Consumer electronics like smartphones and laptops have traditionally driven the most demand for energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries, but clean energy advances mean that transportation and stationary energy storage will soon become the largest energy storage markets, according to Lux Research, a leading provider of intelligence services, helping clients drive growth through technology innovation.…

Most any political agenda will have an overall moderate impact in the U.S. energy landscape, according to Lux Research. Lux is a provider of intelligence services, helping clients drive growth through technology innovation. The organization maintains that President Trump’s energy agenda’s positive rhetoric around boosting oil and gas production and revitalizing the coal industry will only…

Editor’s note: Cost-effective manufacturing will be key to commercial adoption of novel materials that can help create devices, at this time, such as superlenses and improved antennas, says Lux Research, the sources of this report summary. New materials and their manufacturing techniques could also lighten uptower mass and the machinery in the nacelle. Metamaterials, or…

Editor’s note: Lux Research is taking one of the more positive slants on the recent EPA proposed rules. The consultants say that while politicians haggle over the rules’ influence on climate treaty negotiations, the boost to technology development and deployment will determine their true impact. This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a Clean…

Editor’s note: This battery update from Lux Research reports on market growth in the electric vehicles. This is good news for the wind industry because most cars would recharge at night when wind contributes well to grids. What’s more, the thought of disconnecting the influence of imported oil will also fuel growth in the RE…