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Power Up: New hot areas for transformation - Part 2

Power Up: New hot areas for transformation - Part 2

Another technology-led area of transformation involving big data for the energy sector is in customer interactions. Utilities are using a combination of big data management tools, cloud, and mobile platforms to deliver new engagements models with consumers.

Symphony Plus to automate new power plant in Bangladesh

See how it'll meet the growing power demand in the region.

Here are the 3 energy trade patterns in Asia-Pacific

Demand is outpacing global trade integration.

The impact of China's increasing energy consumption

Following a period of dramatic industrialisation in the country, China’s energy consumption has risen significantly over the past fifteen years.

Handcuffs or handrails?: Philippine limits on FiTs

With a growing population projected to reach 100 million and a sustained economic boom, the need for new power generation in the Philippines is as obvious as the threats of blackouts.

The future of the power market in Bangladesh

Bangladesh desperately needs to generate more electricity. Despite vast improvements in a host of human development indicators over the past 20 years or so, its ageing power stations are inefficient and are struggling to keep up with demand.

Power up: New hot areas for transformation - Part 1

Demand for electrical power in Asian countries is nothing short of staggering; the World Energy Outlook 2013 report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) Non-OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) shows countries in Asia hold the largest share of global growth in primary energy demand at 65%[1]. Nearly 40% of the world’s new electricity capacity is being shared together by China and India.

How smart cities will help Singapore deal with tackling energy demands

In the last decade, Singapore’s population has grown by 25 percent and this number will continue to grow for another ten years. With this rapid pace of growth coupled with the impending demand that follows, it comes as no surprise when a recent study by Shell Eastern Petroleum showed that four out of five Singaporeans surveyed ranked future energy needs as important as cost of living, job security, and housing affordability1.