Inside Clean Energy – This report from Zpryme does a nice job outlining some of the challenges and opportunities in the United States clean energy sector. The report provides succinct snapshots of recent news, policies and leading technologies in biomass, clean coal, geothermal, solar, wind and energy storage. Get the report >>

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Analysis of the North American AMI Market – Utilities are responding to increasing demand for energy by upgrading their systems, which has meant a huge boost for the AMI market, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. In turn, growth in smart meter deployments is expected to accelerate demand for data analytics. The forecasts:

·         The AMI market earned revenues of more than $2.74 billion in 2011 and F&S estimates it will reach $4.56 billion in 2016 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7 percent.

·         Sales for meter data management combined with customer and program data management is expected to account for 32.6 percent of total sales by 2016 versus 30 percent in 2011.

Who's Hot and Who's Not in European Smart Meter Rollout? – Using 2011 data from IMS research on Europe's smart meter rollouts to date and predictions for 2015, Sentec has posted an interesting heat map that indicates things may look very different in just a few years. See the map >>