Renewable Energy in China - 2016



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Renewable Energy in China industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2007-11, and forecast to 2016). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the China renewable energy market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

The renewable energy market consists of the net consumption of electricity generated via geothermal, solar, wind and hydroelectric means, as well as through wood and waste combustion. Data are reported as net consumption as opposed to gross consumption. Net consumption excludes the energy consumed by the generating units. The volume of the market is calculated as the volume of electricity consumed (in billions of kilowatt hours, kWh), and the market value has been calculated according to average annual electricity prices. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2011 annual average exchange rates.

The Chinese renewable energy market had total revenue of $67.4 billion in 2011, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8% between 2007 and 2011.
 
Market consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 11.2% between 2007-2011, to reach a total of 758 billion kWh in 2011.

Features

Save time carrying out entry-level research by identifying the size, growth, and leading players in the renewable energy market in China.

Use the Five Forces analysis to determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of the renewable energy market in China.

Leading company profiles reveal details of key renewable energy market players' global operations and financial performance.

Add weight to presentations and pitches by understanding the future growth prospects of the China renewable energy market with five year forecasts.

Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the China economy.

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Solar can help shipping go green


From a distance, the yellow-and-blue ferry docking at the pier resembles the scores of other vessels that hop between Hong Kong's outlying islands and the peninsula every day.

But a closer look as passengers disembark reveals a grid of gleaming solar panels on the ferry's roof and, instead of the usual throbbing engine noise, there is a barely audible buzz.

The Solar Eagle and three similar vessels shuttle golfers to tee off on an 18-hole island course. Together they form the world's first hybrid powered ferry fleet and a commercial proving ground for technology that could transform the future of marine travel.

Electricity created by the solar panels and stored in a battery powers the engine while the vessel comes in and out of the harbor. Once out in the open ocean and a faster clip is required, the diesel kicks in.

One of the fleet, the Solar Albatross, sports two sails covered in solar panels that can be raised to harness both the sun and the wind to further reduce reliance on fossil fuel.

Robert Dane, Solar Sailor's founder, says that the technology offers ship owner huge fuel savings and has the potential to be used on all types of vessels from humble ferries and luxury super-yachts to bulk carriers shipping iron ore and navy patrol ships.

"I think in 50 to 100 years, all ships will have solar sails," he says.

"It just makes so much sense. You're out there on the water and there's so much light bouncing around and there's a lot more energy in the wind than in the sun."