decade transformation. Large energy users in the private and public sectors are responding to the impact of higher and more volatile energy prices, concerns about security of energy supply, new options for decentralized power generation, creative financing instruments for energy efficiency and the potential for innovation at scale through IT platforms. View Full Details »
Published: 19 June 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Budgets And Priorities
Energy budgets for large firms increasingly contain a component for energy management. This report helps business development directors, chief marketing officers and strategy leaders that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand how businesses from all sectors around the world approach energy management. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
Global Energy Leaders Survey 2012: Brands
The corporate energy management market opportunity attracts a wide range of suppliers – strategy and engineering consultants, technology services providers, automation and control suppliers, and energy management software suppliers. This report helps strategy leaders, chief marketing officers and business development directors that operate in the energy equipment, services and software markets to understand buyers’ perceptions of their brand and to benchmark themselves against competitors. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
The Future Of Energy Management
The global energy value chain – from fuel inputs to end-user consumption – is undergoing a multi-decade transformation. A shift from centralized to decentralized generation, supply security issues, major policy changes and higher prices impacts market participants: plant managers, facilities directors, building information modellers, heads of energy services firms and most recently, CFOs. View Full Details »
Published: 29 May 2012
Webinar: How The Rise Of Energy Systems Integrators Will Enable Strategic Energy Management
Energy systems integrators – a new breed of energy services firm – will reshape the energy value chain as commercial, industrial and utility customers migrate from tactical management frameworks to more strategic approaches. View Full Details »
Published: 25 May 2012
US Department Of Defense Deploys Energy Management At Scale
This report provides individuals such as CSOs and VPs of Environment with an independent analysis of the United States Department of Defense’s (DoD) sustainability strategy. As the US’s single largest consumer of energy, the DoD spent $15.4 billion on energy consumption in 2010 across both its operations and fixed installations, making energy its top priority within its sustainability strategy. View Full Details »
Published: 08 May 2012
France Energy And Carbon Efficiency Spend 2010-2015
This report provides sustainability leaders in market-facing and corporate executive roles with an independent analysis of the size and growth of expenditure in the French market on energy and carbon efficiency initiatives between 2010 and 2015. Quantifying sustainable business spend is a challenge as sustainability budgets are often dispersed across many business functions and are embedded in business-as-usual activities. View Full Details »
Published: 04 April 2012
Webinar: The Future Of The Green Office
What will sustainable offices look like in five years time? Based on analysis of innovations across a building’s lifecycle, we share a realistic view of the building designs, process changes, materials and technologies that will form sustainable offices in 2017. View Full Details »
Published: 02 April 2012
Marks & Spencer's New Store Cuts Carbon Emissions By 23%
Building stock is a key target for action as firms seek for ways to reduce their environmental impact. This report helps facilities managers, retail occupiers and property developers understand some of the emerging trends in sustainable retail management, occupation and development, taking UK food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) as a case study. View Full Details »
Published: 07 October 2011
Competitive Analysis Of Sustainable Power Utilities (UK) (Webinar)
Power utilities should be playing a key role in helping firms improve their sustainability performance, from ‘green energy’ contracts to advisory and technical services on energy management and renewable energy generation. But this is a radical shift in terms of utility business models, and the relationships they have with their clients. View Full Details »
Published: 23 March 2011
UK Government Seeks To Fire Up Investment In Renewable Heat
On March 10, 2011 the UK government launched the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a scheme to incentivize the installation of renewable heat technologies in domestic and non-domestic sectors. From July 2011, the government will ring fence the installation of eight renewable heat technologies with investments of £860 million. View Full Details »
Published: 18 March 2011
Green Investment Bank Supports Low-Carbon Growth
On October 20, 2010 the UK government announced the establishment of the Green Investment Bank to accelerate investment in clean energy and sustainable technologies. View Full Details »
Published: 16 December 2010
Toolkit: Business Case For Solar PV (UK)
This toolkit contains the financial analysis for the business case for solar PV in the UK. Verdantix clients can download the Excel spreadsheet and change assumptions to calculate their own business case or to support clients’ decision making. View Full Details »
Published: 25 November 2010
Business Case For Solar PV (UK)
This report helps decision makers to assess the financial and environmental business case of investing in solar photovoltaic (PV) electric generation in the UK. The Verdantix model captures the key cost and revenue components of a solar PV installation for seven different system sizes: 4, 10, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1,000 kilowatt peak (kWp). View Full Details »
Published: 25 November 2010
Green Quadrant Carbon & Energy Management Software
The global market for carbon and energy software is intensely competitive — buyers choose from over 100 suppliers. To help buyers save time, save money and reduce risk in their selection process this Verdantix Green Quadrant report compares the 28 software applications that pre-qualify as a potential fit for $1 billion revenue firms. View Full Details »
Published: 01 November 2010
Solar Or Wind? Comparing The Business Cases For On-Site Renewable Energy (Webinar)
Lower operating costs and the introduction of feed-in-tariffs in the UK are fostering interest in solar and wind energy, and investing in renewable energy can deliver carbon reduction and brand benefits for firms. This webinar explores the financial and environmental business cases for firms investing in on-site renewable power generation. View Full Details »
Published: 01 November 2010
IBM Blends Smart IT With Sustainable Infrastructure
IBM has reframed its activities focused on energy efficiency, smart grid, electric vehicles and renewable energy in a new market strategy, announced in October 2010, that focuses on sustainable infrastructure. View Full Details »
Published: 12 October 2010
Toolkit: Business Case For Wind (UK)
This toolkit contains the financial analysis for the business case for wind in the UK. Verdantix clients can download the Excel spreadsheet and change assumptions to calculate their own business case or to support clients’ decision making. View Full Details »
Published: 26 July 2010
Business Case For Wind (UK)
A strong policy environment since the introduction of feed-in tariffs in the UK, lower operating costs, reduction in firm emissions and the strengthening of stakeholder relationships is fostering interest in investments in wind energy. This report helps decision makers involved in energy procurement and meeting environmental goals to assess the financial and environmental business case of investing in wind energy in the UK. View Full Details »
Published: 26 July 2010
UK Feed-In Tariff Energizes Business Case
In April 2010, the UK government introduced feed-in tariffs (FITs) for small-scale low carbon electricity. FITs are payments to energy producers for every unit of renewable electricity they generate whether it is for direct use or to be sold to the grid. The rationale behind this policy is to increase the level of electricity from renewables in the UK, building towards a target of 30% by 2020. View Full Details »
Published: 14 May 2010
Uncertain Subsidies Delay Drax Biomass Plans
Drax Group, the operator of Europe’s largest coal-fired power station and supplier of 7% of the UK’s electricity, has shelved plans to diversify its power generation business into biomass. The firm had planned to invest £2 billion to build three 300MW dedicated biomass generation facilities with a target operational date of 2014. View Full Details »
Published: 02 March 2010
Smart Vendors: Biomass Supply Chain (UK)
Verdantix selected the biomass supply chain in the UK for a Smart Vendors report as resurgent oil prices and national renewable energy targets will see biomass become an increasingly important resource. This paper analyses the role of fourteen companies in the supply of biomass to three different UK market segments. View Full Details »
Published: 11 November 2009
Riversimple Drives For Cost-Effective Hydrogen Car
Oil prices, taxes, pollution controls and climate change legislation will result in a long-term shift from petroleum fueled vehicles to cleantech alternatives powered by electricity, hydrogen and biofuels. To hear more about this emerging sector Verdantix attended the July 2009 launch of the hydrogen fueled car from start-up Riversimple. By integrating multiple proven cleantech vehicle innovations into the car’s design Riversimple intend to commercialise the car at a low price point. View Full Details »
Published: 11 July 2009
Econcern Receivership Highlights Cleantech Risks
Econcern, a Netherlands headquartered energy and cleantech group with 1,000 employees, filed for the Dutch equivalent of receivership on May 26, 2009. The firm had plans for massive expansion through its five business units in consulting, renewable energy projects, small-scale solar power implementation, carbon projects and cleantech venture capital. The financial crisis wrecked the firm’s growth plans. View Full Details »
Published: 14 June 2009
Investment Manager Survey: Renewables, Environment & Cleantech
This report provides insights into the future of investments in the renewables, environmental assets and cleantech (REC) sector. Based on interviews with 26 investment managers across the funding value chain and discussions with 7 industry experts the study concludes investors, funds and executives who successfully traverse the 2009 to 2010 funding gap will benefit from a positive investment environment from 2011. View Full Details »
Published: 15 May 2009
UK Offshore Wind: Broken Economics?
This report helps individuals seeking to understand the future of the UK offshore wind market following announcements by oil majors, utilities and financial investors about problems with the economics of the sector. Offshore wind power generation is a crucial part of the UK government’s plan to generate 15 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020. For European utilities with fossil fuel generating plants, climate change policy enhances the investment rationale for offshore wind. View Full Details »
Published: 27 January 2009
Innovation: Drax Group's Big Biomass Strategy
Drax Group, the operator of Europe’s largest coal-fired power station, has diversified its power generation business into biomass. By mid-2010 the firm expects to have 500MW of co-fired coal/biomass generation capacity. The firm is investing £2 billion to build three 300MW dedicated biomass generation facilities with a target operational date of 2014. The carrots and sticks of climate change policy have driven the business logic behind the investment plans. View Full Details »
Published: 25 January 2009