2014年1-3月份，国民经济保持稳中有进、稳中向好的发展态势，电力行业总体运行平稳，全国电力供需平衡。具体来看，电力行业投资规模继续扩大，但电源、电网投资保持分化态势，电源投资整体欠佳，电网投资较快增长；全社会发电量增速处于较低水平，但电源结构继续优化，清洁能源发电量占比继续提升；全社会用电量增速低位徘徊，第三产业和城乡居民生活用电量对全社会用电量增长的带动作用有所减弱。另外，电力行业经营状况继续向好，利润总额快速增长。

报告从行业环境、太阳能、风能、生物质能、新能源汽车等几个方面进行了分析及评论。

本报告从能源行业事件分析；竞争环境、竞争对手、行业数据等几个方面进行了分析评论。

本报告从能源行业事件分析；竞争环境、竞争对手、行业数据等几个方面进行了分析评论。

今年1-2 月份，受季节性因素影响，主要宏观经济指标普遍不理想。工业增加值增速受投资需求和净出口回落影响大幅回落，固定资产投资增速受基建和制造业投资放缓影响继续下滑，社会消费品零售总额名义增速低于预期。此外，制造业PMI 指数连续三个月回落，新订单指数回落至低位，产成品库存指数上升，显示一季度经济运行平缓。具体到生产资料流通行业来看，今年春节临近1 月末，市场多数商家在1 月中旬就进入放假状态，到2 月中旬才陆续返岗。因此，1-2月份需求相对偏弱，库存消耗速度下降，市场价格大幅下跌，企业效益仍未有明显好转。目前经济运行的积极因素正在开始显现，如进入3 月份，市场逐渐启动，企业陆续恢复开工；服务业已经出现明显回升；世界经济整体发展势头良好，后期经济运行保持平稳仍有基础条件。

A PV module is a packaged, connected assembly of solar cells. A set of solar PV modules is connected and mounted on a supporting structure to form a solar panel which helps in electricity generation from solar energy. A solar backsheet is the outermost layer of the PV module. This protects the inner components of the module such as solar cells and electrical components by acting as an insulator because of its dielectric properties. The Global Solar PV Backsheet market is expected to witness significant growth and post a CAGR of 15 percent during the forecast period. This is mainly due to growing solar energy consumption worldwide. The market was dominated by the EMEA region in 2013, followed by the APAC region and the Americas.

This report summarizes the work performed by an Ames-led project team under a 4-year DOE-ITP sponsored project titled, 'Advanced Wear-resistant Nanocomposites for Increased Energy Efficiency.' The Report serves as the project deliverable for the CPS agreement number 15015. The purpose of this project was to develop and commercialize a family of lightweight, bulk composite materials that are highly resistant to degradation by erosive and abrasive wear. These materials, based on AlMgB(sub 14), are projected to save over 30 TBtu of energy per year when fully implemented in industrial applications, with the associated environmental benefits of eliminating the burning of 1.5 M tons/yr of coal and averting the release of 4.2 M tons/yr of CO(sub 2) into the air. This program targeted applications in the mining, drilling, machining, and dry erosion applications as key platforms for initial commercialization, which includes some of the most severe wear conditions in industry. Production-scale manufacturing of this technology has begun through a start-up company, NewTech Ceramics (NTC). This project included providing technical support to NTC in order to facilitate cost-effective mass production of the wear-resistant boride components. Resolution of issues related to processing scale-up, reduction in energy intensity during processing, and improving the quality and performance of the composites, without adding to the cost of processing were among the primary technical focus areas of this program. Compositional refinements were also investigated in order to achieve the maximum wear resistance. In addition, synthesis of large-scale, single-phase AlMgB(sub 14) powder was conducted for use as PVD sputtering targets for nanocoating applications.

In 2009, Nevada received nearly $40 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The purpose of this funding was to stabilize communities that have suffered from foreclosures and abandonment. In an effort to provide guidance to local officials and maximize how effectively this Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding is used in retrofitting homes, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) provided design specifications, energy modeling, and technical support for the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA) team and its local partners--Better Building Performance, Nevada ENERGY STAR Partners Green Alliance, and Home Free Nevada--for two retrofit test homes. One home was to demonstrate a modest retrofit and the other a deep energy retrofit. The Carmen and Sierra Hills homes demonstrate how cost effectively energy-efficient upgrades can be implemented in the hot, dry Southwest climate. The homes were used as an educational experience for home performance professionals, building trades, remodelers, and the public. In-field trainings on air sealing, HVAC upgrades, and insulating were provided to local contractors during the retrofit. BARA documented these retrofits through a series of video presentations, beginning with a site survey and concluding with the finished remodel and test out.

Comprehensive and integrated resource planning considers the potential for increases in energy efficiency to reduce the requirements for new generation and transmission investments. This study supports such planning efforts by developing robust estimates of the economically achievable potential for improving the energy-efficiency of homes, commercial buildings, and industrial plants located in the Eastern Interconnection. The approach of this study involves identifying a series of energy-efficiency policies and examining their impacts and cost-effectiveness using Georgia Tech's version of the National Energy Modeling System (GT-NEMS). The project emphasizes the impacts on electricity consumption, the levelized cost of policy-driven electricity savings, and distributive effects at the state and regional levels. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia are covered by this study, and the time frame extends to 2035. Using GT-NEMS, we model twelve policy options designed to stimulate energy-efficiency investments and practices by providing better information, more effective regulations, and affordable financing. These policies are evaluated individually, combined into Policy Bundles and evaluated for each sector, and evaluated in an Integrated Policy scenario. While the policies are designed to address different market failures and barriers and to focus on distinct market segments and technologies, the level of savings driven by the policies diminishes as more policies are combined. We focus on the achievable energy-efficiency potential, which is the subset of the technically feasible and cost-effective potential that can be achieved through policy intervention. Based on GT-NEMS estimates from the Integrated Policy scenario, the twelve policies could significantly drive down energy consumption, reduce energy rates, and generate energy bill savings for end-users.

This report provides analysis of the Russian energy efficiency market for the building sector from the perspective of U.S. businesses interested in exporting relevant technologies, products and experience to Russia. We aim to help U.S. energy efficiency and environmental technologies businesses to better understand the Russian building market to plan their market strategy.

The purpose of this study is to provide information about railroad fuel efficiency that may be useful in evaluating transportation energy policies and assessing the sustainability of potential projects. The specific objectives are to (1) develop railroad energy efficiency models that describe differences in fuel economy among classes of trains and commodities; (2) apply these models to a wide range of movements to estimate fuel efficiency ratings for coal, grain, iron ore, food products, and other key commodities; (3) develop comparable procedures for estimating truck and waterway fuel consumption; and (4) compare rail, truck, and waterway energy efficiencies. The focus on railroads in this study is appropriate, because many of the alternatives to highway investment involve railroad transportation or multimodal options.

A multiyear pilot energy efficiency retrofit project has been undertaken by Greenbelt Homes, Inc, (GHI) a 1,566 co-operative of circa 1930 and 1940 homes in Greenbelt, Maryland. The three predominant construction methods of the townhomes in the community are materials common to the area and climate zone including 8 in. concrete masonry unit (CMU) block, wood frame with brick veneer and wood frame with vinyl siding. GHI has established a pilot project that will serve as a basis for decision making for the rollout of a decade-long community upgrade program that will incorporate energy efficiency upgrades to the building envelope from the exterior and equipment with the modernization of other systems like plumbing, mechanical equipment, and cladding. The pilot project has three phases focused on identifying the added costs and energy savings benefits of energy efficiency features that are to be installed during a planned community-wide replacement program commencing in 2015.

The Texas Panhandle is regarded as the Cattle Feeding Capital of the World, producing 42of the fed beef cattle in the United States within a 200-mile radius of Amarillo generating more than 5 million tons of feedlot manure /year. Apart from feedlots, the Bosque River Region in Erath County, just north of Waco, Texas with about 110,000 dairy cattle in over 250 dairies, produces 1.8 million tons of manure biomass (excreted plus bedding) per year. While the feedlot manure has been used extensively for irrigated and dry land crop production, most dairies, as well as other concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), the dairy farms utilize large lagoon areas to store wet animal biomass. Water runoff from these lagoons has been held responsible for the increased concentration of phosphorus and other contaminates in the Bosque River which drains into Lake Wacothe primary source of potable water for Wacos 108,500 people. The concentrated animal feeding operations may lead to land, water, and air pollution if waste handling systems and storage and treatment structures are not properly managed. Manure-based biomass (MBB) has the potential to be a source of green energy at large coal-fired power plants and on smaller-scale combustion systems at or near confined animal feeding operations. Although MBB particularly cattle biomass (CB) is a low quality fuel with an inferior heat value compared to coal and other fossil fuels, the concentration of it at large animal feeding operations can make it a viable source of fuel. The overall objective of this interdisciplinary proposal is to develop environmentally benign technologies to convert low-value inventories of dairy and beef cattle biomass into renewable energy. Current research expands the suite of technologies by which cattle biomass (CB: manure, and premature mortalities) could serve as a renewable alternative to fossil fuel.

2014年1季度，新出台的电力行业政策主要涉及市场监管、火电节能减排和水电发展三个方面。具体来看，首先，为进一步规范新建电源接入电网系统工作，确保新建电源公平无歧视接入电网，国家能源局印发《新建电源接入电网监管暂行办法》。其次，国家发展改革委、环境保护部下发《关于组织开展全国脱硫电价专项检查的通知》，并颁布《燃煤发电机组环保电价及环保设施运行监管办法》，全面落实脱硫电价政策，并促进燃煤发电企业进一步加快环保设施建设并有效运行，确保减排效果。此外，水电发展支持政策陆续出台，国家发展改革委下发《关于完善水电上网电价形成机制的通知》，水电价格改革破冰；财政部下发《关于大型水电企业增值税政策的通知》，明确对大型水电企业增值税优惠政策。