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Category Archives: Industry
European Gas operators are merging in preparation for Nord Stream, then Nabucco and South Stream
This article is also published in French and Italian on the blog of Sia Conseil and Sia Partners. As the third Energy package (passed in July 2009) creates a single market for gas and electricity, gas consumption in Europe is … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Gas, Transport
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Would a nuclear phase-out lead to a « blackout » in Belgium?
Benoit Aubard, Senior Manager Energy & Utilities at Sia Partners, analyses in ‘Entreprendre’ the difficult situation that Belgium might face on the supply side of the electricity market with the possible closure of 3 nuclear power plants in Belgium towards … Continue reading
Posted in Mecanism, Nuclear, Production
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The Mediation: which role in the energy sector?
Intensification of competition, enhancement of the mediatization of dysfunctions, increase of customer demands and requirements: the handling of complaints is one of the key issues of a company. More than the expression of discontent of a customer, claims or complaints … Continue reading
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Unconventional gas reshapes the Geopolitics and Energy map
“A slight ripple was escaping from it, a little noise, like a whistling bird. – Put your hand, you feel the wind … It is Grisou. “(Zola, Germinal).For the past two years, more than half of U.S. natural gas production … Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Gas, Geo-politics, Mecanism, Pricing, Production
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After Japan and California, progressive tariffs arrive in Belgium
On June 28th, 2010, the Walloon Commission for Energy (CWaPE) has published on its website a proposition of introduction of progressive tariffs for energy in Belgium. These progressive tariffs, already applied in Japan and California, have as principle to charge … Continue reading
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Power Market: From Regional Integration to a European Integrated Market
In view of the goals of the EU to facilitate competition on traditionally quite closed energy markets, market coupling is one of the measures proposed. Cross border power market coupling focuses on an efficient use of interconnections, and optimizing cross … Continue reading
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Cost optimization : Activity Based Costing/Activity based Management
In a deregulated context, the competition between electricity or gas suppliers is savage. Indeed, with raw materials where nothing, or almost nothing, is applied in term of transformation, suppliers have for main levers of diversification their price structure which is … Continue reading
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Direct current come back in the power transmission, part 2: Projects
If it were used so far just for inter-connecting networks in certain particular cases – difficult accessibility, asynchronous networks – the projects of XXIe century give to these technology new ambitions. The emerging mega projects The lines with D.C. make … Continue reading
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Direct current come back in the power transmission, part 1 : Technology
In a context of race to energy saving, the power transmission could return to fundamental and study a come back to the Direct Current (D.C.). The technology of the first electric lines, developed by Thomas Edison and quickly made obsolete … Continue reading
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Générations Energies
Since the successful first season of the writing contest “Générations Energies” for students in France, Sia Partners decided to extend the second season to Belgium. This year, the contest will reward nine students for original press articles around the topic … Continue reading
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