Smart Energy

Pike Research's Smart Energy practice focuses on new technology and business models that are driving innovation in renewable energy, energy storage, and the smart grid, both at the utility scale and on a distributed basis.

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Pike Research provides in-depth, independent, unbiased market research for global smart energy 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.

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Smart Energy

Energy Storage on the Grid

Long Duration Energy Storage Systems: Compressed Air, Pumped Hydro, NAS Batteries, Flow Batteries, and Lithium Ion Batteries for Utility-Scale Storage

The stationary energy storage sector will play an increasingly larger role in the electricity grid of the future.  Demand is being driven by several key trends including the proliferation of variable renewable energy, principally wind and solar energy, which by itself cannot provide reliable baseload power, as well as the expansion of utility smart grid [...] More Information

Smart Gas Meters

Advanced Metering Infrastructure for the Gas Grid: Growth Drivers, Business Models, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players and Market Forecasts

The global gas utility market will follow in the footsteps of the electric smart grid industry in updating networks, communications, metering devices, pilots, and ultimately deployments. The smart gas grid will implement many of the same devices as the smart electricity grid, integrating advanced communications with energy measurement to drive greater operational efficiencies for [...] More Information

Clean Transportation

Plug-in Electric Vehicles

Battery Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles: OEM Strategies, Demand Drivers, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players, and Global Market Forecasts

Automakers are on the verge of mass-marketing plug-in electric vehicles worldwide, including both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) as well as battery electric vehicles (BEVs). These vehicles offer improved fuel economy, lower emissions, and a quieter ride than comparable traditionally powered internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, with several key variations in driving range capabilities. [...] More Information

Hybrid Trucks and Buses

Medium and Heavy Duty Commercial Truck Markets for
Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, and Battery Electric Drives

While transit buses have long been the platform for testing new drivetrains in the heavy duty vehicle market, within the last couple years the medium and heavy-duty truck market has started to see vehicles with hybrid electric and hydraulic hybrid drivetrains. In 2010 and 2011, mainstream truck brands Navistar and Freightliner will start to [...] More Information

Clean Industry

Green Data Centers

Power and Cooling Infrastructure, IT Equipment, Monitoring and Management: Business Drivers, Market Analysis and Forecasts

The IT industry is responsible for around 2% of the world’s carbon emissions and data centers are the fastest growing part of that footprint. The need to address data center energy efficiency is made more urgent by the rising demand for IT capacity across the world. The expansion of internet services and the rapid growth [...] More Information

Water and Wastewater Treatment Markets

Growth Drivers, Technology Issues, Key Industry Players,
and Global Market Forecasts

As the world population approaches 7.8 billion by 2030, the demand for potable water will stress the finite closed-loop water-cycle responsible for supplying freshwater. Geographic markets will need to address the growing demands for water and begin implementing regional water resource supply plans. Water availability has the power to cripple economies, suppress personal [...] More Information

Building Efficiency

Energy Efficiency Retrofits for Commercial and Public Buildings

Energy Savings Potential, Retrofit Business Cases, Financing Structures, Policy and Regulatory Factors, Demand Drivers by Segment, and Market Forecasts

Several substantial, durable drivers are expanding the potential market for energy efficiency retrofits in commercial buildings, which can provide energy savings from 10% to more than 50%. In addition to cost savings, energy retrofits are attractive for purposes of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, energy independence, green branding, property valuation, and productivity. However, the actual market [...] More Information

Energy Efficient Buildings: Asia Pacific

ESCO Market Dynamics, Performance Contracting, Energy Efficiency Retrofits, Green Building Certifications, Financing Structures, Market Analysis and Forecasts

Demand for energy in the Asia Pacific region is rising quickly, driven in large part by rapid economic growth in Southeast Asia, India, and China. Simultaneously, Asian governments and industry leaders are highly focused on creating a more sustainable and energy-efficient economy, and these goals have intensified their attention on the building sector, which [...] More Information