Description

This edition of the Energy and Power Systems Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) features trends and innovations based on high performance lithium-sulfur batteries and the development of machine learning algorithms to monitor battery life span. The TOE also provides intelligence on the use of novel innovations that help in developing fast charging organic proton batteries and the use of fluidized bed combustion technology to reduce carbon emissions during power generation. The TOE also features innovations on extraction of hydrogen gas from oil reserves and the production of hydrogen from catalyst-based sustainable processes. The TOE additionally provides insights on innovations in redox flow batteries and perovskite solar cells to enhance renewable energy generation. Furthermore, the TOE provides intelligence on solid oxide fuel cells and the use of graphene for energy harvesting purposes. The TOE also features information on raw material sources, and the technologies used for extraction, refining, and recovery of lithium.

The Energy and Power Systems TOE provides insights on the latest advances in the broad range of technology related to the energy industry. The topics regularly presented range from energy storage technologies (solid state batteries, solar chemical storage and other advanced energy storage devices) to non-renewable energy such as oil and gas. Special emphasis is given to emerging areas in the renewable sector such as photovoltaics, wind energy, and geothermal energy, and emerging alternative fuels such as hydrogen, syngas, ethanol and biofuels. The EPS TOE keeps clients abreast of the latest R&D developments at major corporate and academic research centers, provides competitor intelligence and helps create strategic alliances.

The Energy and Environment cluster provides global insights and intelligence on a wide variety of disruptive emerging technologies and platforms ranging from energy storage, advanced batteries, solar and wind energy, to unconventional oil, bioenergy, geothermal energy, and energy transmission.

Keywords: Lithium-sulfur batteries, nanoreactors, fluidized bed combustion, organic proton batteries, photocatalysts, redox flow batteries, perovskite solar cells, solid oxide fuel cells, solid electrolyte membrane, carbon nano-threads, terahertz rectifiers