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"Carbon will be the world's biggest commodity market and it could become the world's biggest market over all" Barclays Capital

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The growing consumer demand for a reliable energy storage option has resulted in a series of inventions in the advanced energy storage market. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the market in advanced batteries, fuel cells, flywheels and ultracapacitors. There has been significant progress in increasing the expected battery life and in developing battery technologies that are capable of effectively powering various digital devices, power tools, battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

A fuel cell is a zero-emission source of power, and the only byproduct of a fuel cell is water. Some fuel cells use natural gas or hydrocarbons as fuel, but even those produce far less emissions than conventional sources. Therefore, fuel cells eliminate or at least vastly reduce the pollution and greenhouse gas emissions caused by burning fossil fuels, and since they are also quiet in operation, they also reduce noise pollution. The advantages of advanced energy storage devices are significantly increasing consumer demand and the trend is expected to continue in future.

Fuel cells are one of the most promising energy storage technologies and currently attract the highest amount of investor interest among other power supply technologies. Driven by the need to compensate for the ill-effects and inconveniences of lead-acid batteries, stationary fuel cells are largely used for backup power applications. Fuel cells are considered to be low-maintenance, environmentally friendly storage solutions with long life spans for long periods of back-up power. Since the market is in its developmental stage, it is characterized by highly restricted sales volumes, and consequent price falls due to lack of adequate demand. Nevertheless, the potential of fuel cells are being actively explored by the power supply players across the value chain. The global fuel cells market is expected to increase from $543.8m in 2010 to $3710.3m in 2020 at a CAGR of 21.2%.

Ultra Capacitor Market Will Increase Significantly in the Future

Ultracapacitors can store a large amount of energy due to the enormous surface area created by their porous carbon electrodes and small charge separation created by the dielectric separator. The charges they hold are analogous to the static electricity that builds up on a balloon, but are much greater due to the extremely large surface area of their interior materials. Energy storage mechanisms used in supercapacitors are highly reversible and allow charging and discharging for hundreds of thousands of cycles. Total number of charge-discharge cycles for the commercial ultracapacitors varies between 500,000 to one million. Ultracapacitors have high efficiency and are best suited for applications that require high power density, such as consumer electronics, transportation, industrial and telecommunication

The Global Carbon markets are estimated to be worth $170 Billion in 2011. It could be worth 3 Trillion by 2020  Outlook for 2010 and Beyond - Point Carbon

The Carbon Markets create a $144B global opportunity to access funding for investments in low greenhouse gas emitting technologies. India accounts for 35% of the global pipeline of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Energy efficiency through available and new clean technologies is an integral part of the solution to climate change and in the transition to a low carbon economy. Carbon Offsetting and Carbon Credits are a source of financing that can assist in commercialization and wide spread adoption of such technologies.

Emissions Control: A major study finds that Nitrogen pollution is costing each person in Europe around £130 - £650 (€150 – €740 Euros) a year. The study, carried out by 200 experts from 21 countries and 89 organizations, estimates that the annual cost of damage caused by nitrogen across Europe is £60 - £280 billion (€70 -320 billion), more than double the extra income gained from using nitrogen fertilizers in European agriculture.

Nitrous Oxide or N2O (commonly known as laughing gas) is a high impact greenhouse gas. The greenhouse effect of this gas is about 300 times stronger than CO2.The chemical industry also holds an important share in this emission, especially in the production of nitric acid, adipic acid and caprolactam. Preventing this emission has become an important issue worldwide.

Carbon Management and Carbon Reporting Solutions provide added value to Industries, Corporates and SME's; OK Carbon's and DCarbonize DC- Consulting's easy to use Powerful and Intelligent Software, Technologies and Solutions empower enterprises to effectively monitor, manage and control their energy / fuel usage and carbon footprint achieving Triple Bottom Line Savings (TBL's) accross all sectors: Reducing Operational and Energy Costs: Resulting in Savings, Power Efficiency, Sustainability & Profit  

Hydro Power : Global energy demand is rising fast, especially in developing countries, due to an increase in populations and industrialization. In order to meet this demand, it has become necessary to explore renewable energy sources, as conventional sources have become expensive due to the depleting supply. Medium and Small Hydro Projects provide an excellent and abundant source for power generation, there are no fuel costs as they use water flow as a naturally occurring energy resource; These are emerging as some of the most promising solutions for ensuring a reliable and sustainable low carbon energy supply in the long term

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Even though fossil fuels dominate electricity generation across the world, more than 60 countries use hydropower for meeting more than half of their electricity needs. The technology is the most popular renewable source of electricity generation as for various reasons, which include its ability to instantaneously respond to changing electricity demand, water management and flood control.

Given the advantages of generating electricity from medium / small hydropower coupled with rising interest in this sector has led to increased government support policies which will derive installations in many countries in the years to come. Cumulative installed capacity of small hydropower is expected to reach 140GW in 2015 and more than 201GW in 2020.