This document provides a summary of a report on sub-watt thermoelectric energy harvesting. The report analyzes thermoelectric generator technologies, manufacturers, and the global market forecast up to 2020. It investigates adoption of thermal energy harvesting in 5 segments and provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 12 most promising applications. The report identifies over 150 companies involved in this technology and lists manufacturers analyzed in the report.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SCOPE OF THIS REPORT
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This report focuses on sub-watt thermal
energy harvesting: heat is converted
into electrical energy thanks to
thermoelectric generators delivering up to
500 mW to power low power devices.
It analyzes the offer on: sub-watt Thermo
Electric Generators (TEG) and storage
components industries with a deep
analysis of the technologies, the actors
and a TEG global market quantification.
It investigates the adoption of sub-watt
thermal energy harvesting in 5 main
segments and provides a qualification
and quantification of the 12 most
promising applications.
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DEFINITIONS OF THERMO ELECTRIC GENERATOR (TEG)
TECHNOLOGIES
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3G -TEG
Source : Evident
Infinergia has divided thermoelectric technologies into three categories:
2. Thin-Film TEG or TF-TEG technology (a.k.a. 2nd generation)
TF-TEG are much smaller and feature orders of magnitude higher thermocouple
density thanks to thermocouple sizes down to a few tens of micrometers.
Output voltage can be a factor of 10 higher per TEG from 1% of TEG volume.
Commercial TF-TEGs also use Bi2Te3 materials which undergo some
electrochemical or semiconductor processes.
1. Bulk TEG technology (a.k.a. 1st generation)
Individually mounted thermoelectric legs, typically ~1 millimeter in size and
Made of Bi2Te3 (Bismuth Telluride) semiconductor materials.
zT is around 0,9 (approximately 8% of thermoelectric efficiency) and generate up to
10s of watts at maximum hot side temperatures around 250属C.
3. Emerging thermal energy harvesting technologies (a.k.a. 3rd generation)
3G-TEG technologies are still in development but offer promising levels of
performance (zT of 3 for instance), use of common, abundant materials, or high
temperature operation enabled by new material properties and assembly
technologies.
3G-TEGs leverage both new materials (e.g. SiGe, SiMg) and nanostructures
(nanodots, nanowires or super lattices).
Interesting for high source temperature applications, but yet commercially unproven, is
the Micron-gap Thermo-Photo-Voltaic (MTPV) technology
Thin FilmTEG
Source : Micropelt
Bulk TEG
Source : Kryotherm
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KEY LEARNINGS OF THIS REPORT:
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Historically based on bulk technology, the Thermo Electric Generator (TEG) industry is moving
towards the 2nd and 3rd technologies which open new application opportunities.1
The TEG component market should grow from 24 M$ in 2014 to 77M$ by 2020, with a
compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20%.2
Products using Sub-Watt Thermal Energy Harvesting are today commercialized in several
applications over 2 segments: Infrastructure and Building and Industrial & Professional.3
Applications using Sub-Watt Thermal Energy Harvesting should grow from 100 000 units in 2014
to 9 million units by 2020.4
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KEY QUESTIONS THIS STUDY WILL ANSWER:
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What other factors are contributing to the ecosystem (design houses, distributors, events)?
For each of the most promising applications per segment, what are the forecasted Total and
Serviceable Available Market (TAM & SAM) quantities over the next 5 years?
For each segment, what are the potential applications and the most promising ones for Sub-Watt
TEG adoption?
For each of the most promising applications per segment, what are the drivers/restraints, who are
the early end customers and OEMs?
What are the different TEG and Storage technologies, who are the actors behind and what is the
level of maturity of the main actors?
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MANUFACTURERS MATURITIES
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Full analysis of Sub-Watt Thermal Harvesting ecosystem (TEG & storage) :
technologies and manufacturers
Analysis of TEG & Storage technologies maturity levels
42 TEG component manufacturers and 35 Energy Storage manufacturers identified,
with an analysis of key actors : production and business maturity
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TEG COMPONENT MARKET FORECAST
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Quantification of the global TEG industry, by generation, with a forecast up to 2020 :
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APPLICATIONS AND SEGMENTS COVERED
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Infrastructure and Building
Technical structures (public or private) and buildings (private, public, commercial, industrial) or
elements involved with fluids and/or electrical distribution that need monitoring
Industry & professionals
Industrial equipment, machinery or personal equipment used in the primary or secondary
sectors of the industry
Transportation
Including all passenger, cargo and specialty transportation vehicles over the following modes:
road, rail, air, water, cable, pipeline, space.
Consumer Electronics
All equipment, devices and appliances intended for domestic usage and produced in large
quantities.
Medical
Equipments and devices for measuring, stimulating or delivering substances for medical care
or surveillance of people.
We investigated the adoption of Thermal Energy Harvesting in 5 segments with
multiple applications listed and ranked by business potential :
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DETAILED ANALYSIS AND FORECAST BY APPLICATION
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A detailed qualitative and quantitative analysis of 12 high potential applications:
All Drivers / Restraints to the adoption of thermal energy harvesting technologies
155 OEM-Integrators involved into this technology and most likely to adopt it
Application market size (in units): Total and Serviceable Available Market, from
2014 up to 2020.
Qualitative analysis Quantitative analysis
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WHY BUYING THIS REPORT
Thermoelectric transducer or module manufacturers & component vendors:
Benchmark your company against others (thermoelectric & storage
components)
Understand most promising applications and their market potential
Identify System Integrators, partners and events
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and System Integrators:
Understand the thermoelectric technologies and their maturity
Identify component vendors, ranked by business and manufacturing maturity
Identify other OEM working on similar applications
Financial investors and industry actors:
Get a complete list and view of the thermoelectric technology, industry and
actors worldwide
Understand adoption by end markets and strategic potential
R&D centers:
Get a complete understanding of the thermoelectric industry actors and market
potential
Understand most promising applications and candidates for technology transfer
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ABOUT INFINERGIA
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Established in 2009, Infinergia Consulting is a boutique market research and consulting
company focused on clean electricity. We propose tailored consulting services and multi-
client products on energy harvesting, photovoltaic, fuel cells and batteries.
Infinergia has been involved for 6 years in supporting several innovations related to
energy harvesting. We have are in relation with over 300 industrial and academic
contacts in this domain and have interviewed over 70 in the scope of this report.
Infinergia published 2 reports on Energy Harvesting. In 2013, Infinergia released a first
report, called Energy Harvesting Industry Analysis focused on upstream industry on
Kinetic, Thermal and RF technologies. This Sub-Watt Thermoelectric Energy Industry &
Market Report is an update of the 2014 edition.
The analysts and experts involved in the edition of this report cumulate 15 years of
experience in this domain.
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MARKET RESEARCH METHODOLOGY USED THIS REPORT
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Data analysis
Research
Primary research:
Interviews with Industry experts:
Original Equipment Manufacturers
Component manufacturers
End users.
Secondary research:
Product & Technology specifications
Patent publications
Use case analysis
News releases and press articles
Company information & financials
Industry associations & groups
Proprietary databases
Official Statistics
Data Review & Cross-Checking
Qualitative Analysis by segment,
application, actor
Application Ranking
Quantitative Analysis by application
Trend Analysis & Forecasting
Final data verification
and proofreading
Conclusions writing
Report publication
Conclusions
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