16 Apr 2025

Webinar on Direct Air Capture Developments
Thursday 1 May 2025 - Direct Air Capture Developments: Technology Innovations, Supply Chains, and Electrochemical Methods; Status of direct air capture and leading players; Key strategies for reducing capture costs for direct air capture; Contextualizing direct air capture within voluntary carbon credit markets and the wider carbon dioxide removal space
16 Apr 2025

Aerogel Players Navigating Tariff Uncertainty to Meet Growing Demand
Aerogel demand for EV fire protection grew by 15-fold between 2021 and 2024, according to IDTechEx, with key manufacturers shifting towards leveraging the growing aerogel manufacturing capacity in China to meet demand. But, with the US imposing tariffs on China and other global partners, what does this mean for the aerogels market?
Full profile interview
16 Apr 2025

Vartega
Vartega is a US-based company focussed on recycling end of life carbon fibre reinforced polymer composite waste. IDTechEx spoke with Andrew Maxey, CEO and Founder.
Update
16 Apr 2025

Koppert
Koppert is an agritech company based in the Netherlands focused on biological solutions for agriculture.
Update interview
16 Apr 2025

Clairity Tech
Clairity Tech is a US-based solid sorbent DAC company, focused on lower purity streams of carbon dioxide for ex-situ mineralization. This profile is based on a presentation from Clairity's CEO Glen Meyerowitz at the Global DAC Conference 2025.
Full profile interview
16 Apr 2025

Xcimer Energy Corporation
Xcimer Energy Inc. (Xcimer Energy Corporation) is a commercial fusion company pursuing the laser-driven inertial confinement fusion approach using deuterium-tritium fuel.
Background
16 Apr 2025

Cymbet Corporation
Cymbet Corporation, founded in 2000, is a privately held company specializing in the development and commercialization of thin-film, solid-state energy storage solutions. Headquartered in New Brighton, Minnesota, with additional facilities in Lubbock, Texas, Cymbet has been working in eco-friendly, rechargeable solid-state batteries for microelectronic systems. The company's innovative EnerChip™ technology is designed for applications such as medical devices, sensors, RFID, industrial control systems, and portable electronics.
Innovation Map
15 Apr 2025

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Carbon Capture
Innovation map of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for carbon capture.
15 Apr 2025

Driving the Uptake of Sustainable Plastics for Automotives
Recycling plastics from the automotive sector and reusing them in vehicle manufacturing processes will be critical in reducing resource consumption and the use of unsustainable plastics.
Innovation Map
15 Apr 2025

Hydrogen-Based Green Steel Production
Innovation map of hydrogen-based green steel production.
Innovation Map
15 Apr 2025

Decarbonizing Existing Steel Plants
Innovation map for decarbonizing existing steel plants.
15 Apr 2025

Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Set to Become Billion-Dollar Industry
Lithium-sulfur is already seeing development across multiple continents and is expected to achieve mass production by 2033. IDTechEx predicts that by 2035, the lithium-sulfur market will exceed US$1.3 billion.
Update
15 Apr 2025

Hydrogen Mem-Tech
Hydrogen Mem-Tech is a Norwegian technology company that makes palladium-based gas separation systems for hydrogen applications. This is an update from IDTechEx's 2023 profile on the company.
Full profile interview
15 Apr 2025

Natron Energy
Natron Energy develops sodium-ion batteries based on Prussian blue electrode chemistry. The company supplies energy storage solutions for applications such as data centers, oil and gas, aviation, solar, and other industrial sectors.
Full profile interview
15 Apr 2025

NVIDIA: Telecommunications
NVIDIA is a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing that is becoming an important technology partner in the telecommunications industry. While it does not provide traditional network equipment, NVIDIA supports telecom operators through AI infrastructure, automation tools, and simulation technologies that enable more efficient, software-defined networks. This company profile explores NVIDIA's position, partnerships, and activities within the telecom space.
Full profile interview
15 Apr 2025

ITER
ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is a multi-national fusion research and engineering project.
Full profile interview
14 Apr 2025

nanoCaps
nanoCaps is a Norwegian startup specialized in developing supercapacitor electrodes. IDTechEx spoke with CEO Egill Elvestad and Chairman and Co-founder Per Øhlckers of nanoCaps. This profile is based on the interview in March 2025.
14 Apr 2025

EU Weakens Key Sustainable Plastics Goal for Automakers
The EU has revised its End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV) Directive, lowering recycled plastic targets from 25% to 20% due to supply chain limitations, while maintaining stricter rules on recyclability, producer responsibility, and vehicle exports. IDTechEx forecasts that automakers will still face major hurdles, including limited material availability, high costs, and fragmented supply chains, in meeting these goals by 2035.
Update interview
14 Apr 2025

Azotic Technologies
Azotic Technologies are an agritech company specialized in nitrogen-fixing bacteria for sustainable agriculture.
14 Apr 2025

The Rising Significance of Raw Materials for the Li-Ion Industry
Battery raw materials are in the spotlight as lithium-ion demand surges alongside growing emphasis on sustainability. Variations in material emission intensities suggest that major decarbonization opportunities exist in raw materials sourcing.