The demand for electricity is projected to grow at more than 8% per year until 2020.

The utilities industry consists of three main markets, electricity, gas and water. The electricity market proved to be the most lucrative utilities industry as it dominated 63.55% share of the market. Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia; its main economic activity is agriculture, thus water utilities play an important role in agriculture production. Water consumption in the country is expected to increase to more than 356 billion cubic meters per annum by 2015.Although water sources in Indonesia account for 21% of total water resources in Asia Pacific, lack of clean water is becoming a serious problem in Indonesia. Nearly half of the population in Indonesia lacks access to safe water and more than 70% of the 220 million person population relies on water sources that are deemed potentially contaminated. To achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Indonesian government needs to improve water supply and sanitation services.
For energy sources, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has the sole right to produce and distribute electricity throughout Indonesia. The demand for electricity is projected to grow at more than 8% per year until 2020. Meanwhile, Indonesia has a proven natural gas reserve of 3.0 trillion cubic meters. Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is the market leader in both transmission and distribution businesses in Indonesia.
To Know More -  The demand for electricity is projected to grow at more than 8% per year until 2020.

Market Trends, Marketing Spend and Sales Strategies in the Global Power Industry

India, Brazil, the Middle East, and China are the most important emerging markets to offer growth in 2013.
‘Market uncertainty’, ‘rising competition’, ‘regulatory changes’, and ‘responding to pricing pressure’ remain the leading business concerns for the global power industry in 2013.
The average size of the global annual marketing budget for supplier companies in the power industry in 2012 was US$3.4 million, but this rose to US$3.7 million in 2013.
‘Online content sites’ was highlighted as a key investment area by 35% of supplier respondents, while 32% of respondents projected a strong investment growth in ‘social media and networking sites’ and ‘conferences and events’.
Overall, ‘competitor and market intelligence research’, ‘customer intelligence and analytics’, and ‘client acquisition solutions’ were identified as the marketing and sales solutions that most respondents expected to be invested in during 2013.

To Know More - Global Power Industry.

Global waste-to-energy market (MSW conversion to electricity/heat) will reach $7.4bn

Waste-to-energy (WtE) provides a win-win solution to urban consumer societies by effectively processing large municipal solid waste (MSW) volumes, while creating electricity and/or local heating. WtE however is expensive and cannot compete with low-cost landfill without incentives, therefore an increasing amount of governments are offering support to the industry or creating regulations to drive it forward. Challenges such as unsustainable landfilling, methane emissions reduction, growing waste volumes and lack of space are key to driving the growth in new build WtE facilities.Visiongain has determined that the value of the global waste-to-energy market (MSW conversion to electricity/heat) will reach $7.4bn in 2013.

To Know More -  Waste-to-Energy Market.

Global power industry buyer respondents is projected at US$127.4 million, against US$177.3 million

India, Brazil, the Middle East, and China are the important emerging markets to offer growth in 2013.
‘Market uncertainty’, ‘rising competition’, ‘regulatory changes’, and ‘responding to pricing pressure’ remain the leading business concerns for the global power industry in 2013.
Overall, for 2013, the average size of the annual procurement budget for global power industry buyer respondents is projected at US$127.4 million, against US$177.3 million in 2012 and US$168 million in 2011.‘Price’, ‘level of service’, and ‘delivery lead times’ are considered the most important factors for supplier selection in the global power industry, while ‘brand reputation’ and ‘environmental records and CSR’are considered the least important.While 15% of buyer respondents from the global power industry are willing to implement e-procurement in 2013 or beyond, 46% are already in the different stages of implementation (‘partially implemented’, ‘completely implemented’, and ‘evaluation or pilot use’.).
To Know More -  Global power industry.

Intellinews - Romania Energy Sector

The key topics for Romania’s energy sector remain i. the renewable energy support [to be trimmed down], ii. the natural gas market liberalisation and iii. the new royalties for natural resources extraction to be enforced by the government as of 2014 amid what it looks like a vibrant upstream activity.What we foreseen from the very beginning eventually happened: the high energy prices prompted by the robust support given to renewable energy producers have a visible negative impact on the real sector and on the households. The government considers adjusting the system, but it has not decided yet whether to amend or not the law 22-/2008 itself – or only to enforce the mechanism built-in the law for avoiding overcompensation. The real problem is that the mechanism specified in law 220 cannot deal with overcompensation of projects already commissioned. This can be done only by cutting the maximal value of the tradable green certificate – which is, by amending law 220. This is naturally more complicated than simply enforcing a mechanism already stipulated in the law.

To Know More - Intellinews - Romania Energy Sector

Global Waste to Energy Technologies market to grow at a CAGR of 5.35 percent

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global Waste to Energy Technologies market to grow at a CAGR of 5.35 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing environmental concerns. The Global Waste to Energy Technologies market has also been witnessing the increased interdependence of WTE plants and hydrogen plants. However, the availability of substitute methods could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.Global Waste to Energy Technologies Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it covers the Global Waste to Energy Technologies market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.The key vendors dominating this space are ABB Group, Bab cock & Wilcox Volund A/S, Bab cock Power Inc., and China Ever bright International Ltd.

To Know More - Global Waste to Energy Technologies market to grow at a CAGR of 5.35 percent

Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market

Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it covers the Global Off-grid Energy Storage market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.The key vendors dominating this space are Ballard Power Systems Inc., FuelCell Energy Inc., Hydrogenics Corp., and UTC Power LLC.
To Know More - Global Off-grid Energy Storage Market

Global underground coal gasification (UCG) market in 2012 will reach $570m

Underground Coal gasification (UCG), as a concept, has been around for over a hundred years. UCG is a clean, safe, and cheap technology suited to process deep, inaccessible coal in to higher value syngas. It has the potential to significantly increase global coal reserves used for power generation and gas-to-liquids processes. A combination of high oil prices, increasing global energy demand, and technological improvements, especially in directional drilling, has increased interest in the UCG industry over the past years and a number of countries are now seeing increasing investments in their respective UCG industries. In countries with limited natural gas and oil reserves, but extensive coal reserves, UCG offers a cleaner and cheaper alternative energy source from coal. An additional benefit comes from UCG's compatibility with emerging technologies such as carbon capture and storage (CCS), enhanced oil recovery (EOR), gas to liquids (GTL). the value of the global underground coal gasification (UCG) market in 2012 will reach $570m.

To Know More : The Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) Market 2012-2022

UAE power sector are promising. The nation plans to invest more than US$ 50 Billion of funds in the sector till around 2015

UAE is a rapidly growing economy whose electricity sector needs are anticipated to increase upto 50% in order to meet its growing demand for power, by the year 2020. UAE also has one of the highest levels of per capita power consumption across the globe. The electricity consumption in the UAE region is slated to cross 100 TWh by 2012, putting pressure on the supply side. In fact, the power demand is expected to increase at one of the highest rate in the Middle East region till 2020.  Government’s projections for investment into the UAE power sector are promising. The nation plans to invest more than US$ 50 Billion of funds in the sector till around 2015. In fact, till the year 2020, private sector is projected to be presented with an opportunity to invest upto US$ 100 Billion into the power generation sector.

To Know More : UAE Power Sector Analysis