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Report
# SH29821390 | 231 Pages | 44 Tables and Figures | 2005 |
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Micro Fuel Cell Market Shares and
Forecasts
Marketing Driving Forces For Micro
Fuel Cell
Fuel Cell Description
Fuel Cell Fuel Distribution and
Infrastructure
Storing Hydrogen
Micro Fuel Cell
For Consumer Electronics
Target Markets
Industry Segment Analysis
Portable
Applications
Fuel Cell Electrochemical Reactions
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane
RV Recreational Micro Fuel Cell
Markets
Digital Device Forecasts
Organizations With Fuel Cell
Information
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market driving force for micro fuel cells is the demand for better energy
sources than batteries. Renewable energy is needed to be the base source.
Batteries are a chemical process, but they do not last long enough. Fuel cells
promise to provide more reliable, longer portable power than batteries.
Investment is needed to decrease the micro fuel cell component costs. Economies
of scale are needed to make micro fuel cells competitive. Micro fuel cell
systems are far less expensive than the alternative battery technologies in the
long run.
Micro fuel cell products compete with power systems that utilize both direct
and indirect energy conversion methods. Direct conversion may involve fuels
such as methanol, ethanol and sodium borohydride that are converted into
electrons through a direct fuel cell system.
During the war in Iraq, the military ran out of batteries. Supply managers took
batteries out of every other location worldwide. Battery companies worked 24 x
7 and could not product the needed batteries. Three days of batteries were on
hand when the war ended. The military has to build a micro fuel cell substitute
for batteries.
The market demand for these fuel cells is evolving. Mass-market acceptance is
anticipated by 2008, with 145 million units in sales by 2010. The strong growth
is anticipated to be starting in 2007 and 2008.
Markets are strongly impacted by the timing of the approval of letting unit be
carried in the cabin of an airplane. Units are now approved for the baggage
hold of an aircraft, leading one to believe that approval in 2007 is a
reasonable expectation. The concern has been handling of explosive materials.
The market demand for micro fuel cells is building towards mass-market
acceptance by 2008. Markets are anticipated to be $510-million worldwide by
2008, with the strong growth occurring in 2007 and 2008 as technology becomes
mature and products start to work.
By 2013, micro fuel cell markets reach $11 billion. This represents a range of
PC, handset, PDA, and digital device segments in a variety of industry,
military, and health care segments.
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Toshiba |
Johnson Matthey |
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