Abstract
Energy is one of the world' s largest markets, but the demand is forecast to
far exceed the available supply from current resources. In addition, the use
of energy from non-renewable sources is the major contribution to the emission
of greenhouse gases leading to increasing concern over climate change.
Therefore, both the industry and governments are eagerly searching for new
energy solutions, which will both address this growing supply gap and from
industry' s point of view, turn a profit. Renewable energy resources are needed
to maintain the world' s energy supply to slow the depletion of fossil reserves
and reduce global carbon emissions.
Sustainable energy has long been a dream and nanotechnologies have long been
seen as a technology with the potential to reduce greenhouse emissions, but to
date this has not been quantified. Many of the initial ideas were based around
replacing current manufacturing techniques with bottom up technologies,
whether assembling items atom by atom as proposed by Eric Drexler, or by
attempting to understand how nature assembles useful devices from the bottom
up and mimic or control these techniques.
While bottom up engineering remains a topic of much research, many of these
applications of nanotechnologies are still at an early stage, and there is
general agreement that breakthroughs are still ten to fifteen years in the
future. These breakthroughs will not only help improve current energy
technologies but also open up many possibilities for new energy technologies
to power the future world.
This report examines how nanotechnologies are contributing to sustainable
energy, and quantifies the near term impact in terms of carbon dioxide
emissions.
Table of Contents
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Cientifica Nanotechnology Model
- Definitions of Nanotechnologies
- Major Assumptions
- Quantifying The Effect of Nanotechnologies on Global Emissions
- The Impact Of Nanotechnologies on CO2 Emissions
- Reduction of Transport Emissions
- Reduction of Residential and Commercial Energy Use Through Improved
Insulation
- Thin Film Solar Cells for Renewable Energy
- Nanotechnologies for Sustainable Energy
- MARKET FORECAST FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- The Nano-Energy Landscape
- Energy Saving
- Storage of Renewable Energy
- Energy Conversion/Production
- Overall Energy Markets By Application
- INTRODUCTION
- Objectives of the Report
- World Energy Trends
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in the EU
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in the USA
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in China and India
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in Japan
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in Australia
- Overview of the Interaction of Sustainable Energy with
Nanotechnologies in the Rest of the World
- Why Sustainable Energy Needs Nanotechnologies
- Market Demand Push
- Technology Improvement
- Environmental Issue
- The Energy Sector
- Common Energy Source Classifications
- Conventional Energy
- Renewable Energy
- Clean Energy
- Renewable Energy Conversion
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Solar Thermal Energy
- Hydrogen Conversion
- Thermoelectricity
- Bioenergetics
- Energy Storage Technologies
- Batteries
- Fuel Cells
- Capacitors
- Supercapacitors
- Value Chain And Value-Added Points Of Nanotechnology In The Energy Sector
- Energy Sector Value Chain
- Value-Added Points of Nanotechnology in the Energy Value Chain
- Key Drivers of Nanotechnology Applications in Sustainable Energy
- Challenge of Nanotechnology Applications in Sustainable Energy
- Emission Issues
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions
- Carbon Management
- Nanotechnology Methods
- Cost Issues
- Safety Issues
- Commercialization Issues
- Infrastructural Issues
- Intellectual Property Issues
- NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- Summary Of Nanotechnology Applications For Sustainable Energy
- Introduction
- Nanotechnologies For Sustainability And Efficiency Of Fossil
Fuels/Energy Saving
- Lighter and Stronger Materials
- Thermal Management
- Solid-State Lighting - More Efficient Lighting Point Sources
- More Efficient Lighting For Large Areas
- Efficient Combustion
- Nanotechnologies for Energy Conversion / Production
- Solar Photovoltaics (PV) - Solar Cells
- Hydrogen Conversion
- Waste Heat Recovery/Thermoelectricity
- Solar Thermal Energy
- Geothermal Energy
- Biomass
- Nanotechnologies for Storage of Renewable Energy
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Hydrogen Storage - Fuel Cells
- Supercapacitors
- REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE
- Summary of Reduction of CO2 Emissions in Residential and Commercial Use
- Current Applications of Nanotechnology For Reducing CO2 Emissions in
Residential and Commercial Use
- Nanomaterials for Power-Efficient and Environmentally-Friendly
Buildings
- Nanosensors for Smart Houses
- Energy-Efficient Lightening Sources
- Current Adopters of Nanotechnology in Energy for Residential and
Commercial Use
- Products and Markets
- Costs and Benefits
- Future Projection of Nanotechnology in Energy for Residential and
Commercial Use
- Drivers and Barriers
- Market Forecast
- Roadmap
- The Major Providers of Nanotechnology in Energy for Residential and
Commercial Use
- FINDINGS
- APPENDIX I: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY APPLICATIONS MATRIX
- Sustainable Energy for Residential and Commercial Use
- APPENDIX II: PROMISING NANOMATERIALS APPLICATIONS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
- APPENDIX III: NANOTECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Table of Exhibits
- Exhibit 1: Reduction Of Emissions Due To Use Of Nanotechnologies
- Exhibit 2: Sources of UK CO2 Emissions
- Exhibit 3: Relationship between Vehicle Weight and Fuel Consumption
- Exhibit 4: Growing Uses of Composites In US Vehicles
- Exhibit 5: Global Gasoline Consumption
- Exhibit 6: Conversion Efficiency Of Photovoltaic Technologies
- Exhibit 7: Sustained Growth of Energy Demand 1860-2060
- Exhibit 8: Delivered Energy Consumption by Sector 1980-2030
- Exhibit 9: Nanotechnologies for the Energy Markets
- Exhibit 10: Nanotechnology Market Breakdown in Energy 2007
- Exhibit 11: Nanotechnology Market Breakdown in Energy 2014
- Exhibit 12: Nanotechnologies for Energy Saving Applications Market
- Exhibit 13: Nanomaterials In Insulation
- Exhibit 14: Nanomaterials as a Percentage of the Total Insulation Market
- Exhibit 15: Total Market for Solid State Lighting Using Nanomaterials
- Exhibit 16: Global Nano Fuel Borne Catalyst Market
- Exhibit 17: Value of CNT Composites Used For Weight Reduction In Transport
and Automotive Applications
- Exhibit 18: Nanotechnologies For Energy Storage
- Exhibit 19: Nanotechnology For Energy Production Market
- Exhibit 20: Market by Application 2007
- Exhibit 21: Market by Application 2014
- Exhibit 22: Market Evolution by Application
- Exhibit 23: Relevant Product Development Stages for the Different Company
Types
- Exhibit 24: Share of Energy Sources in Total Energy Consumptions in
European Commission Countries 1990-2030 (in percentage)
- Exhibit 25: European Commission Fundings in Nanotechnology
- Exhibit 26: Gross Inland Energy Consumption by Country 1990-2003
- Exhibit 27: Global Total Primary Energy Demand 1971-2031(Mtoe)
- Exhibit 28: World Primary Energy Consumption in 2004 (Quadrillion Btu)
- Exhibit 29: Renewable Power Capacities in 2004 (GW) for Developing
Countries, EU, and Top Five Individual Countries (excluding large hydropower)
- Exhibit 30: The Top Ten Applications of Nanotechnology for Developing
Countries
- Exhibit 31: Progress in PV Efficiencies
- Exhibit 32: Hydrogen Conversion Technologies and Applications
- Exhibit 33: Comparison of Energy/Power in Different Storage Technologies
- Exhibit 34: Energy Value Chain
- Exhibit 35: Value-Added Points of Nanotechnology in the Energy Value Chain
- Exhibit 36: Key Drivers of Nanotechnology Applications in the Energy Sector
- Exhibit 37: Drivers and Barriers of Nanotechnology Applications in
Sustainable Energy
- Exhibit 38: A Split of All Emissions by High-level Consumer Need
- Exhibit 39: Life-Cycle Analysis Considers All Stages of The Fuel Cycle
- Exhibit 40: The Worldwide Emissions of Carbon from the Burning of Fossil
Fuels is Approximately 1 Tonne per Person per Year
- Exhibit 41: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2000
- Exhibit 42: Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil Fuel Burning, Cement
Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2002
- Exhibit 43: Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Region
- Exhibit 44: Greenhouse Gas Emission from Electricity Production
- Exhibit 45: Alternative Energy
- Exhibit 46: Energy Efficiency
- Exhibit 47: Available Storage Technologies
- Exhibit 48: The Inclusion of Enery Storage Makes a Considerable Difference
for Renewables
- Exhibit 49: Potential Applications of Nanotechnology in Energy for
Residential and commercial Use
- Exhibit 50: Additional Cost Caused by Adding Nanomaterials in Energy for
Residential and Commercial Use
- Exhibit 51: Drivers and Barriers of Nanotechnology Applications In Energy
for Residential and Commercial Use
- Exhibit 52: Energy Consumption in Residential and Commercial Use by Source
(quadrillion Btu, unless otherwise noted)
- Exhibit 53: Market Growth of Nanotechnologies in Residential and
Commercial Use
- Exhibit 54: The Roadmap for Future Applications of Nanotechnology in
Energy for Residential and Commercial Use
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