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Sample technologies assessed:
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Nickel batteries (NiMH, NiCd, nickel-zinc)
- Advanced lead-acid batteries
- Sodium-sulfur and zebra batteries
- Flow batteries (zinc-bromine, vanadium-redox)
- Flexible batteries
- Metal-air batteries (zinc-air, magnesium-air, aluminum-air)
- Silver-zinc batteries
- Supercapacitors/ultracapacitors
- PEM fuel cells
- Solid-oxide fuel cells
- Direct- and reformed-methanol fuel cells
- Molten-carbonate and phosphoric-acid fuel cells
- Smart-grid/demand response hardware and software
- Physical energy storage (flywheels, compressed air energy storage)
- Energy harvesting (wireless power, thermoelectrics, kinetic energy harvesting)
Sample applications assessed:
- Consumer electronics (mobile phones, laptops, etc.)
- Hybrid/plug-in hybrid/electric vehicles (HEVs/PHEVs/EVs)
- Backup power
- Distributed generation
- Combined heat and power (CHP)
- Power tools
- Light electric vehicles (e-bikes, scooters)
- Implantable medical devices
- Smart cards/RFID
- Bulk energy storage
- Grid support
- Smart-grid/demand response systems
Sample companies assessed:
- Start-ups:
- A123 Systems
- Ceramic Fuel Cells
- Cap-XX
- Nextreme Thermal Solutions
- VRB Power Systems
- Power Paper
- Mid-sized companies/subsidiaries:
- American Superconductor
- EnerNOC
- Pentadyne
- Advanced Battery Technologies
- Large corporations:
- Compact Power/LG Chem
- BYD
- Xcel Energy
Lux Alternative Power and Energy Storage Intelligence
Pinpoint Profitable Innovation in Power and Energy Storage
New opportunities in power and energy storage are both enormous and maddeningly complex. While today everybody uses rechargeable batteries for their laptops and cell phones, plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) are just around the corner, and out on the horizon lie a myriad of emerging markets ranging from grid storage to distributed power to flexible smart cards. Companies that want to take full advantage of these opportunities must understand:
- Which markets are growing most rapidly
- How technologies measure-up in terms of cost and performance
- What the best solutions are for given applications
- Which start-ups are ahead of the curve
- Who has access to critical IP
- How to approach the thorny issue of device safety
Lux Research Difference
Lux Alternative Power and Energy Storage Intelligence service is unique because it is:
- Proprietary – offers exclusive insights from primary interviews and site visits
- Opinionated – makes decisive calls about companies and technologies
- Unbiased – obtains objective/independent information and delivers impartial analysis
- Confidential – allows clients to secure information about innovators without revealing their identities
- Cost-effective – costs far less than expensive consultants or a resource-intense internal team
Deliverables
Lux Alternative Power and Energy Storage Intelligence helps companies make sense of the power and energy storage landscape and make wise decisions by providing:
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Ongoing technology scouting reports and proprietary data points in the weekly Lux Alternative Power and Energy Storage Journal
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Technology and Market Overviews, Market Forecasts, Financing Outlook, and Key Technology and Adoption Issues delivered via a series of coordinated reports
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On-demand Custom Inquiry with Lux Research Analysts
Lux Alternative Power and Energy Storage Journal
Delivered by email each week, the Alternative Power and Energy Storage Journal includes:
- Briefings – Profiles of 3-5 key innovators each week – including start-ups, small-caps, large corporations, and labs – based on site visits and interviews with key executives
- Tidbits – 3-5 items covering important developments in power and energy storage and news items
- Alerts – Notices about upcoming briefings with innovators and conferences
- Archives – Clients also have access to archives of past briefings and tidbits via the Lux Research client portal, searchable by company, technology, products, process, and application
Alternative Power and Energy Storage State of the Market Reports
On a continuous basis, State of the Market reports include:
- Technology overview – Description and analysis of the key technologies across the value chain
- Market forecast – Estimate of current and past market size, and projections of future growth
- Financing – Overview of funding and other key indicators of innovation
- Key issues – Drill-downs and analysis on 3-5 key issues, with implications and recommendations for each
- Outlook – Projections about key upcoming milestones, emerging opportunities
Custom Analyst Inquiry
Clients also have the ongoing opportunity to direct questions towards Lux Research Analysts, answered during conference calls or in email. Analyst inquiry can:
- Provide additional depth on published research
- Support ongoing efforts in technology scouting, screening, partnership search and market assessment
- Allow clients to contact Lux Analysts on an ad-hoc basis
Lux Research designates a client services manager for each client available by phone or email, to facilitate analyst inquiry and provide ongoing client support.
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