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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 on the utility scale and on a distributed basis. Research coverage includes the hardware, software, and systems required to deploy Smart Energy technologies, along with an examination of demand drivers, business issues, and regulatory/policy issues associated with their adoption.
Smart Energy Advisory Services
Renewable
Energy
Pike Research’s Renewable Energy Advisory Service focuses on the clean generation and transmission of electrical power using renewable means such as solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean and hydrokinetic technologies. Our analysis includes in-depth examination of business models, technology issues, regulatory factors, and the competitive landscape for renewable energy, together with an assessment of how it relates to existing fossil fuel power generation methods.
Distributed
Generation
The Distributed Generation Advisory Service covers the generation and distribution of electricity using distributed architectures, both at the sub-utility scale and as an integrated part of the utility grid. The service includes analysis of distributed generation for commercial, industrial, and residential markets on a worldwide basis, with detailed assessment of market conditions by country and world region. Sectors covered include renewable distributed energy generation from wind and solar, fuel cells, and fossil fuel generation.
Bioenergy
Pike Research’s Bioenergy Advisory Service focuses on the utilization of renewable biomass feedstocks for the production of electricity, heat, liquid fuels, and chemicals. The service includes coverage of global regulatory and public policy trends, business models and economic factors, technology and intellectual property issues, and the emerging competitive landscape and supply chain for bioenergy markets.
Fuel
Cells
The Fuel Cells Advisory Service focuses on stationary, portable, and motive applications for fuel cells. Pike Research’s analysis includes coverage of the commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation sectors, including an in-depth assessment of the functional, technological, and economic suitability of different types of fuel cells for these markets, compared to other conventional and emerging technologies. As part of our research, we provide evaluations of key fuel cell industry players as well as detailed forecasts segmented by technology, geography, application area, and end-use market.
Energy
Storage
Pike Research's Energy Storage Advisory Service concentrates on three key categories: Electrochemical, Kinetic, and Thermal storage technologies. Applications covered include advanced battery and other energy storage technologies for Stationary, Transportation, and Portable Power applications. Our analysis includes an assessment of the economics and technologies underlying these emerging sectors, together with an in-depth view of the key industry players involved in their development.
Advanced
Batteries
Pike Research’s Advanced Batteries Advisory Service focuses on emerging battery technologies and their applications in consumer, commercial, transportation, and utility markets. Coverage includes lithium ion, sodium sulfur, advanced lead acid, and other battery chemistries that will compose the global battery market in a variety of industry sectors. Market analysis includes worldwide forecasts, key industry players, technology issues, and economic factors that will drive the adoption of new battery categories over the next decade.
Utility
Innovations
Pike Research's Utility Innovations Advisory Service analyzes emerging technologies, business models, and market opportunities that are driving change and growth in the electric utility industry. Coverage includes Renewable Energy, Smart Grids and Smart Meters, Stationary Energy Storage, Carbon Capture technologies, and the impact of Electric Vehicles on the grid infrastructure. This Pike Research service is designed to provide actionable intelligence and market strategy inputs for utility executives and key utility vendors as they plan for the next stage of the industry’s evolution.