Robert Compton
Robert Compton is a multilingual FDI investment consultant for international companies interested in setting up a presence in the German energy efficiency and smart cities markets.
Author detailsRiding the Green Wave: The Meteoric Rise of Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Financing the energy transition remains a challenge. However, new financing mechanism have entered the world of finance during recent years. While green bonds seem to be already part of the finance…
Read Full articleHow many languages does your software speak?
Energy Efficiency is not only about technology. From time to time we are highlighting related services of relevance so that companies do not forget the little, but often important pieces in the jigsaw to market their energy efficiency solutions internationally. Software is everywhere, as a part of the product or even the product itself - think of energy management software – but what about…
Read Full Business PracticeThe new age of clean technology manufacturing
We are at the dawn of a new industrial age – the age of clean energy technology manufacturing – that is creating major new markets and millions of jobs. A perfect fit to our urgency to decarbonise…
Read Full article#03 Augmented Reality (AR) - From visualized data to x-applications for the digital energy industry.
Augmented reality can do much more than make the invisible visible. It connects our analog and digital data worlds. In doing so, it creates transitions that did not exist before. 2D data can be linked…
Read Full articleTop 10 about Electric Motor Systems
In industry, electric motors are widespread and often hidden in closed systems such as fans, pumps or compressors. In the transition towards a zero-carbon energy system, the role of electric motors will grow even further. The technology to make motor systems more energy efficient is available on the market and its adoption is mostly beneficial from a life-cycle costing perspective.
Read Full Business PracticeJohn Lerch
John is a sales, marketing, and business development leader with deep energy industry expertise. He has built and executed winning sales strategies with large and small customers around the world.
Author detailsBlockchain in the energy sector: Institutional disruption?
Blockchain & Energy: The discussion is heating up This post is about one of the hottest topics in energy business, the blockchain. While there are many discussions already going on about the…
Read Full articleEnergy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group
The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) was established in 2013 by the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) and United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). It created an open dialogue and work platform for public and private financial institutions, industry…
Investor Confidence Project (ICP)
Investor Confidence Project unlocks the potential of energy efficiency as a global asset class by standardizing how energy efficiency projects are developed, documented and measured. By streamlining transactions and increasing the reliability of projected energy savings, ICP Europe intends to build a marketplace for standardized…