The market The world market for batteries will reach in 2011 nearly $74 billion. The Chinese market is the largest and growing the fastest. The United States represents approximately $15 billion in turnover, good for 15 billion batteries. The expensive batteries enjoy...
Cas 59 : Direct Current as a Standard
The market The world market for computer servers is estimated to reach in 2011 nearly $48 billion increasing from a 2009 base of $42.2. This is good for 7.6 million servers. The first quarter of 2011 already confirmed a growth of 8.7% in volume, whereas the high end...
Cas 58 : Floating Electricity
The market The world market for back-up electricity generators was in 2010 approximately $ 11.5 billion. By 2009 some 9.3 million back-up energy supply systems had been installed worldwide. The number is expected to increase to 13 million units by 2013. Whereas the...
Cas 56 : Clean Air without Filters
The market The world market for filters and filtration systems in 2010 reached $45 billion. The automotive filters represent the largest market segment. The filter as a medium for separate solid suspended particles from water and air amounts to $25 billion in the same...
Cas 55 : Nuclear’s Exit
The market There are 442 nuclear power stations operational in 30 countries generating 375GW of energy. There are 16 nations constructing 65 nuclear plants for an additional 63GW. China is building 27 new plants, Russia 11. The United States operates with 104 the...
Cas 51 : Biogas x Four – Revenue x Six
The market The world market for biogas barely reached €2 billion in 2006, however it is expected to increase to €25 billion by 2020. Selected countries will enjoy growth rates of 20 and even 30 percent per year. Europe and China are the leaders on the market. The...
Cas 50 : Manufacturing without Molds
The market In 2010 the worldwide sales of molds reached between $600 and $650 billion. After the economic crisis of 2008, this strategic sector faced a major downturn with sales dropping nearly 17 percent in one year, while capacity use shrunk to 64 percent. Since...
Cas 45 : Charcoal to Preserve Wood
The market The world market for charcoal is estimated at $6.8 billion dollars in 2010. Its value could have reached more than $15 billion according to estimates if we include informal sales. Some development economists argue that 70 percent of charcoal is not...
Cas 43 : Self-powered Dechlorination
The market The world market for chlorine in 2010 is estimated at $24 billion dollars, based on a global production capacity of 80 million tons. Whereas the United States has lost 1.3 million tons in production to attain 13.8 million tons for the same year, Europe...
Cas 42 : Electricity from the Tap
The market The world market for sanitary and kitchen fittings in 2010 is estimated at $15 billion worldwide. This well-defined line of products ranging from kitchen and bathroom taps, shower heads, faucets, basin mixers and hoses has emerged as a high growth market....