Aenert. Research Laboratory newsIt often takes a long time until technologies showing promising results in the lab during testing can be successfully launched onto the market. Such is the case with the lithium-sulphur battery. The battery has exhibited better performance than conventional lithium-ion batteries but has not yet managed to gain a foothold in the global markets, as its performance is...
Aenert news. Energy Market & Energy StatisticsThe National Bureau of Statistics of China has published the final results of energy production in 2023 and for the first quarter of 2024. Gross Domestic Product in 2023 amounted to 1260582.1 (100 million yuan) against 1204724.0 in 2022 and 1149237.0 in 2021 in the same units. The growth of Gross Domestic Product in 2023 was 4.63% (4.83% in 2022). For the period...
Aenert news. Energy Exhibitions & ConferencesThe schedule of international energy exhibitions and conferences is as busy and varied as always. In this short post, we'll cover some interesting energy events around the world in May 2024. The traditional LED Expo 2024 will take place in Mumbai, India on May 9-11. Lighting is the most important segment of energy consumption, with a share of up to 15%. Replacing...
Aenert news. Energy CompaniesThe expansion of electric vehicles (including plug-in hybrids) into the global consumer market is gaining momentum. For the first time, this trend took shape most clearly in 2021, when the share of electric vehicles sold in the total number of passenger vehicles sold in the world amounted to 9%. In 2022, their number was already 14%, and last year it reached 18%...
Aenert news. Energy resources and infrastructureThe extraction of natural hydrogen from the bowels of the earth is today considered a very promising area in renewable energy. Hydrogen is expected to solve a large range of industrial and environmental problems, including energy storage and reducing emissions from heavy transport. The original idea was quite simple: produce green hydrogen by electrolysis using...
Aenert news. Energy Market & Energy StatisticsEurostat published the statistical overview on crude oil and petroleum products covering the period between 1990 and 2022. Looking at the EU oil consumption trends shown in the table below, there has been a decrease in oil consumption, with an overall decline of approximately 17% over the last 20 years (2002-2022). During this period, the lowest...
Aenert news. Energy CompaniesThe end of 2023 was marked by an unpleasant surprise for the photovoltaics industry, although the prerequisites for this had existed before. After the relative prosperity of the previous few years, a financial storm struck in 2023Q4, sending many companies into crisis. Something similar has happened in the last two years in the wind energy industry, which we have...
Aenert. Research Laboratory newsPlant biomass is a renewable, abundant, and eco-friendly source of energy. Using plant biomass can reduce reliance on fossil fuels and improve the problem of environmental pollution. A variety of biofuels such as biodiesel, biohydrogen, bioethanol, biogas stand alongside their fossil counterparts nowadays and are produced through different production processes....
Aenert news. Energy Market & Energy StatisticsEurostat presented basic data on the state of the economy of the European Union countries for the fourth quarter of 2023. Before analyzing energy indices, which are the most relevant for our topic, it is advisable to look at individual indices of a general economic nature. The industrial production index (is a business cycle indicator that measures monthly changes...
Aenert news. Energy CompaniesLast year's wind energy crisis, which has been brewing for some time now, has affected many companies, including industry leaders. In this brief review, we present data from last year's financial statements of the Chinese Goldwind, the Danish Vestas and the Vernova division of the American General Electric. Each of these companies are leaders in their local...
