Press Releases
Optimize Prime: The Market for Volt/VAR Optimization Set to Transform Global shipments of volt/VAR Optimization (VVO) control electronics used in smart electricity grids are forecast to double during the next five years, according to a new report entitled, “The No... more >
Shale Gas Boom Fuels Rebound in Growth for North American Smart Grid Equipment Market The shale gas boom in the United States will play a key role in the development of the nation’s smart electricity grid, affecting almost every part of utility infrastructure decision making in t... more >
PV Industry to Enjoy Robust Installation Growth in 2013, but Revenue Dip Poses Challenges for Solar Companies Global photovoltaic (PV) installations will rise this year in a continuing pattern of solid growth, but the industry will nonetheless suffer a decline in overall revenue due to lower volume growth and... more >
SMA Voted Number One PV Inverter Brand in Survey of Global Customer Base A new survey conducted by IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) of more than 400 photovoltaic (PV) inverter purchasers has revealed that the most preferred PV inverter brand globally in 2012 ... more >
Photovoltaic Module Shipments Surge in the Fourth Quarter of 2012 After a disastrous third quarter of 2012 featuring extremely low factory utilization rates across the entire photovoltaic (PV) supply chain, a surge in demand was seen in the final quarter of the year... more >
Global Smart Electricity Meter Installed Base to Double by 2016 By the end of 2016, the global installed base of advanced (communicating) electricity meters is expected to double, according to a new market study from IMS Research, part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), ti... more >
Top-10 Solar Market Predictions for 2013 This is an IHS News Flash covering the Top 10 predictions for the global photovoltaic market in 2013, from the IHS Solar service at information and analytics provider IHS (NYSE: IHS). “The phot... more >
Smart Utility Meters to Account for Half of All Global Meter Market Revenues by 2016 The overall utility billing meter market is expected to reach nearly $13 billion in 2016, according to a study recently published by IMS Research, now part of IHS (NYSE: IHS). 2016 is also anticipated... more >
IEC 61850 Adoption Slow in North American Distribution Automation Market IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) forecasts newly-installed distribution automation (DA) electronics in the U.S. and Canada will continue to rely on DNP 3.0 LAN for years to come, even as... more >
Gas Meter Market to Reach $2 Billion Annually in 2013 Revenues for the global gas meter market are to surpass $2 billion annually in 2013, according to a new market study from IMS Research, part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). New advanced metering initiatives... more >
Water Meter AMI Installations Outpacing AMR in North America IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) estimates that roughly one-quarter of advanced water meters shipped to North America in 2011 utilized a fixed network upon installation. This ratio is fo... more >
Emerging Markets Predicted to Bring Stability to Solar Industry Emerging markets are forecast to help bring stability to the ailing solar industry, with up to 12 gigawatts (GW) of new photovoltaic (PV) capacity added in 2017 up from just 1.6 GW in 2012, according ... more >
Concentrated Photovoltaic Technological Advances Set to Ignite Market Development On-going, significant technological advances from companies such as Solar Junction and Amonix will help drive concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) installations to almost 1.2 GW by 2016, according to a n... more >
North American Gas Meter Market to Surpass Half -Billion Dollars in 2014 IMS Research (recently acquired by IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS)) forecasts that revenues from the North American utility gas meter and associated communication module market will exceed $500 million per annum ... more >
Thailand & Indonesia to Drive South East Asia PV Market Shanghai, 1 November 2012. Total cumulative photovoltaic (PV) installations in Southeast Asia are forecast to reach almost 5GW by 2016, according to the latest report from IMS Research (recently acqui... more >
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