Technology capable of converting atmospheric moisture into drinkable or otherwise usable water. Atmospheric water generation (AWG), often referred to as air-to-water or water-from-air, provides an alternative source of drinking or irrigation water. It will remain a niche opportunity, largely due to ... read more.

Qatar reserves very little fresh water, which could only last two days if an emergency struck. Its scarcity of water has put the country under severe pressure to ensure its food security. It was estimated in 2015 that Qatar owns only 1% of cultivated land and relies on imports for 90% of its food ... read more.

Laser dispersion spectroscopy-based gas analyzer

About 16% of the natural gas emissions in the U.S. come from transportation and storage, and a further 6% come from distribution. Failure points like cracks in transport systems form the Achilles heel of the oil and gas industry. While oil and gas companies have largely controlled their emissions in... read more.

Materials and manufacturing methods that enable displays to reversibly change and adopt shapes. The flexible display is an example of an established market opportunity without incumbent technology. Materials innovation is a bottleneck in unlocking sales on the scale of billions. While such displays ... read more.

Devices that store energy through the separation of electrical charges, thereby achieving high power density but poor energy density; they are also commonly referred to as ultracapacitors. Due to a lack of clear market fit and continued cost reductions in Li-ion batteries, supercapacitor innovations... read more.

Flow batteries have been in development since the 1970s, but despite being designed for stationary storage, they have failed to exceed even 3% of that market. Instead, Li-ion dominates the stationary storage landscape, accounting for 84% of total deployments since 2011. Many startups have entered ... read more.

The supercapacitor industry has long struggled to find appropriate applications not already dominated by Li-ion batteries. Initial promise in using them in hybrid vehicles has fallen away as 48 V mild hybrid vehicles using Li-ion batteries have emerged as the most cost-effective way to improve fuel ... read more.

Long-duration energy storage using fuels synthesized by solid oxide fuel cells

Today, more than 780 million people in 43 countries are suffering from water shortages due to overuse and pollution of freshwater, which is scarce and very unevenly distributed across the world. As populations grow and economies develop, global demand for water has been increasing at an annual rate ... read more.