Energy Harvesting Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, Nanotechnology, 2012-2018

Table of Contents

 

Energy Harvesting Executive Summary 

 

Energy Harvesting Executive Summary   ES-1

Energy Harvesting Market ES-1

Wireless Sensor Nodes  ES-4

Energy Harvesting Minimization of Power Consumption  ES-6

Energy Harvesting Market Shares  ES-7

Energy Harvesting Market Forecasts  ES-9

 

Energy Harvesting WinterGreen Research Opinion  

 

WinterGreen Research Opinion  Opinion -1

Energy Harvesting Market Analysis  Opinion -1

Energy Harvester Benefits  Opinion -2

Energy Harvesting Challenges  Opinion -2

Energy Harvesting Current Limitations and Future Issues  Opinion -4

Energy Harvesting Standards  Opinion -5

IBM Smarter Planet Description  Opinion -5

Advantages  Opinion -5

Innovations  Opinion -6

Challenges  Opinion -6

Marlow Industries Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -6

Advantages  Opinion -7

Innovations  Opinion -7

Challenges  Opinion -7

EnOcean GmbH Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -8

Advantages  Opinion -8

Innovations  Opinion -8

Challenges  Opinion -9

Northrop Grumman Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -9

Advantages  Opinion -9

Innovations  Opinion -9

Challenges  Opinion -9

Perpetua Description  Opinion -10

Advantages  Opinion -10

Innovations  Opinion -10

Challenges  Opinion -10

GE Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -10

Advantages  Opinion -11

Innovations  Opinion -11

Challenges  Opinion -11

Alphabet Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -12

Advantages  Opinion -12

Innovations  Opinion -12

Challenges  Opinion -13

Micropelt GmbH Description  Opinion -13

Advantages  Opinion -13

Innovations  Opinion -13

Challenges  Opinion -13

Omron Energy Harvesting Description  Opinion -14

Reference Market Research Study  Opinion -14

 

Energy Harvesting Market Description and Market Dynamics 

 

1.    Energy Harvesting Market

Description and Market Dynamics   1-1

1.1   World Economy Undergoing A Transformation  1-1

1.1.1    Energy Harvesting Process Of Converting Energy

From External Sources  1-2

1.1.2    Energy Is Everywhere In The Environment 1-5

1.1.3    Energy Harvesting  1-5

1.1.4    Wireless Sensor Nodes Powered By Batteries  1-6

1.2   Zero Power Wireless Sensors  1-7

1.2.1    Energy Processors and Solid State Batteries

Enable Zero Power Wireless Sensors  1-8

1.3   Energy Harvesting Value  1-9

1.3.1    Energy Harvesting Applications  1-10

1.3.2    Common Sources of Energy for Harvesting  1-12

1.4   Components of an Energy Harvesting System   1-14

1.5   Smarter Computing  1-15

1.5.1    Energy Harvesting Power Management Solutions  1-18

1.6   Energy Harvesting Target Markets  1-19

1.7   Smart Buildings / Energy Harvesting  1-20

1.7.1    Permanent Power for Wireless Sensors  1-21

1.7.2    Electric Grid Energy Harvesting Services For Smart Buildings  1-23

1.7.3    Commercial Applications For Advanced Batteries  1-24

1.7.4    Challenges in Energy Harvesting System Design  1-25

1.7.5    Ultra Capacitors  1-28

1.7.6    Fuel Cells  1-28

1.8   Transportation Industry Target Market 1-29

1.8.1    Transportation Use of Energy Harvesting  1-29

1.9   Energy Storage For Grid Stabilization  1-35

1.9.1    Local Energy Storage Benefit For Utilities  1-36

1.10     Applications Require On-Printed Circuit Board

Battery Power  1-37

1.10.1  Thin-film vs. Printed Batteries  1-37

1.11     Battery Safety / Potential Hazards  1-39

1.12     Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction  1-39

1.13     Battery Is Electrochemical Device  1-41

1.14     Battery Depends On Chemical Energy  1-42

 

Energy Harvesting Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

 

2.    Energy Harvesting: Vibration, Thermovoltaics,

Piezoelectrics Market Shares and Forecasts   2-1

2.1   Energy Harvesting Market 2-1

2.1.1    Wireless Sensor Nodes  2-4

2.1.2    Energy Harvesting Minimization of Power Consumption  2-6

2.2   Energy Harvesting Market Shares  2-7

2.2.1    Northrop Grumman  2-10

2.2.2    EnOcean Equipped Devices  2-11

2.2.3    EnOcean-Enabled Wireless Networks  2-12

2.2.4    EnOcean-Enabled Wireless Networks Installed In

Over 200,000 Buildings  2-14

2.2.5    EnOcean Alliance  2-14

2.2.6    Arveni 2-15

2.2.7    GE HabiTEQ Systems / EnOcean Energy-

Harvesting Joint Venture  2-15

2.2.8    Silicon Laboratories  2-16

2.2.9    Perpetua  2-17

2.2.10  Perpetuum   2-22

2.2.11  MicroGen Systems  2-26

2.2.12  KCF Technologies  2-26

2.2.13  Alphabet Silicon-Based Technology  2-29

2.2.14  Arveni's Microgenerator Transforms Mechanical Energy  2-29

2.2.15  Arveni Has Technology Specific To Piezo Energy Harvesting  2-30

2.2.16  Boeing  2-30

2.2.17  Marlow Industries  2-31

2.2.18  Marlow Industries Inc  2-31

2.2.19  Cymbet 2-31

2.2.20  Infinite Power Solutions –  2-32

2.2.21  Micropelt Energy Harvesting: 2-33

2.2.22  Dust Networks  2-33

2.2.23  Ferro Solutions  2-34

2.2.24  IBM Positions To Support Sensor Networks  2-34

2.2.25  GE Energy  2-38

2.2.26  Tadiran Batteries  2-38

2.2.27  GMZ   2-38

2.2.28  Cymtox  2-39

2.2.29  Ferro Solutions  2-39

2.2.30  Polatis Photonics  2-40

2.2.31  Rockwell Scientific  2-40

2.2.32  Omron Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)

Based Sensors  2-41

2.2.33  Omron Photovoltaic Inverter Technology  2-41

2.2.34  Selex Galileo  2-41

2.2.35  II-VI Incorporated  2-42

2.2.36  Leading Energy Harvesting Market Participants by Technology  2-43

2.3   Energy Harvesting Market Forecasts  2-47

2.3.1    Smart City Energy Harvesting Shipments Market Forecasts  2-50

2.3.2    Transportation Rail and Electric Vehicle

Energy Harvesting Market Forecasts  2-54

2.3.3    Smart Building Energy Harvesting Shipments Market Forecasts  2-55

2.3.4    Smart Grid Meter and Substation Energy

Harvesting Market Forecasts  2-60

2.3.5    Sensor Nodes  2-63

2.3.6    Military Use of Energy Sensing  2-64

2.3.7    Global Desalination Industry  2-67

2.3.8    Energy Harvesting Market Industry Segments,  Units  2-71

2.4   Energy Harvesting Pricing  2-75

2.4.1    Silicon Labs Energy Harvesting Pricing  2-76

2.4.2    EnOcean products  2-77

2.4.3    Selected Energy Harvesting Unit Retail Prices  2-79

2.4.4    Thin Film Battery: STM, IPS, Cymbet, GS  2-82

2.4.5    Thermal EH solutions  2-88

2.5   Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares, Dollars  2-91

2.6   Thin Film And Printed Battery Market Forecasts  2-93

2.7   Smarter Computing Depends on Instrumented Devices  2-99

2.7.1    IBM The Leader In Smart Computing By A Wide Margin              2-101

2.7.2    Advantages Offered By SOA   2-102

2.7.3    SOA As An Architecture  2-104

2.7.4    Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces  2-105

2.7.5    Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces  2-106

2.7.6    IBM WebSphere Product Set Leverages Thin Film Batteries  2-107

2.7.7    Thin Film Batteries Market Shares  2-112

2.8   Nanotechnology Providing Next Generation Systems  2-112

2.8.1    Nanotechnology Thin Film Batteries  2-113

2.8.2    Silver Nanoplates Silicon Strategy Shows Promise

For Batteries  2-116

2.8.3    Argonne Scientists Watch Nanoparticles  2-117

2.8.4    Thin Film Batteries Use Nanotechnology to Achieve

Combining Better Performance With Lower Cost 2-117

2.9   Energy Harvesting Geographical Region Analysis  2-118

2.9.1    Geographical Region Analysis  2-120

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Harvesting Product Description  

 

3. Energy Harvesting Product Description   3-1

3.1   Energy Harvesting Devices  3-1

3.2   Marlow Industries Inc  3-1

3.2.1    Marlow Industries Converting Small Degrees Of

 Temperature Difference Into Milliwatts Of Electrical Power 3-3

3.3   Micropelt Energy Harvesting: 3-6

3.3.1    Micropelt Two Micro Thermogenerators In Series  3-7

3.3.2    Micropelt Thermoharvester 3-8

3.4   EnOcean  3-10

3.4.1    EnOcean ECT 310 - Thermo Energy Harvesting  3-11

3.4.2    EnOcean Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Solutions  3-13

3.4.3    EnOcean Alliance Energy Harvesting Solutions  3-18

3.4.4    EnOcean-Enabled Wireless Networks  3-18

3.4.5    EnOcean Alliance  3-20

3.5   Arveni 3-24

3.5.1    Arveni's Microgenerator Transforms Mechanical Energy  3-25

3.6   Boeing  3-27

3.7   Ferro Solutions  3-30

3.7.1    Ferro Solutions Energy Harvesters  3-31

3.7.2    Ferro Solutions Inductive and PME. 3-31

3.7.3    Ferro Solutions Piezo-based PME Energy Harvesters  3-32

3.7.4    Ferro Solutions  3-32

 

3.8   KCF Technologies  3-34

3.8.1    KCF Technologies Energy Harvesting for WMD

Detection Systems  3-34

3.8.2    KCF Technologies Wireless Accelerometer with

Ultra-Compact Energy Harvesting for Rotorcraft 3-37

3.8.3    KCF Technologies Harvester-Powered Wireless

Accelerometers for Extreme Temperature Monitoring in

Fossil Fuel Power Plants  3-38

3.8.4    KCF Technologies Wireless Vibration Sensors for

Shipboard Environments with Broadband Energy Harvesting  3-40

3.8.5    KCF Technologies Harvester-Powered Wireless

Sensors for Industrial Machine Monitoring and Condition

Based Maintenance  3-41

3.8.6    KCF Technologies Piezoelectric and Smart Material Devices  3-43

3.8.7    KCF Technologies Compact Narrowband High-Acoustic

 Sound Source for Particle Agglomeration  3-44

3.8.8    KCF Technologies Low-Cost Liquid Atomization and

Dispensing with a Miniature Piezoelectric Device  3-46

3.8.9    KCF Technologies Extreme Amplitude

Piezoelectric Noise Source for HUMVEE Air Filter Cleaning  3-47

3.8.10  KCF Technologies High-Temperature

Piezoelectric Alarm for Personnel Safety Devices  3-48

3.8.11  KCF Technologies Micro-Robot Swarms for

Desktop Manufacturing  3-49

3.9   Trophos Energy  3-49

3.10     Millennial Net Wireless Sensor Network: 3-53

3.11     BYD-Developed Fe Battery  3-54

3.12     Researchers at MIT   3-55

3.13     Linear Technology  3-59

3.13.1  Linear Technology Corporation  3-59

3.14     ReVolt Technologies  3-63

3.14.1  ReVolt Technologies Button Cell Air Electrode  3-64

3.14.2  ReVolt Technology Partners With BASF  3-66

3.15     Cymbet Energizing Innovation  3-68

3.15.1  Cymbet Products  3-70

3.15.2  Cymbet Rechargeable EnerChips and Effective Capacity  3-71

3.15.3  Cymbet Development Support 3-75

3.15.4  Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage for Embedded Energy, Power Back-up and Energy Harvesting  3-75

3.15.5  Cymbet Energy Harvesting  3-78

3.15.6  Cymbet Zero Power Devices  3-81

3.15.7  ComtexCymbet EnerChip™ Thin-Film Batteries  3-82

3.15.8  Cymbet's EnerChip and Energy Harvesting Solutions  3-82

3.15.9  Cymbet EnerChip Solid State Battery Energy

Harvesting (EH) / TI's LaunchPad Development Kit 3-83

3.15.10  Cymbet Corporation  3-83

3.15.11  Cymbet’s EnerChip™ EP CBC915, 3-84

3.16     Infinite Power Solutions (IPS)—    3-86

3.16.1  Infinite Power Solutions High-Volume Production Line for TFBs –  3-87

3.16.2  Infinite Power Solutions Solid-State, Rechargeable

Thin-Film Micro-Energy Storage Devices  3-87

3.16.3  Infinite Power Solutions IPS THINERGY® MEC Products  3-88

3.16.4  Infinite Power Solutions THINERGY MEC   3-88

3.16.5  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. Recharge

From A Regulated 4.10 V Source  3-90

3.16.6  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. SRAM Backup Guidelines  3-91

3.16.7  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. SRAM Backup Power Solution  3-92

3.16.8  Infinite Power Solutions Recharging THINERGY

 Micro-Energy Cells  3-95

3.16.9  Infinite Power Solutions Charging Methods  3-95

3.16.10  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. THINERGY MECs  3-97

3.16.11  MicroGen Systems and Infinite Power Solutions

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) 3-98

3.16.12  Maxim Integrated, Infinite Power Solutions IC to

Integrate All Of The Power-Management Functions For

Ambient Energy Harvesting  3-99

3.16.13  Maxim Integrated Products (Nasdaq:MXIM)

MAX17710 IC Integrates Power-Management 3-100

3.16.14  Maxim / Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS)

THINERGY(R) Solid-State, Rechargeable MEC Battery Products  3-103

3.16.15  Maxim introduces MAX17710 PMIC ::

Uniquely enables Energy Harvesting with THINERGY MECs  3-103

3.16.16  IPS iTHINERGY ADP  3-104

3.16.17  IPS and ITT  3-105

3.16.18  Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS)— 

Global Leader In Manufacturing Solid-State  3-106

3.16.19  Infinite Power Solutions (IPS) 3-106

3.17     Schneider Electric Lighting Control Solutions for

Comprehensive Facility Energy Management 3-107

3.18     Planar  3-107

3.18.1  Planar Energy Devices –  3-108

3.18.2  Planar Energy’s Solid State Batteries New Deposition Process  3-110

3.18.3  Planar Energy Print Guide to Recent Battery Advances  3-113

3.18.4  Planar Lithium Manganese Dioxide Nanotechnology  3-114

3.18.5  Planar Energy Devices PowerPlane MXE Module  3-116

3.19     IBM Energy Scavenging, Power Scavenging –  3-117

3.20     Cubic Global Tracking Solutions  3-118

3.21     Perpetuum   3-119

3.21.1  Perpetuum PMG Rail: Transportation / Powering

 Wireless Rail Monitoring Solutions  3-119

3.21.2  Perpetuum Engineering Evaluation and Development 3-120

3.21.3  Perpetuum Condition Monitoring  3-120

3.21.4  Perpetuum Condition Monitoring Technology To

 Predict Failure  3-125

3.21.5  Perpetuum Holistic View Of Equipment Condition  3-125

3.21.6  Perpetuum Need For Greater Accuracy In

Condition Assessment Failure Prediction  3-126

3.21.7  Perpetuum PMG FSH Free Standing Harvester

Integrated Perpetual Power Solutions: 3-127

3.21.8  Perpetuum Powering Wireless Rail Monitoring Solutions  3-128

3.21.9  Perpetuum Machine Vibration/Motion Energy Harvesting  3-128

3.21.10  Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvesting  3-129

3.21.11  Perpetuum Vibration Source  3-146

3.21.12  Perpetuum Resonant Frequency: Tuning the

Vibration Energy Harvester 3-147

3.21.13  Perpetuum Vibration Level: Achieving Maximum

Power Output 3-147

3.21.14  Perpetuum Basic Operating Principles Of A

Vibration Energy Harvester 3-150

3.22     Microchip Technology Inc  3-160

3.23     MicroGen Systems  3-161

3.24     MicroStrain  3-164

3.25     Nextreme Thermal Solutions  3-164

3.26     Patria  3-165

3.27     University of Michigan ISSCC   3-165

3.27.1  University of Michigan Intra-Ocular Pressure Monitor

(IOPM) Device Ultra-Low Power Management 3-166

3.27.2  University of Michigan Intra-Ocular Pressure

Monitor (IOPM) Device EH Wireless Sensor Components  3-167

3.27.3  University of Michigan Intra-Ocular Pressure

Monitor (IOPM) Device Building Millimeter Scale

EH-Based Computers  3-168

3.27.4  Permanent Power Using Cymbet Solid State

Rechargeable Batteries  3-169

3.28     VigilX   3-170

3.29     MacSema  3-170

3.30     Omron Corp. 3-171

3.30.1  Omron Photovoltaic Inverter Technology  3-171

3.31     Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Systems  3-171

3.31.1  Silicon Labs Energy Harvesting Tipping

Point for Wireless Sensor Applications  3-175

3.31.2  Silicon Laboratories Low-Power Optimization  3-176

3.31.3  Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Systems  3-177

3.31.4  Silicon Labs Minimizing The Amount Of Time

The Radio Is On  3-178

3.31.5  Silicon Laboratories Managing Harvested Energy  3-179

3.31.6  Silicon Labs Ability To Power Wireless Sensor Nodes  3-183

3.31.7  Silicon Labs Powers Wireless Node with

Energy Harvesting  3-183

3.32     Modern Water plc / Cymtox Limited  3-184

3.32.1  Modern Water plc / Cymtox Limited  3-185

3.33     Schneider Electric  185

3.34     ABB   186

3.34.1  GMZ   3-187

3.35     Kelk  3-188

3.36     Alphabet Energy  3-188

3.37     Perpetua  3-190

3.38     Phonomic Devices  3-195

3.39     ARPA-E Awardees $100 Million to Advance

Clean Energy Technologies  3-196

 

Energy Harvesting Technology 

 

4. Energy Harvesting Technology   4-1

4.1   Wireless Sensor Solutions For Use In Buildings And Industrial Installations - Green. Smart. Wireless. 4-1

4.1.1    Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Solution  4-1

4.1.2    EnOcean Dolphin Interoperable System Architecture  4-3

4.2   Nanotechnology Graphene  4-5

4.2.1    Nanoscale Semiconductor Materials: 4-7

4.2.2    Nanotechnology Nanomaterials  4-8

4.3   Components of an Energy Harvesting System   4-8

4.4   Piezoelectric Devices  4-9

4.4.1    Polymer Film Substrate for Thin Flexible Profile  4-10

4.4.2    Comparison Of Battery Performances  4-11

4.5   Energy Densities  4-11

4.5.1    Lithium-Ion Batteries  4-16

4.5.2    Power Scavenging  4-17

4.5.3    Temperature Gradients  4-18

4.5.4    Human Power 4-18

4.5.5    Pressure Variations  4-19

4.5.6    Vibrations  4-19

4.6   Energy Harvesting Known As Power Harvesting

Or Energy Scavenging  4-21

4.6.1    Engine Coatings  4-21

4.6.2    Self-Sustaining Materials  4-22

4.6.3    Artificial Neural Networks  4-23

4.6.4    Cloud Computing Social Networking- 4-23

4.7   Fabrication Of High Energy And Power Density

Thin-Film Super-Capacitors  4-24

4.8   Silicon Carbide Substrate Market 4-24

4.9   Fraunhofer Institute  4-25

4.10     Tadiran Batteries  4-26

4.11     Perpetua  4-26

4.12     ZigBee® Alliance  4-30

4.13     ALD Energy Harvesting Modules  4-31

4.14     Advanced Cerametrics  4-31

 

 

Energy Harvesting Company Profiles 

 

5. Energy Harvesting Company Profiles   5-1

5.1   ABB   5-1

5.1.1    ABB and IO Deliver Direct Current-Powered Data Center Module  5-1

5.1.2    ABB / Validus DC Systems DC power infrastructure equipment 5-2

5.2   Adaptive Materials Technology - Adaptamat Ltd  5-5

5.3   Alphabet Energy  5-6

5.3.1    Alphabet Energy Inexpensive Waste Heat Recovery Technology  5-8

5.3.2    Alphabet Thermoelectrics  5-10

5.4   Arrow Electronics  5-11

5.5   American Elements, USA   5-11

5.6   Avnet 5-12

5.7   Arveni 5-12

5.8   BAE Systems  5-15

5.8.1    BAE Key Facts  5-17

5.8.2    BAE Strategy  5-17

5.8.3    BAE Operational Framework  5-18

5.8.4    BAE Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 5-18

5.8.5    BAE Systems Ant Size Robot 5-18

5.8.6    BAE Project Management 5-20

5.8.7    BAE Engineering  5-22

5.8.8    BAE Personal Robots  5-24

5.8.9    BAE Systems Large UGV   5-25

5.8.10  BAE Systems Plc (BAES.L) Hired Advisors To

Sell Part Of Its North American Commercial Aerospace Business  5-25

5.9   Boeing  5-26

5.9.1    Boeing Automated Identification Technology (AIT) 5-27

5.9.2    Boeing Structural Health Monitoring  5-31

5.9.3    Boeing Aircraft Health Monitoring  5-32

5.9.4    Boeing  5-33

5.9.5    Boeing 787 Dreamliner 5-34

5.9.6    Boeing 787 Dreamliner Performance  5-35

5.9.7    Boeing Advanced Technology  5-35

5.9.8    Boeing Participation In Commercial Jet Aircraft Market 5-36

5.9.9    Boeing Participation In Defense Industry Jet Aircraft Market 5-37

5.9.10  Boeing Defense, Space & Security  5-37

5.9.11  Boeing Advanced Military Aircraft: 5-38

5.9.12  Boeing Military Aircraft 5-39

5.9.13  Boeing Continuing Progress  5-45

5.9.14  Boeing-iRobot Team Receives New SUGV

Task Order From US Army  5-45

5.10     CST   5-46

5.11     Cymbet 5-47

5.11.1  Cymbet Team: 5-48

5.11.2  Cymbet Investors: 5-48

5.11.3  Cymbet Investors  5-48

5.11.4  Cymbet Partners, Sales and Distribution: 5-49

5.11.5  Cymbet Manufacturing: 5-50

5.11.6  Cymbet to Open World's Highest Volume

Solid-State Battery Manufacturing Facility  5-50

5.11.7  Cymbet Partnering with X-FAB   5-50

5.11.8  Cymbet / X-FAB, Inc. 5-51

5.11.9  Cymbet Expanding in Minnesota  5-51

5.11.10  Cymbet / LEDA   5-52

5.11.11  Distribution Agreement EnerChip™ Eco-Friendly

Solid State Batteries  5-52

5.11.12  Cymbet EVAL-09 Utilizes Harnessing Ambient Energy  5-53

5.11.13  Cymbet Secures $31 Million in Private Financing  5-53

5.12     Digi International 5-54

5.12.1  Digi International Revenue  5-54

5.12.2  Digi International Business Highlights: 5-56

5.13     Dust Networks  5-57

5.13.1  Dust Networks Self-Powered IPV6 Wireless Sensor Network  5-57

5.14     EnOcean GmbH   5-59

5.14.1  EnOcean Technology  5-61

5.15     Finmeccanica  5-62

5.15.1  Finmeccanica  /  SELEX Galileo  5-63

5.15.2  SELEX Galileo Inc. 5-63

5.15.3  SELEX Galileo Technologies  5-64

5.16     Flexible Electronics Concepts  5-66

5.17     Ferro Solutions  5-66

5.17.1  Ferro Solutions  5-70

5.18     Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS  5-74

5.19     General Electric Company  5-75

5.19.1  GE Energy Wireless Condition Monitoring System /

Perpetuum Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesting Device  5-76

5.19.2  GE HabiTEQ Systems and EnOcean Energy-

Harvesting Technology Joint Venture  76

5.19.3  General Electric / EnOcean Equipped Devices

Sensors Fit In Ultra-Thin Switches On Glass Panels  5-77

5.19.4  GE Smart Energy Technologies  5-78

5.20     GMZ   5-78

5.21     Honeywell 5-79

5.21.1  Honeywell Energy-Harvesting Sensing and Control 5-79

5.22     Infinite Power Solutions  5-81

5.22.1  Infinite Power Solutions Solid-State, Thin-Film Batteries  5-81

5.22.2  Infinite Power Solutions Micro-Energy Storage Devices  5-82

5.22.3  Infinite Power Solutions Battery Applications  5-82

5.22.4  Infinite Power Solutions And Tokyo Electron Device Global Distribution Agreement 5-82

5.22.5  Infinite Power Solutions Raises $20.0m In

Series C Financing  5-83

5.23     Inventec  5-84

5.24     IO   5-85

5.25     ITN Lithium Technology  5-86

5.25.1  ITN’s Lithium EC sub-Division Focused On

Development And Commercialization of EC   5-87

5.25.2  ITN’s SSLB Division Thin-Film Battery Technology  5-87

5.25.3  ITN Lithium Air Battery  5-88

5.25.4  ITN Fuel Cell 5-90

5.25.5  ITN Thin-film Deposition Systems  5-92

5.25.6  ITN Real Time Process Control 5-94

5.25.7  ITN Plasmonics  5-98

5.26     II-VI incorporated / Marlow Industries  5-99

5.26.1  II-VI Incorporated (NASDAQ: IIVI) 5-100

5.26.2  II-VI Incorporated / Marlow Infrared And

Near-Infrared Laser Optical Elements  102

5.26.3  II-VI incorporated / Marlow Markets  5-104

5.27     KCF Technologies Inc  5-104

5.28     Kelk  5-105

5.29     Levant Power  5-109

5.30     Micropelt 5-109

5.31     Millennial Net 5-110

5.31.1  Millennial Net Wireless Sensor Network: 5-111

5.31.2  Millennial Net’s MeshScape GO WSN Technology  5-112

5.32     Modern Water  5-113

5.33     Nature Technology  5-115

5.34     Nextreme  5-116

5.35     Northrop Grumman  5-116

5.35.1  Northrop Grumman Smart Grid  5-117

5.35.2  Northrop Grumman  5-118

5.35.3  Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) Spinning

Off Or Selling Its Shipbuilding Business  5-119

5.35.4  Northrop Grumman Remotec Robots  5-119

5.35.5  Northrop Grumman Opens New Facilities for

Design and Manufacture of Unmanned Ground

 Vehicles in Coventry  5-120

5.35.6  Northrop Grumman Business Sectors: 5-122

5.35.7  Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems  5-125

5.36     OMRON   5-126

5.36.1  Omron Revenue  5-127

5.37     Planar Energy Devices –  5-129

5.37.1  DOE Selects Planar Energy for Oak Ridge

National Laboratory Collaborative R&D Program to

Advance Next-Generation Battery Development 5-131

5.38     Perpetua  5-133

5.39     Perpetuum   5-136

5.39.1  Perpetuum Alliances  5-136

5.40     Phononic Devices  5-137

5.41     Polatis Photonics  5-138

5.41.1  Polatis Technology and Products  5-139

5.42     PS  5-139

5.43     ReVolt Technology  5-140

5.43.1  Executives of BMW and Gould Join ReVolt’s

Advisory Leadership Team   5-140

5.44     Teledyne / Rockwell Scientific  5-141

5.45     Severn Water / Modern Water / Cymtox Limited  5-142

5.46     Silicon Labs  5-142

5.46.1  Silicon Laboratories Energy Harvesting Applications  5-143

5.47     Schneider Electric  5-143

5.48     Syngenta Sensors UIC   5-144

5.49     Texas Instruments  (TXN:NYSE) 5-144

5.49.1  Texas Instruments  5-146

5.50     Trophos Energy  5-146

5.51     University of California, Berkeley  5-148

5.52     University of Michigan  5-148

5.52.1  University of Michigan's Department of Electrical

Engineering and Computer Science Nano-Thin Sheets Of Metal 5-149

5.53     Zarlink Semiconductor AB   5-149

5.54     US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research

Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Seed Funding  5-151

5.55     Selected Energy Harvesting Market Participants  5-153

List of Tables and Figures

Energy Harvesting Executive Summary 

Table ES-1  ES-2

Energy Harvesting And Energy Storage Market Factors 

Table ES-2  ES-3

Energy Harvesting Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-3  ES-5

Energy Harvesting Wireless Network Applications 

Figure ES-4  ES-8

Energy Harvesting Market Shares, Dollars,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure ES-5  ES-11

Energy Harvesting Sensor Network Shipments,

Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Energy Harvesting WinterGreen Research Opinion  

Table 1

Challenges In Battery And Energy Harvesting System Design          Opinion -2

Energy Harvesting Market Description and Market Dynamics 

Table 1-1  1-3

Smarter Planet Sensor Network Systems Functions 

Figure 1-2  1-4

Energy Harvesting Circuit Board 

Figure 1-3  1-5

Energy Harvesting on Bear Sensor 

Table 1-4  1-11

Energy Harvesting Applications 

Table 1-5  1-13

Common Sources of Energy Harvesting 

Table 1-6  1-14

Components of an Energy Harvesting System  

Figure 1-7  1-17

IBM WebSphere Application Server Implements

Smarter Computing 

Table 1-8  1-19

Energy Harvesting Target Markets 

Table 1-9  1-22

Principal Features Used To Compare Rechargeable Batteries 

Table 1-10  1-26

Challenges in Battery and Energy Harvesting System Design 

Figure 1-11  1-32

BMW’s Mini E Electric Car Powered By A Rechargeable

Lithium-Ion Battery 

Table 1-12  1-33

Examples of Hybrid Electric Vehicles 

Figure 1-13  1-40

Typical Structure Of A Thin Film Solid State Battery 

Energy Harvesting Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

Table 2-1  2-2

Energy Harvesting And Energy Storage Market Factors 

Table 2-2  2-3

Energy Harvesting Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-3  2-5

Energy Harvesting Wireless Network Applications 

Figure 2-4  2-8

Energy Harvesting Market Shares, Dollars,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-5  2-9

Energy Harvesting Market Shares, Vibration,

Piezoelectric, Thermoelectric, Magnetic, Dollars,

Worldwide, First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-6  2-17

Perpetua Energy Harvesting Applications 

Figure 2-7  2-23

Perpetuum Markets Served By Industry 

Figure 2-8  2-24

Perpetuum ROI Addresses The Hidden Costs Of

Under Monitored Assets 

Figure 2-9  2-25

Perpetuum Estimates Number of BOP Machine

Assets Under Monitored Exceeds 70%   

Table 2-10  2-35

IBM Positions To Support Sensor Networks 

Figure 2-11  2-36

IBM Describes Smarter Plant Solutions Impact on IT  

Figure 2-12  2-37

IBM Strategic Vision for Innovation 

Table 2-13  2-43

Leading Energy Harvesting Market Participants by Technology 

Figure 2-14  2-49

Energy Harvesting Sensor Network Shipments, Market

Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-15  2-50

Energy Harvesting Sensor Network Shipments, Market

Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-16  2-52

Smart City Energy Harvesting Shipments Market

Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-17  2-53

Smarter Computing Depends on Instrumented Devices 

Figure 2-18  2-54

Transportation Rail and Electric Vehicle Energy
Harvesting Market Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-19  2-56

Number and Floor Space of US Commercial Buildings 

Figure 2-20  2-57

Energy Use Intensity for LEED Certified

Buildings (kBtu per Square Foot)

Figure 2-21  2-58

Smart Building Energy Harvesting Shipments

Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-22  2-59

Contractors And Construction Energy Harvesting

 Shipments Market Forecasts, Worldwide, Dollars, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-23  2-61

Smart Grid Meter Energy Harvesting Market

Forecasts Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-24  2-62

Smart Grid Substation Energy Harvesting

Shipments, Market Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-25  2-65

Airline / Space / Defense Industry Energy

Harvesting Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-26  2-66

Border and Perimeter Security Energy Harvesting

Shipments Market Forecasts, Dollars, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Table 2-27  2-69

Energy Harvesting Market Industry Segments,

Percent, Worldwide, 2012 -2018 

Table 2-28  2-70

Energy Harvesting Market Industry Segments,

Percent, Worldwide, 2012 -2018 

Figure 2-29  2-72

Energy Harvesting Market Industry Segments,

Units, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Table 2-30  2-73

Energy Harvesting Market Industry Segments,

Units, Worldwide, 2012-2018 

Figure 2-31  2-87

Marlow Energy Harvesting Device Price 

Figure 2-32  2-88

Nextreme Energy Harvesting Modules WPG-1

WRLES PWR GEN 1mW 3.3, 4.1 OR 5V  

                                               

Figure 2-33  2-89

MicroPelt Energy Harvester 

Figure 2-34  2-91

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares, Dollars,  2010 

Table 2-35  2-92

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Shares, Dollars,

Worldwide, 2010 and First Three Quarters 2011 

Figure 2-36  2-95

Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-37  2-96

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-38  2-96

Thin Film and Printed Battery Markets Forecasts Dollars,

Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Table 2-39  2-98

Thin Film and Printed Battery Market Industry Segments,

Percent, Worldwide, 2011-2017 

Figure 2-40  2-100

Smarter Computing Depends on Instrumented Devices 

Figure 2-41  2-101

Smarter Planet Impact on IT  

Table 2-42  2-103

Advantages Offered by SOA  

Table 2-41  2-106

Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-42  2-108

Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-43  2-109

Thin Film Battery Benefits 

Table 2-44  2-110

Comparison Of Battery Performance 

Figure 2-45  2-111

Thin Film Battery Energy Density 

Figure 2-46  2-116

Silver Nanoplates 

Table 2-47  2-119

Energy Harvesting Regional Market Segments, Dollars,

First Three Quarters 2011 

Table 2-48  2-120

Energy Harvesting Regional Market Segments, 2010 

Energy Harvesting Product Description  

Figure 3-1  3-2

Marlow Industries Evergen 

Table 3-2  3-4

Marlow Industries Evergen Energy Harvesting Solutions 

Figure 3-3  3-9

Micropelt Thermoharvester 

Figure 3-4  3-10

EnOcean ECO 100 - Motion Energy Harvesting 

Table 3-5  3-11

EnOcean Energy Harvesting Motion Converter 

Table 3-6  3-12

EnOcean Thermo Converter 

Table 3-7  3-13

EnOcean Energy Converters For Energy Harvesting

Wireless Applications 

Figure 3-8  3-14

EnOcean-Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks 

Table 3-9  3-19

EnOcean Alliance Energy Harvesting Solutions Advantages 

Table 3-10  3-21

EnOcean Energy Harvesting Sources 

Figure 3-11  3-22

EnOcean Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Technology 

Figure 3-12  3-23

EnOcean Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Devices 

Figure 3-13  3-24

Arveni Wireless Sensor 

Table 3-14  3-26

Arveni Micro Generator Features 

Table 3-15  3-27

Boeing Energy Harvesting Development Programs Functions 

Figure 3-16  3-29

Broadband Energy Harvester (Boeing )

Figure 3-17  3-30

Broadband Energy Harvester (Boeing )

Figure 3-18  3-32

Ferro Solutions Wireless Sensor Network 

Table 3-19  3-34

KCF Technologies Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors Offered 

Figure 3-20  3-35

KCF Technologies Smart Rod End for Wireless Monitoring

of Helicopter Rotor Components 

Figure 3-21  3-37

KCF Technologies Rotor Energy Harvesting Devices 

Figure 3-22  3-39

KCF Technologies Harvester-Powered Wireless Accelerometers 

Table 3-23  3-40

KCF Technologies Wireless Vibration Sensors for

Shipboard Environments 

Figure 3-24  3-42

KCF Technologies Harvester-Powered Wireless

Sensors for Industrial Machine Monitoring 

Table 3-25  3-43

KCF Technologies Energy Harvesting Devices 

Table 3-26  3-44

KCF Technologies Piezoelectric Devices 

Figure 3-27  3-45

KCF Technologies Compact Narrowband High-

Acoustic Sound Source 

Figure 3-28  3-46

KCF Technologies Liquid Atomization and Dispensing 

Figure 3-29  3-47

KCF Technologies Extreme Amplitude Piezoelectric

Noise Source for HUMVEE Air Filter Cleaning 

Table 3-30  3-51

Trophos Energy Marine Applications 

Table 3-31  3-51

Trophos Energy Land Applications 

Figure 3-32  3-52

Trophos Energy innovative Marine, Land, and Electrocics

Power Generation Products 

Figure 3-33  3-56

MIT Energy Harvesting Device Converts Low-Frequency

Vibrations Into Electricity 

Table 3-34  3-60

Linear Technology Comprehensive Line Of High

Performance Battery 

Figure 3-35  3-63

ReVolt TechnologieszFab Battery 

Table 3-36  3-65

ReVolt Button Cell Air Electrode 

Table 3-37  3-67

ReVolt Technology Partnership With BASF: Target Markets 

Table 3-38  3-69

Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage Energizing

Innovation Target Markets 

Table 3-39  3-70

Cymbet Solid State Energy Storage products 

Table 3-40  3-72

Cymbet EnerChip™ Solid-State Product Line 

Table 3-41  3-74

Cymbet's EnerChip Benefits 

Figure 3-42  3-76

Cymbet EnerChip CBC3105-BDC:

Table 3-43  3-77

Cymbet EnerChip CBC001-BDC: Target Markets 

Table 3-44  3-79

Cymbet Energy Harvesting Applications 

Table 3-45  3-89

Infinite Power Solutions THINERGY® Product Family 

Table 3-46  3-94

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. Maxim Energy Management Chips 

Table 3-47  3-94

Infinite Power Solutions, Inc.  Applications For Energy Harvester 

Table 3-48  3-96

Infinite Power Solutions Charging Methods 

Table 3-49  3-102

Wireless Sensor Network Applications 

Figure 3-50  3-111

Planar Energy’s Solid State Batteries Spraying Materials

Onto A Metal Substrate 

Table 3-51  3-120

Applications Powered By PMG Rail

Table 3-52  3-121

Perpetuum Condition Monitoring Technologies 

Table 3-53  3-122

Perpetuum Business Benefit To Dominate The

Industrial Maintenance Scene 

Figure 3-54  3-123

Perpetuum Vibration Energy-Harvesting Wireless

Sensor Node Components And Structure 

Figure 3-55  3-124

Perpetuum Switch Mode Efficiency 

Figure 3-56  3-130

Perpetuum Condition Assessment Need 

Figure 3-57  3-131

Perpetuum Condition Assessment Principle of Operation 

Figure 3-58  3-132

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvesting for Rail Cars 

Figure 3-59  3-133

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvesting for Rail

Wheels and Bearings 

Figure 3-60  3-134

Perpetuum Temperature Variation Energy Harvesting for

 Rail Wheels and Bearings 

Figure 3-61  3-135

Perpetuum Temperature Variation and Vibration

Energy Harvesting Wireless Network Solution 

Figure 3-62  3-136

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvesting Solution Benefits 

Figure 3-63  3-137

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting ROI for Ten Years 

Figure 3-64  3-138

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Current Produced 

Figure 3-65  3-139

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Power Measurement

Figure 3-66  3-140

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Wireless Monitoring 

Figure 3-67  3-141

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Installation 

Figure 3-68  3-142

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Innovation Solutions 

Figure 3-69  3-143

Perpetuum Energy Free Standing Harvesting Development Kit

Figure 3-70  3-144

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting Wireless

Monitoring and Automation 

Figure 3-71  3-145

Perpetuum Energy Harvesting of Under Monitored BOP Assets 

Figure 3-72  3-149

Perpetuum Power Output Spectrum  

Figure 3-73  3-150

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvester powering the

Wireless Sensor Node 

Figure 3-74  3-151

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvesters 

Figure 3-75  3-152

Perpetuum Power Solutions for Wireless Monitoring

and Automation 

Table 3-76  3-153

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvester (VEH) Functions 

Figure 3-77  3-154

Perpetuum Vibration Energy Harvester 

Table 3-78  3-155

Perpetuum Industrial Markets Served 

Figure 3-79  3-156

Perpetuum Markets Served By Industry 

Figure 3-80  3-157

Perpetuum ROI Addresses The Hidden Costs Of

Under Monitored Assets 

Figure 3-81  3-158

Perpetuum Estimates Number of BOP Machine Assets

Under Monitored Exceeds 70%   

Figure 3-82  3-159

Perpetuum Assessment of Machine Assets Under Monitored 

Table 3-83  3-161

MicroGen Systems Leveraging of Factors Converging To

Open Up Opportunity In Energy Harvesting 

Table 3-84  3-163

MicroGen Systems Energy Harvesting For Battlefield 

Figure 3-85  3-168

University of Michigan Intra-Ocular Pressure

Monitor (IOPM) Device Wireless Sensor Basic Elements 

Table 3-86  3-172

Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Applications 

Table 3-87  3-173

Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Solutions 

Table 3-88  3-174

Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Systems 

Figure 3-89  3-176

Silicon Laboratories Wireless Sensor Node Power Cycle 

Figure 3-90  3-180

Silicon Labs Solutions For Energy Harvesting Systems 

Figure 3-91  3-186

Schneider Electric Energy Harvesting 

Figure 3-92  3-190

Perpetua Renewable Energy Source for Wireless Sensors 

Figure 3-93  3-191

Perpetua Renewable Energy Source Applications 

Figure 3-94  3-192

Perpetua Energy Harvesting Device 

Table 3-95  3-193

Perpetua Thermoelectric Technology Key

Differentiating Features 

Figure 3-96  3-194

Perpetua Technology 

Energy Harvesting Technology 

Figure 4-1  4-2

Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Technology 

Figure 4-2  4-3

Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensor Solution 

Figure 4-3  4-4

EnOcean Dolphin Interoperable System Architecture 

Table 4-4  4-5

Energy Harvesting Modules Functions 

Figure 4-5  4-6

Graphene Nanostructure 

Figure 4-6  4-9

Piezoelectric Devices 

Table 4-7  4-12

Smarter Computing Market Driving Forces 

Table 4-8  4-13

Thin Film Battery Benefits 

Table 4-9  4-14

Comparison Of Battery Performance 

Figure 4-10  4-15

Thin Film Battery Energy Density 

Figure 4-11  4-20

Comparison of Power Density of Energy Harvesting Methods/

Figure 4-12  4-28

Perpetua Flexible Thermoelectric Film  

Figure 4-13  4-29

Perpetua Technology 

Energy Harvesting Company Profiles 

Table 5-1  5-4

ABB Product Launches 

Figure 5-2  5-6

Alphabet Energy Heat To Electricity Examples 

Figure 5-3  5-13

Arveni Wireless Sensor Block Diagram  

Table 5-4  5-14

ARVENI's Microgenerators Systems Functions 

Figure 5-5  5-24

BAE Military Robot in Development

Figure 5-6  5-29

Boeing Vulture technology 

Table 5-7  5-39

Boeing Military Aircraft Key programs 

Table 5-8  5-43

Boeing Unmanned Airborne Systems:

Table 5-9  5-44

Boeing Weapons:

Table 5-10  5-47

CST Target Markets 

Table 5-11  5-61

Selected Enocean Shareholders:

Figure 5-12  5-67

Ferro Solutions Energy Harvesters And Sensors 

Figure 5-13  5-68

Ferro Solutions Energy Harvesters And Sensors Target Markets 

Table 5-14  5-69

Ferro Solutions Selected Clients 

Table 5-15  5-70

Ferro Solutions Energy Harvester Uses 

Table 5-16  5-73

Ferro Solutions FS Energy Harvester Industrial & Process

Automation and Utilities 

Table 5-17  5-81

Honeywell Energy-Harvesting Sensing and Control

Table 5-18  5-89

ITN Technologies 

Figure 5-19  5-89

ITN Thin Film Battery Technology 

Figure 5-20  5-91

ITN Battery 

Figure 5-21  5-92

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Figure 5-22  5-93

ITN’s Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Table 5-23  5-96

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems Products and Services Offered 

Table 5-24  5-96

ITN Thin-Film Deposition Systems 

Figure 5-25  5-99

ITNIYN Fuel Cells

Table 5-26  5-105

KCF Technologies Core Technical Focus Areas 

Table 5-27  5-106

Kelk Recent Orders 

Table 5-28  5-112

Millennial Net’s MeshScape System Functions 

Table 5-29  5-113

MeshScape GO Deployment Components:

Omron Revenue 

Figure 5-30  5-133

Perpetua Renewable Energy Solutions For Wireless Sensors 

Figure 5-31  5-134

Perpetua Energy Harvesting Product Set

Table 5-32  5-135

Perpetua's Thermoelectric Technology Features 

Table 5-33  5-147

Trophos Energy Harvesting Power Solutions Applications