Developments in Energy Storage, Nuclear Reactors, Lithium-ion Batteries, and Solar-powered Cooling

This edition of the Energy and Power Systems TOE focuses on innovations and developments in battery and supercapacitor technologies for different applications, such as energy storage, smart sensors, and consumer electronics. The TOE also covers innovations that are beneficial to remote sites located away from the electric grid infrastructure, such as small modular nuclear reactors made from hard-wearing steel, and passive radiative cooling systems with improved performance. The TOE also discusses a new design that can improve the shelf life of metal-air batteries, a solid-state battery with low resistance, and batteries that are powered by carbon dioxide. In addition, the TOE also discusses improving charging speed for batteries and reduced power consumption for IoT sensors.

The Energy and Power Systems (EPS) TechVision Opportunity Engine (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: Customized zinc-ion battery, modular nuclear reactor, supercapacitor, lithium metal battery, metal-air batteries, solid-state batteries