At 2.7 Million Jobs Nationwide, Advanced Energy Is a Major Employer, as Well as $200 Billion Market Force

Posted by Bob Keough and Frank Swigonski on May 5, 2016 1:41:46 PM

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For years now, AEE has been tracking the growth of the advanced energy industry in terms of dollars. Since 2011, U.S. advanced energy revenue has grown 29%, reaching $200 billion in 2015. While market growth has been impressive, we have struggled to pinpoint the number of jobs supported by the industry given the complexity of industry surveys. But now, thanks to newly available data, we can say definitively that advanced energy is a major source of employment in the U.S. How does advanced energy measure up compared to other employment sectors? Let’s look at the numbers.

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Topics: Advanced Energy Now Market Report, Advanced Energy Employment, Federal Priorities

Hydrogen Infrastructure Needed for Fuel Cell Vehicle Growth

Posted by Frank Swigonski on Apr 29, 2016 1:03:14 PM

This post is one in a series of feature stories on trends shaping advanced energy markets in the U.S. and around the world, drawn from Advanced Energy Now 2016 Market Report, which was prepared for AEE by Navigant Research.

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The global market for light-duty natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has grown significantly over the past five years. This growth is a result of finding a viable path in navigating the chicken-and-egg problem of vehicles and infrastructure. FCVs are grappling with an even more difficult form of that challenge. While BEVs and NGVs built off of existing electrical grids and natural gas distribution systems, hydrogen fuel infrastructure is essentially starting from scratch.

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Topics: Advanced Energy Now Market Report

Biofuels Continue to Confront the Blend Wall

Posted by Frank Swigonski on Apr 20, 2016 5:16:36 PM

This post is one in a series of feature stories on trends shaping advanced energy markets in the U.S. and around the world, drawn from Advanced Energy Now 2016 Market Report, which was prepared for AEE by Navigant Research.

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On November 30, 2015, 12 months after its official deadline to propose the RFS levels for 2014 (that’s right, 2014), EPA released the final annual percent standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016, and for the 2017 Biodiesel volume.

For 2014, EPA played it safe, matching the annual percent standards with the actual consumption of biofuels in transportation fuel, heating oil, and jet fuel in the contiguous United States and Hawaii. EPA increased slightly the total mandate from 9.2% to 10.1% of U.S. fuel consumption in the next two years. Under the new mandate, there are separate carve-outs for advanced biofuels, which include biomass-based diesel (biodiesel or renewable diesel produced from vegetable oils or animal fats) and cellulosic fuels (biofuel including biogas that is produced from plant matter), and a general pool that can be fulfilled with other biofuels including grain-based ethanol (defined as starch-based ethanol).

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Topics: Advanced Energy Now Market Report

CHP Holds Appeal for Commercial and Institutional Buildings

Posted by Frank Swigonski on Apr 13, 2016 2:22:34 PM

This post is one in a series of feature stories on trends shaping advanced energy markets in the U.S. and around the world, drawn from Advanced Energy Now 2016 Market Report, which was prepared for AEE by Navigant Research.

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A CHP facility at the University of Arizona.

The use of CHP in large buildings has increased recently in the United States, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. This is due largely to technical improvements and cost reductions in smaller-scale (often pre-packaged) systems that match thermal and electrical requirements of buildings. Nevertheless, many owners of commercial properties, especially those of smaller facilities, are not aware of opportunities to install CHP, as they do not consider energy to be part of their core businesses. This educational gap presents a potential limitation on the continued growth in the number of CHP installations that are ultimately pursued.

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Topics: Advanced Energy Now Market Report

New Era of Demand Response

Posted by Frank Swigonski on Apr 6, 2016 6:42:03 PM

This post is one in a series of feature stories on trends shaping advanced energy markets in the U.S. and around the world, drawn from Advanced Energy Now 2016 Market Report, which was prepared for AEE by Navigant Research.

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Colin Powell speaks at this week's EnergySmart conference in Washington, D.C.

The amount of demand response (DR) capability in North America has grown considerably in the past five years, both at utilities and in competitive markets such as the PJM Interconnection (PJM) in the U.S. Northeast. Traditionally, however, DR has generally been relegated to a role as a last-called resource, deployed only at times of maximum stress on the grid. But not for long. We are embarking on a new era of DR, led by companies like EnerNOC.

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Topics: Advanced Energy Now Market Report

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