Cleantech Market Intelligence
Pike Research provides in-depth, independent, unbiased market research for global clean technology markets. Intelligence and advice from our industry analysts help technology companies, investors, and government agencies navigate the complexities of the cleantech business and create sound strategies for future success.
Latest Research Reports
Smart Energy
Smart Meters
Smart Electrical Meters, Advanced Metering Infrastructure,
and Meter Communications: Market Analysis and Forecasts
Electricity metering is undergoing its greatest transformation since the first meter was installed more than 120 years ago. Smart Metering, integrating advanced communications with energy measurement, is on the front lines of Smart Grid deployments, promising major energy savings by changing how and when customers use electricity. Major utilities worldwide, enticed by savings and prodded by [...] More Information
Microgrids
Islanded Power Grids and Distributed Generation for
Community, Commercial, and Institutional Applications
A variety of trends are converging to create promising market opportunities for microgrids, particularly in the United States. The fundamental architecture of today’s electrical grid, which is based on the idea of a top-down system predicated on unidirectional energy flows, is growing increasingly obsolete. This outmoded infrastructure poses risks to grid reliability and security, and [...] More Information
Clean Transportation
Natural Gas Vehicles
Compressed Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas:
Cars, Light Trucks, and Medium/Heavy Duty Trucks
Natural Gas Vehicle technology is widely available and has been available for purchase in most regions of the world for decades. Governments, fleet managers, and private consumers are recognizing the environmental benefits of lower emissions from NGVs. However, lack of refueling infrastructure has caused NGV demand to stagnate in many countries. In regions where NGVs [...] More Information
Electric Vehicle Consumer Survey
Preferences, Attitudes, and Willingness to Pay
for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Power Charging
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are considered by many in the United States to be one of the highest-potential emerging consumer product categories of the next few years. A number of leaders in both industry and government are looking to PHEVs to take the automotive market to its next stage of evolution, building on the [...] More Information
Clean Industry
Fuel Cells for Portable Power Applications
Strategic and Tactical Analysis of Fuel Cell Markets:
Micro, Macro, Portable, APU, Stationary, and Transportation
Considerable pent-up demand exists for off-grid portable power generation solutions that are environmentally friendly and non-toxic. Fuel cells have the unique ability to overcome the weaknesses of incumbent technologies, or provide a solution not achievable by present technologies. Fuel cells are extremely energy efficient and provide significant longer runtimes than batteries, with power being provided [...] More Information
Green Telecom Networks
Energy Efficiency, Renewable Power, and Carbon Emissions
Reductions for Fixed and Mobile Telecommunications Networks
Energy consumption is one of the leading drivers of operating expenses for both fixed and mobile network operators. Reliable access to electricity is limited in many developing countries that are currently the high-growth markets for telecommunications. At the same time, many operators have adopted corporate social responsibility initiatives with a goal of reducing their networks’ [...] More Information
Corporate Sustainability
New Belgium Brewing Company
Corporate Sustainability Profile
There is a little bit of environmental responsibility in every bottle of New Belgium beer. The United States’ eighth largest brewery has embraced the idea of corporate sustainability since its inception, and even lists environmental stewardship as one of its ten core values. As the company grew from a home brewing operation to a commercial [...] More Information
Sprint Nextel
Corporate Sustainability Profile
Corporate sustainability is becoming a “must do” for nearly every large corporation in the United States, and mobile operator Sprint Nextel Corporation is no exception. In 2007, the company began to investigate and develop its own corporate sustainablity policy. Over the course of time, Sprint developed a plan and published a corporate sustainability report, formed [...] More Information
Building Efficiency
Energy Management Systems for Commercial Buildings
Energy Efficiency, Commercial Demand Response, and
Advanced Building Management Systems
Commercial buildings are the largest single consumers of energy in the United States. We live in a 24/7 environment where buildings and the equipment in them are running all the time. Whether it is heating up the office in morning before we come in or lights in offices, parking lots, hallways, and in other [...] More Information
ARRA Survey Analysis
Consumer Sentiment on Energy & Environment Provisions of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
In February 2009, President Obama signed the controversial $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), also known as the Stimulus Package. This economic relief plan has met with mixed reaction from the general public, ranging from strong support to vehement opposition. Approximately $68.6 billion in the ARRA is allocated to 9 key [...] More Information
