ChinaCCM.com, China's leading industry
consultancy expert offering industry intelligence and research solution, has
announced the addition of the "Nanotechnolgies
for the Energy Market 2009" report to their offering.
Nanotechnologies for the Energy Market 2009, looks at whether nanotechnology
has in fact had a huge impact on the energy sector. If so, in what way, and
if not, why hasn't it?
Since the beginning of the century we have heard repeatedly about how nanotechnologies
will have a huge impact on the field of energy, but the hype about the potential
impact of nanotechnologies has not been matched by real solutions.
Our 2007 report dispelled the hype about how nanotechnology was going to make
fuel cells for automobiles suddenly make sense and bring the price of solar
energy generated electricity in line with that produced by fossil fuels. Instead
it showed that greater energy efficiency through energy saving techniques such
as better insulation and lighter vehicles was going to be the main impact area
for nanotechnologies well into the foreseeable future.
But the period of between January 2007 when the first edition was released
and today witnessed a great upheaval in the energy sector. We saw oil prices
skyrocket above $150/bbl and then plummet back down to $45/bbl. On the trip
up and then down, all sorts of economic pronouncements were made such as how
the economics of alternative energies had finally become detached from oil pricing,
and we saw the valuations of alternative energy companies go through the roof
only to come crashing down again.
Now that the dust has settled, what have we learned and what impact will it
all have on the dynamics between nanotechnologies and energy?
- How will changes in the current political landscape both in the US and internationally
impact nanotechnology's development in energy applications?
- How has the freezing of credit markets affected the development of nanotechnologies
for alternative energy sources for the near future
- Where does hydrogen fuel cell technology stand now? And how will nanotechnology
play a role?
- What is happening with thin film organic solar cells? Will nanotechnologies
ever make this technology price competitive without government subsidies?
- What business model will work for a company trying to commercialize a nanotechnology
in the energy sector?
These common sense questions are addressed in this new report as well as providing
current market numbers and realistic projections over the next five years.
Compiling lists of all the nanotechnologies that could be used for energy applications
and even cataloguing all the companies providing them only gives you a fraction
of the picture. In the dynamics of the marketplace difficult-to-measure variables
can change the entire picture and determine whether a technology will work or
just add to the dustbin of failed technology ventures. This report looks at
those variables, takes them into account and gives an assessment of nanotechnologies
for the energy market.
Posted August 10th, 2009
