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The Battery Fueling System

Battery Fueling Limited (BFL) is a U.K. registered company with U.S. patent-pending electric vehicle refuelling technology for specially built Battery powered Electric Vehicles (BEVs). NRG Expert is supporting Battery Fueling Limited in its desire to begin sustained promotion of its Very Fast Electric Vehicle Refuelling System (the […]

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NRG Expert’s New Coal Report and Database

NRG Expert’s coal and clean coal market research report provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the global coal and clean coal market. It provides a detailed analysis of key coal prices, coal companies and coal mining. It evaluates coal technology, and provides coal industry forecasts and […]

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NRG Expert’s new Nuclear Report and Database

NRG Expert has recently launched an updated version of its Nuclear report: The Global Nuclear Industry Historical, Present, and Future Generation Statistics to 2025. Find out why this report is what you need today! Nuclear energy is used for a variety of purposes. The most important are […]

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New Reports – Coal and Nuclear

NRG Expert is pleased to launch two new reports The Global Coal Industry Historical, Present, and Future Generation Statistics to 2025 and The Global Nuclear Industry Historical, Present, and Future Generation Statistics to 2025. We have combined our powerful analytic capacity with our superior data collection methods […]

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Data of the Month

Each month NRG expert provides you with one report free of charge. These reports contain data that has otherwise been sold or collected through our normal research methods; and is now provided to you for free! This month, NRG Expert is discussing Shale Gas. Relevant today with […]

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Methodologies

NRG Expert is setting a new standard in authoritative forecasting in the energy industry, a consequence of a robust approach to data collection and analysis that removes the need for “intelligent guess-work”. In forecasting we work to six principles:

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Nuclear Power

There are many uncertainties about the economics of future nuclear generation. These are aggravated when nuclear is compared with other sources of power, because these are subject to their own uncertainties, such as fuel price rises and political manipulation such as OPEC and recent Russian gas manoeuvres. […]

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The Benefits of Professional Education

NRG Expert has recently launched Global Energy Certification, an online based skills assessment and training course for Energy Professionals. The program is intended for those familiar with the energy industry as well as participants aspiring to work in the energy field. It is profession-orientated and designed to […]

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Global Energy Certification

The GEC certification is an invaluable professional and business asset within your portfolio of educational and business qualifications. The GEC certification will give each certified student a professional certification in energy intelligence. The GEC Designation Program is a 100% online continuing education course. The GEC certifies that […]

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Renewable Energy

Renewable energy sources present particular challenges for the electricity grid. For example, the performance of hydro plants is diminished in dry seasons; good wind conditions don’t generally correlate to when electricity demand is at its highest; and, of course, solar power generating technologies depend on clear sunshine. […]

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Carbon Reduction

Across the world, five countries – China, USA, Russia, Japan and India – are responsible for 55.4% of the total carbon emitted from energy consumption. China and the USA account for 40.8% of energy consumption carbon emissions alone. Only Russia’s carbon emissions have decreased since 1980; all […]

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Data Extraction Stages

Stage 1 – Forecasts All available data is entered into a master database to look at the global trends. Basic information about the energy market is included in the database historically from 1970s to the present for every country; and for the major countries representing 83% of […]

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Bespoke Services

NRG Expert conducts a wide range of market and industry research projects using quantitative and qualitative techniques. We use both primary and secondary research and can answer a wide range of information requirements. Besides continually surveying the global energy markets to ensure we are always topical and […]

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Hydropower

Worldwide there is a growing trend to plan hydro projects that meet both local demand and the export market. For example, Bhutan and India are jointly developing ten projects in Bhutan with a combined capacity of 11,576 MW to supply both markets. Brazil is studying the feasibility […]

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Smart Grid Security

One of the biggest concerns for smart grid developers is cyber security due to the reliance on IT communication networks. While the current grid is not immune to energy theft, fraud and malicious cyberattacks, the smart grid poses new security issues. It is more likely now that […]

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NRG Expert Transmission & Distribution Sectors

NRG Expert has built up several separate forecasts of different components and aspects of the electricity supply industry globally. This collection of separate forecasts is valuable in providing validation of each forecast. For example, a database and forecast has been constructed for power and distribution transformers from […]

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Merits of Battery Fueling Technology

12,000 electric vehicles were sold in 2012. An estimated 3.8 million will be sold yearly by 2020. Around half the cost of a new electric vehicle comes from the expense of the battery; what if that cost were out of the consumer’s hand? An average electric vehicle […]

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The NRG Expert Almanac

Global Knowledge at your Fingertips As the global energy market continues to grow rapidly in size and complexity, historical context is more important than ever for understanding existing trends. The NRG Expert Almanac is a powerful tool for accomplishing this. It is an on-demand source for the […]

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Talking NRG Industry News

Duke Energy Corp. is returning to the pipeline business as the co-owner of a new $5 billion natural-gas line that will run from West Virginia to the southeast corner of North Carolina. The electricity giant spun off its natural-gas division as Spectra Energy Corp. in 2007. But […]

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The cost of electricity in the future, the price of renewable energy

The cost of electricity is a complex calculation. Using a number of assumptions it is possible to calculate the cost of producing electricity in a fixed situation but there are still external variables, especially in a lifetime cost calculation, which an owner has to evaluate with additional […]

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