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Welcome to E3 Analytics, a leading renewable energy consultancy based in Berlin.

E3 Analytics is a Berlin-based consulting company focusing on renewable energy policy, markets, and finance. Through detailed analysis and cutting edge market research, E3 Analytics provides advisory services and support to governments, international institutions, NGOs, as well as private sector clients in both developed and developing countries.

Since its founding in 2009, E3 Analytics has worked with senior government officials in over fifty countries around the world to help accelerate the global energy transition, including in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands region, as well as in the Americas.

The Global Solar PV Brain Trust

The Global Solar PV Brain Trust is a loose association of experts committed to the future of solar power worldwide. It is a non-profit group supported by the Reiner Lemoine Foundation in Berlin, Germany.

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New Website Plugin Solar

E3 Analytics has recently helped set-up a new website and video series on “plug-in solar”. For more information on plug-in solar, see here.

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Recent Publications

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Analysis

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14. March 2010

Natural Gas: An Unconventional Story

This analytical brief explores the remarkable episode of growth that occurred in natural gas-based electricity development in the U.S. between 1990 and 2008. This boom was the product of a complex convergence of factors, including electricity restructuring, relatively low gas prices, technological innovation and a host of other interacting factors. Together, these factors drove a…
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23. May 2018

Enter the Shark Curve

This short article discusses the now famous “Duck Curve” as well as the less well-kwown “Nessie Curve” that have been used to describe California and Hawaii respectively and proposes a new member of the family, the “Shark Curve”. The Shark Curve, with its sharp (and often invisible) peak provides a more accurate picture of the…
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22. February 2011

Booms, Busts, and Retroactive Cuts: Spain’s RE Odyssey

Much ink has been spilled over Spain’s recent solar energy boom-and-bust. In response to generous tariffs and loose oversight, developers in Spain installed over 2600MW of solar PV capacity in 2008, or roughly 50% of global installations that year. This rapid market growth overwhelmed policymakers and prompted a drastic policy change, including a 500MW annual…
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Expert Training Course on Storage Technologies

The expert training course is being offered by the Renewables Academy (RENAC), an award-winning provider of trainings and capacity building based in Berlin. RENAC has provided expert trainings on renewable energy and energy efficicy to over 25,000 participants in over 160 countries worldwide.

This course on storage technologies is one module within RENAC’s certified ower-to-X training course. The training provides a comprehensive overview of storage technologies, applications, and economics.

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Trainings

E3 Analytics provides dozens of trainings for energy experts and industry professionals every year, including via webinars and online training platforms. These trainings cover a wide range of topics including renewable energy policy, project finance, energy efficiency, ESCOs, off-grid electrification, as well as mega trends like the global energy transition, and the pathway to a zero carbon future.

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