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Mercatus Global Advanced Energy Insights Report

Mercatus Global Advanced Energy Insights Report

Full Title: Mercatus Global Advanced Energy Insights Report
Author(s): Mercatus
Publisher(s): Mercatus
Publication Date: May 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):

• In 2015 there was rapid growth for advanced energy technologies in developing countries. In these markets, investment into renewable energy matched that of developed countries for the first time.
• Over the long run, emerging markets represent the largest source of growth in demand for electricity and growing investment opportunities for advanced energy technologies.
• Energy companies are increasingly diversifying across technology and geography in order to provide more complete energy solutions, mitigate risk and capture emerging market segments.
• Developed markets continue to attract investment into advanced energy technologies with legacy power generation capacity going into retirement, stable market conditions and ambitious policy commitments. Over the long term, these mature markets will be increasingly defined by the development of small and medium scale distributed resources comprised of diverse technology offerings that can meet the complete needs of consumers.
• Distinctions in solar project sizes between emerging and developed countries are becoming increasingly prominent. This trend suggests that smaller-scale solar distributed generation opportunities are more pervasive in developed electricity markets while utility scale solar development opportunities are more abundant in emerging markets.

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