Energy & Decarbonization Reports and Subscriptions

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the commercial fusion energy market, including detailed timelines for the fusion industry, roadmaps and funding information, and a benchmarking scheme for the 7 leading fusion approaches. The technical challenges and key players for each fusion approach are analyzed in turn, along with a focus on opportunities for materials in fusion and business models for fusion startups.

This report comprehensively examines next-generation feedstocks for chemicals, including key technology innovations and commercial activity across the industry. It covers next-generation chemical feedstocks, extraction processes, and product applications. It includes granular 10-year market forecasts highlighting sustainable chemical production capacity which is set to grow at a CAGR of 16% over the next decade. This report reveals insight into drivers, challenges, and the economic viability of next-generation feedstocks for sustainable chemicals.

The steel sector, responsible for 7-9% of global CO₂ emissions, is evolving rapidly due to regulations and technological innovation. This IDTechEx report examines decarbonization pathways through 2035, analyzing both conventional and emerging steelmaking processes - from blast furnace modifications to hydrogen-based direct reduction and novel electrochemical approaches. Techno-economic comparisons evaluate production costs, emissions profiles, and technology readiness levels. IDTechEx's 10-year forecasts break down global steel production and green steel adoption by major regions and production methods. Case studies of established companies and startups highlight technologies approaching commercial viability, identifying dominant production methods, business models, and partnership opportunities across various steel end-use markets.

This IDTechEx report provides a market overview of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) solutions, covering engineered and nature-based net negative solutions that draw CO₂ from the atmosphere. The report explores the technological advancements (including emerging areas such as direct ocean capture and electrochemical direct air capture), carbon credit business models, and environmental aspects of the nascent CDR industry worldwide, identifying the challenges and opportunities for growth. Included are over 35 company profiles, forecasts covering carbon dioxide removal capacity and carbon credit revenue generated segmented into 8 durable engineered CDR technologies, and over 200 companies investigated.

This report analyses the entire thin film photovoltaics market, comprehensively covering the technologies, players and key trends. In depth assessment across 8 major thin film solar technologies is carried out alongside data driven benchmarking, application assessment and cost analysis. Forecasts see the entire thin film solar market exceed US$11 billion by 2035, with the emergence of perovskite photovoltaics a key growth driver.

Unlock the potential of solid-state batteries with our in-depth report. Covering market forecasts, cutting-edge technologies, electrolyte innovations, safety features, and regional activities, this report offers unparalleled insights. It also dives into cell-to-system design, manufacturing, recycling, and regulatory trends. With profiles of 46 key players, it's an ultimate guide to navigating the US$9 billion solid-state battery market by 2035.

This report characterizes green data center technologies, players, and markets. With coverage across solutions for reducing scope 2 emissions (renewable power generation and energy efficiency) and scope 3 emissions (carbon credits, green concrete, and decarbonized IT manufacturing), spanning over 170 companies, and market forecasts until 2035, it is a comprehensive study compiled for this topic. It reveals promising data center decarbonization technologies, ongoing investments, projected cost savings by switching to carbon-free energy, and future CO2 emission trends.

This report covers the entire perovskite photovoltaics market, including detailed assessment of the major technology types, key and emerging market players and data driven benchmarking. There is coverage across the whole solar power market, outlining the main applications for perovskite PV technology. Historic market data from 2010-2023, alongside in-depth company interviews and cost analysis, helps to formulate granular ten year market forecasts for the perovskite PV market, detailing a significant market growth to almost US$12 billion by 2035.

This report characterizes cement decarbonization technologies, markets, and players. With coverage across 40 different cement decarbonization solutions, spanning over 200 companies, and market forecasts from 2024 to 2035, it is the most comprehensive study compiled for this topic area. It reveals the most promising cement decarbonization technologies for investment and development over the coming decade. In total, cement decarbonization solutions will avoid a further 422 megatonnes of CO2 emissions by 2035.

This report provides in-depth assessment of the stationary fuel cell market, the technologies and players. Analysis of the six key fuel cell types, segmentation by the five major application areas and historic data from 2016-2024, is used to comprehensively review the entire market and provide a detailed outlook. Granular market forecasts, with 39 separate forecasting lines, outline the growth of the global stationary fuel cell market, set to exceed a value of US$8 billion by 2035.

Conventional first-generation biofuels, such as bioethanol and biodiesel, have seen rapid commercialization. However, many countries are now transitioning toward more advanced biofuels due to competition with food production, lifecycle emissions and land use change concerns. Advanced sustainable fuels can be produced from non-food feedstocks, including second, third, and fourth-generation biofuels, as well as e-fuels derived from renewable electricity, green hydrogen, and captured CO2. These synthetic fuels are designed to seamlessly integrate with existing internal combustion engines and global fuel infrastructure. In this report, IDTechEx provides an in-depth analysis of advanced biofuels (second generation and beyond) and e-fuels. The analysis covers production processes, relevant policies, key technological innovations, technology providers, and project developers. It also explores the techno-economic challenges and opportunities in the sector. The report focuses on key fuels such as renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), and renewable methanol, among others. Detailed market forecasts are provided, broken down by production regions (Europe, North America, South America, and APAC) and technological pathways (e.g., HEFA/HVO, gasification-FT, and power-to-liquids/e-fuels) for renewable diesel, SAF, and renewable methanol.

This report assesses the hydrogen internal combustion engine, both from a technical and an economic standpoint. Coverage across key transportation applications sectors, analysis of historic and contemporary H2ICE projects, and market forecasts from 2025 to 2045, this comprehensive study offers a realistic and data-driven assessment of H2ICE. It reveals significant opportunity, with a market of US$7 billion by 2045.

"Carbon Dioxide Utilization 2025-2045: Technologies, Market Forecasts, and Players" provides a comprehensive outlook of the global CO₂ utilization industry, with an in-depth analysis of the technological, economic, and environmental aspects that are set to shape this emerging market over the next twenty years. The report also includes a twenty-year granular forecast for the deployment of 11 CO₂U product categories, alongside 40+ interview-based company profiles.

This IDTechEx report characterizes CCUS markets, technologies, and players, providing coverage across point source carbon capture, direct air capture, CO₂ storage, CO₂ transportation, and emerging CO₂ utilization. It reveals significant momentum behind CCUS, with IDTechEx forecasting global CCUS capture capacity to reach 2.5 gigatonnes per annum by 2045. Forecasts encompass CCUS capacity by CO₂ endpoint (enhanced oil recovery, emerging utilization, or dedicated storage), CCUS capacity split by direct air capture vs point source capture, then further segmentation into 5 industrial sectors. Included are over 80 company profiles, with 350+ companies investigated in the report.

25% of global energy pollution comes from industrial heat production. However, emerging thermal energy storage (TES) technologies, using low-cost and abundant materials like molten salt, concrete and refractory brick are being commercialized, offering decarbonized heat for industrial processes. State-level funding and increased natural gas prices in key regions will drive TES market growth in industry. This IDTechEx report provides forecasts, and analyses on TES technologies, players, projects, and government initiatives.

Water electrolyzer systems for green hydrogen production are seeing continued technological innovation and improvement, with significant efforts and funding pouring into development of green hydrogen projects worldwide. IDTechEx is continuing its research into the green hydrogen space with this update of the Green Hydrogen Production: Electrolyzer Markets report released in 2023. This 2024 version provides more in-depth analysis of the four main technologies (AWE, PEMEL, AEMEL & SOEC), including more detailed information on operating principles, system performance characteristics, materials & components, balance of plant requirements (BOP), system case studies as well as key advantages and limitations of technologies. IDTechEx significantly expanded the electrolyzer system & stack supplier lists and system specifications across all four technologies. Project case studies, analysis of business models, and more nuanced considerations for the cost of green hydrogen production have been added. A database of electrolyzer suppliers, commercial systems specifications and planned electrolyzer manufacturing installations is provided with this report.

Materials demand for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells is set to grow in line with an expanding fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) market, alongside fuel cell ships and trains. This IDTechEx report contains market forecasts, benchmarking studies, player analysis, technology trends and latest developments for components in PEM fuel cells, including bipolar plates (BPP), gas diffusion layers (GDL), catalyst coated membrane (CCM), membrane electrode assemblies (MEA), ionomers, and platinum catalysts.

Development of green hydrogen plants will create demand for many materials and components needed to construct electrolyzer stacks. This IDTechEx report discusses the incumbent and future materials as well as manufacturing methods for the key components used in AWE, AEMEL, PEMEL and SOEC stacks. Components and materials covered include catalysts & electrodes, membranes/electrolytes, porous transport layers (PTLs), gas diffusion layers (GDLs), membrane electrode assembly (MEA) methods, bipolar plates, gaskets & stack assembly components. The report also contains comprehensive lists of electrolyzer stack manufacturers and material suppliers as well as case studies of companies supplying materials and developing new materials or manufacturing methods. Finally, granular 10-year market forecasts by component and material type for AWE, PEMEL and SOEC stacks are included.

In this report IDTechEx assesses the global opportunities emerging across the entire hydrogen value chain, including low-carbon hydrogen production, storage, distribution, fuel cells and hydrogen end-use sectors. It includes technological analyses of all relevant technologies, techno-economic comparisons, detail on key commercial activities (including projects as well as established and emerging companies), major innovations, and major market trends across all value chain components. The report also provides granular 10-year forecasts for hydrogen demand by applications in Mtpa (7 sectors), hydrogen production capacity by source in Mtpa (grey, blue and green) and the hydrogen market in US$B (grey, blue and green).

IDTechEx's comprehensive new report analyzes the SMR market, technologies, and key players. It includes historic data on the nuclear industry since the 1980s and provides detailed regional market forecasts from 2023-2043. The report also includes data-driven benchmarking of 10 reactor technologies. With the potential for rapid growth, SMRs are predicted to supply 2% of the world's electricity in 2043.

This report assesses the blue hydrogen production technologies, supply chains, key players, materials, major innovations and projects. It includes a comparison of the 6 main blue hydrogen technologies and 10-year market forecasts for those technologies along with 7 application areas, and 3 regions of adoption. The report also examines applicable carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies and discusses the prospects and challenges of producing blue hydrogen.