Solid State Thin Film Battery, Printed Battery, and Smarter Computing Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018

$3700 - Single Copy or $7400 - Web Posting | Report # SH24931852 | 530 Pages | 175 Tables and Figures | 2012

Thin Film Battery Provides Solid State Storage of Energy Useful for Smarter Planet Sensors, Electric Vehicle Batteries, and Renewable Energy Substation Storage

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Solid State Thin Film Battery, Printed Battery, and Smarter Computing Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012 to 2018

WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on Solid State Thin Film Battery, Printed Battery, and Smarter Computing Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2012-2018. The 2012 study has 530 pages, 175 tables and figures.

Thin film battery market driving forces include creating business inflection by delivering technology that supports entirely new capabilities. Sensor networks are creating demand for thin film solid state devices. Vendors doubled revenue and almost tripled production volume from first quarter. Multiple customers are moving into production with innovative products after successful trials. A strong business pipeline has emerged with customer activity in all target markets. Vendors report full-year revenue more than doubled in 2011.

Infinite Power Solutions IPS has moved beyond R&D and commenced operations on the world's first high-volume production line for TFBs in Littleton, Colorado. Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a privately-held venture backed technology company near Denver, Colorado, is the global leader in developing and manufacturing solid-state, rechargeable thin-film batteries (TFBs) for micro-electronics applications. Thin film battery technology technical approaches differ.

Infinite Power Solutions IPS ORNL thin-film battery technology is achieved by developing nitride and sub-nitride Lithium-ion thin-film anodes as well as the "Li-free" battery, which combines the most desirable properties of a Li-ion and a Li battery.

Smarter computing is part of an IT opportunity, brought by the availability of many, many devices that measure what is going on in the world. These devices are made possible by the availability of small, inexpensive, reliable batteries. Smarter computing is related to achieving a more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent infrastructure. Blue Spark Technologies is the market leader in printed batteries with 46% share. It provides RFID and related smart card printed battery units.

The need to capture and analyze increasing amounts of data, deliver results to more users, and respond faster across all devices, without a corresponding increase in budget is a function of better management and better systems. A large amount of IT resources and about 70% of the overall IT budget is impacted by efficiencies that cam be brought by smarter computing. As applications continue to increase in complexity, and IT resources become scarce, organizations are in need of simple technologies that can help them reduce costs, quicken time to market and enhance their levels of customer service.

Electric distribution substations are used to transform power from transmission voltage to the lower voltage used for local distribution. These provide a center for local energy storage as renewable energy creates a need for local storage and local distribution of intermittent energy. These substations are also expected to implement hydrogen based fuel cells that convert energy to hydrogen to store it.

Smart buildings save 30% of energy use. Smarter cities use sensors in the networks in the roads, traffic lights, light poles, police surveillance work, fire detection work, and airports.

Solid state thin film battery market segments include RFID, medical, remote sensor, and electric vehicle batteries. Forecasts differ by segment depending on the relative maturity of the technology for each segment. The smaller batteries are beginning to be shipped in production quantities. The larger electric vehicle EV batteries await further technology development.

Solid State thin film battery markets at $137.6 million in 2011 are anticipated to reach $3.9 billion in 2018. Market growth comes in large part from development of a new market for solar and renewable energy as a storage device for these intermittent power sources. Stationary fuel cells will complement the solid state batteries by providing campus and substation storage of renewable energy as hydrogen. Electric vehicles promise to use solid state batteries to be a significant source of renewable solar and wind energy storage as well as personal transport.

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Companies Profiled

Market Leaders
Infinite Power Solutions Cymbet Eveready Battery Company / Blue Spark Technologies	Leonhard Kurz / PolyIC GS Nanotech STMicroelectronics

Market Participants
Arotech Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. Citic Guoan Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. Excellatron GS Caltex / GS Yuasa IBM Information Builders Inventec ITN Lithium Technology KSW Microtec	Matsushita / Panasonic / Sanyo / Sanyo Solar Maxim / Dallas MicroGen Micropelt Mitsubishi Electric NEC Corporation Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Micro-Energy Planar Energy Devices PolyPlus Prieto PS	SB LiMotive / Bosch and Samsung SDI Saft Samsung SNC Solicore Sony Corporation Texas Instruments Thunder Sky Battery Limited Tokyo Electron Device Umicore Thin Film Products Zibo Dison

Report Methodology

This is the 493rd report in a series of market research reports that provide forecasts in communications, telecommunications, the internet, computer, software, and telephone equipment. The project leaders take direct responsibility for writing and preparing each report. They have significant experience preparing industry studies. Forecasts are based on primary research and proprietary data bases. Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.

About the Company

WinterGreen Research, founded in 1985, provides strategic market assessments in telecommunications, communications equipment, health care, and advanced computer technology. Industry reports focus on opportunities that will expand existing markets or develop major new markets. The reports assess new product and service positioning strategies, new and evolving technologies, and technological impact on products, services, and markets. Market shares are provided. Leading market participants are profiled, and their marketing strategies, acquisitions, and strategic alliances are discussed. The principals of WinterGreen Research have been involved in analysis and forecasting of international business opportunities in telecommunications and advanced computer technology markets for over 30 years.

About the Principal Authors

Ellen T. Curtiss, Technical Director, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, conducts strategic and market assessments in technology-based industries. Previously she was a member of the staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc., for 23 years, most recently as Vice President of Arthur D. Little Decision Resources, specializing in strategic planning and market development services. She is a graduate of Boston University and the Program for Management Development at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. She is the author of recent studies on worldwide telecommunications markets and the Top Ten Telecommunications market analysis and forecasts.

Susan Eustis, President, co-founder of WinterGreen Research, has done research in communications and computer markets and applications. She holds several patents in microcomputing and parallel processing. She is the author of recent studies of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) marketing strategies, Internet software, a study of Push to Talk Equipment, Worldwide Telecommunications Equipment, Top Ten Telecommunications, Digital Loop Carrier, Web Hosting, Business Process Management, Servers, Blades, the Mainframe as a Green Machine, and Application Server markets. Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College.