The Future of Functional Food and Beverages: Cognitive Health

The market for functional alertness/energizing products has shown signs of plateauing, particularly in more mature Western. Moreover, demand is being impacted by the failure of brands to tap into the potential of older demographics health concerns regarding caffeine and related ingredients and some products failing to meet consumer taste demands

Standing out in the alertness/energy market is difficult due to the number of products which offer identical benefits and delivery. However, the industry is beginning to offer more diverse delivery. Moreover, while caffeine remains the dominant ingredient, other ingredients such as potassium and B vitamins are increasingly gaining traction

There are a number of inhibitors to wider consumption of functional relaxation products. These include prevailing consumer skepticism in relation to efficacy, unclear focus among products which is leading to a lack of understanding of potential product benefits, and a lack of breakthrough brands in the same mold as Red Bell and Relentless

Future of Functional Food and Beverages Market

Published: January 2012
No. of Pages: 140
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Functional food and beverages have moved beyond an emergent concept to become an established market, with the market benefitting from a widening appeal. This report identifies key target segments, growth drivers and strategies for success.

Features and benefits

• Identify the size of the cognitive alertness/energizing and relaxation markets across 20 countries and growth prospects up until 2015
• Evaluate the potential impact on consumer demand of marketing and product development through utilizing consumer, product and market insight
• Identify and capitalize on the main consumer trends that are driving rising demand for functional products
• Gain an understanding of the main obstacles that brands are encountering and how these can be overcome

Fuel Efficient Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technologies Worldwide

Fuel Efficient Internal Combustion Engine market report contains comprehensive data on the worldwide market for efficient ICE technologies (engine deactivation, cylinder deactivation, variable valve timing and lift, turbochargers and superchargers, direct fuel injection, homogeneous charge compression ignition, reduced displacement engines, hybrids and partial hybrids, split cycle engines, and opposed piston/opposed cylinder engine designs. Market data are provided for historic (2006 to 2011 Q3) and forecast (2011 Q4 to 2021) market size data in terms of the dollar value of product shipments. The report identifies key trends affecting the marketplace, along with trends driving growth, and central challenges to further market development. The report also profiles leading startups and established manufacturers of fuel efficient ICEs that are most relevant to the fuel efficient ICE industry.

Internal combustion engines (ICEs) power our cars, trucks, big rigs, trains, generator sets, ships, and a host of other applications worldwide. Unfortunately, conventional ICEs boast low efficiency - most convert only 30% of fuel into usable work, and that is under optimal conditions. When accounting for idling and sub-optimal speeds, efficiency drops to 15 to 20%. That means, for every gallon of fuel placed into the engine, only 15 to 20% of the energy in that fuel is ever transferred into usable mechanical energy under typical conditions. The remaining 80 to 85% of energy contained in the fuel is wasted - wasted on friction, losses to heat, incomplete burning, and other inefficiencies characteristic of conventional ICEs.

Fuel Efficient Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)Market

Published: February 2012

No. of Pages: 224
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The second category of ICE energy efficiency measures provides a more radical break from convention, and is being forwarded primarily by various small and mid-sized start-ups and venture capital firms, alongside breakthrough-oriented government grants and other funding mechanisms. These endeavors significantly redesign internal combustion engines, and include redesigned combustion chambers, opposing piston designs, split cycle engine designs, opposed piston/opposed cyclinder engines, and updated rotary engine designs. Proponents and investors in these technologies are focusing on the larger industry's current lack of interest in breakthrough-oriented ICE technologies, and generating a race toward commercialization for potential new technologies.

Now is therefore an exciting time in the ICE engineering and technology industry. Mainstream industry investment in design upgrades will drive typical operating engine efficiency up from 15-20% to upwards of 30%. Some of the potential breakthrough/redesigned systems claim efficiencies upwards of 40 and 50%, although commercialization of these technologies has not yet been achieved. Accordingly, many industry insiders and durable goods manufacturers are banking on sharp increases in demand for energy efficient ICEs in the transportation and distributed generation industries worldwide. Expectations are driven by a lack of foreseeable near term technological maturity and competition from fuel cells, electric motors and batteries for transportation, and other envisioned high efficiency transport and distributed generation solutions. Thus, while the gap between demand for higher efficiency engines and available high efficiency technologies continues to widen, the ICE industry is betting on itself to fill that gap more quickly than fuel cells or other technologically immature solutions.

Demand for energy efficient ICEs has strengthened notably with the ongoing economic recovery. Following stagnation during the 2008 and 2009, efficient ICE demand rebounded strongly in 2010 and 2011, increasing from a total global value of $80 billion in 2009 to $121 billion in 2011. From 2006 through 2011, the market showed an overall increase of $70 billion, equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 19%. Through 2021, the efficient ICE market is expected to expand significantly, in spite of near term softening in emerging markets. Specifically, the global market is expected to reach $401 billion by 2021, equivalent to a 10-year CAGR of nearly 13%.

The market expansion projected for efficient ICEs maintains strong roots in the automotive and light truck industries. Other key markets include ground transport, distributed power generation, marine transport, and industrial/mechanical uses, including mineral extraction, petroleum extraction, wastewater treatment, and many other industries where mechanical energy is not typically provided by electric motors. A significant advantage of these multiple drivers is that demand for efficient ICE technologies is resilient in comparison to goods that serve more limited markets. While the automotive and transport markets are highly competitive, other non-transport markets provide diverse niche opportunities that may be available to well-positioned start-ups.

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Clean energy refers to the energy that doesn’t discharge pollutants, mainly including nuclear energy, hydropower, wind power, solar power, bio-energy (biogas), and tidal energy. At present, China's energy consumption structure is still dominated by thermal power, and the structure won’t change in the near future. But in the long run, clean energy will account for an increasingly larger proportion in electricity generating capacity. The figure below shows that the proportion of nuclear power, hydropower and other power sources increased from 19.7% in 2007 to 23.0% in March 2010, up 3.3 percentage points. As China launches more preferential policies for nuclear power, wind power and solar energy industry, the proportion of clean energy power generation will increase substantially.

In 2010, hydropower and nuclear power are major contributors to China’s clean energy power generation, while wind power and solar energy account for a smaller proportion. Promoted by the gradual integration of wind power into the electric power grid as well as the preferential policies for solar energy industry, the installed capacity and power generation capacity of China’s wind power and solar energy industry will be further enhanced.

Nuclear energy: in 2009, there were 11 nuclear power generating units operated in China, 10 nuclear power projects and 28 generating units were approved, of which 20 units or 21.92 GW are under construction now. According to China's nuclear power projects under construction and planned to be built, it’s expected that China will add the installed nuclear power capacity of about 30 GW by 2015 and own total installed nuclear power capacity of about 87.93 GW by 2020.

Wind energy: in 2009, China added 10,129 wind power generating sets, with capacity of 13803.2MW, up 124% yr-on-yr; 21,544 wind power generating sets in total, with capacity of 25805.3MW, up 114% yr-on-yr. In 2009, China’s wind power equipment industry had built up a production system for key parts such as blade, gearbox, generator and pylon, which had progressively eased the tension between the supply and demand of such key parts as blade, generator, gearbox and wheel hub, but still failed to bridge the supply-demand gap for bearing and control system.

Solar energy: in 2009, China add installed photovoltaic solar energy capacity was 140MW, accounting for about 2% of global installed capacity. Promoted by the Solar Roofs program and the Golden Sun program, China’s solar energy installation market will grow substantially in 2010. It’s expected that China’s solar energy market will add installed capacity of 450MW in 2010, which will further change the status quo of insufficient domestic demand.

Table Of Contents:

Part I Clean Energy

1. Global Clean Energy Development
1.1 Overview
1.2 Solar Energy
1.3 Wind Power
1.4 Nuclear Power
1.5 Development Trends

2. China Clean Energy Development Environment
2.1 Electric Power Industry
2.1.1 Overview
2.1.2 Impact of Macro-economy on Electric Power Industry
2.2 Clean Energy Policies

3. Overall Operation of China Clean Energy Power Generation
3.1 Energy Consumption Structure
3.2 Operation of Electric Power Industry
3.2.1 Industry Chain
3.2.2 Development Cycle
3.2.3 Electricity Pricing
3.2.4 Electricity Demand Trends in 2010
3.3 Clean Energy Power Generation
3.3.1 Installed Capacity
3.3.2 Power Generation Capacity
3.3.3 Power Consumption Capacity
3.3.4 Cost of Power Generation from Different Energy Sources

Part II Solar Energy

4. Global Solar Energy Development
4.1 Current Status and Outlook
4.2 Development Trends
4.3 Development in Major Countries
4.3.1 USA
4.3.2 Japan
4.3.3 Germany
4.3.4 France
4.3.5 Spain
4.3.6 Italy

5. Solar Energy Development in China
5.1 Current Status and Outlook
5.1.1 Development of PV Solar Energy
5.1.2 Cost of Solar Power Generation
5.1.3 Preferential Policies for Solar Energy
5.1.4 Solar Energy Development Plan of China
5.2 Key Enterprises
5.2.1 First Solar
5.2.2 Q-Cells
5.2.3 Sanyo
5.2.4 Kyocera
5.2.5 Sharp
5.2.6 Mitsubishi Electric
5.2.7 JA Solar
5.2.8 Yingli Solar
5.2.9 Suntech Power

Part III Wind Power

6. Global Wind Energy Development
6.1 Status Quo
6.2 Development in Major Countries
6.2.1 USA
6.2.2 Germany
6.2.3 Spain
6.2.4 Denmark

7. Wind Power Development in China
7.1 Status Quo
7.1.1 Installed Capacity
7.1.2 Wind Power Installation by Region
7.1.3 Offshore Wind Power Development
7.1.4 Integration of Wind Power into Electric Power Grid
7.2 Wind Farms
7.2.1 Planning
7.2.2 Earlier Stage of Operation
7.2.3 Later Stage of Operation
7.2.4 Profitability
7.3 Wind Power Policies
7.3.1 Policies
7.3.2 Wind Power Concession Bidding System
7.3.3 Access Standards of Wind Power Equipment Manufacturing
7.3.4 Pricing Policy
7.4 Regional Wind Power Development
7.4.1 Heilongjiang
7.4.2 Jilin
7.4.3 Liaoning
7.4.4 Inner Mongolia
7.4.5 Ningxia
7.4.6 Gansu
7.4.7 Xinjiang
7.4.8 Shandong
7.4.9 Hebei
7.5 Key Enterprises
7.5.1 China Guodian Corporation
7.5.2 China Huaneng Group
7.5.3 China Datang Corporation
7.5.4 China Huadian Corporation
7.5.5 Beijing Energy Investment Holding Company Limited
7.5.6 China Power Investment Corporation
7.5.7 China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group
7.5.8 Ningxia Electric Power Group Company Limited
7.5.9 Shandong Luneng Development Group Company Limited

8. Wind Power Equipment Development in China
8.1 Overview of China Wind Power Equipment Industry
8.1.1 Status Quo
8.1.2 Wind Power Installation Market Pattern
8.1.3 Main Types of Wind Turbine
8.1.4 Mainstream Wind Turbines in China
8.1.5 Wind Turbine Development Trends
8.2 Regional Wind Power Equipment Markets
8.2.1 Liaoning
8.2.2 Tianjin
8.2.3 Xinjiang
8.2.4 Hebei
8.2.5 Hunan
8.2.6 Jiangsu
8.3 Major Wind Turbine Companies
8.3.1 GE Wind Energy
8.3.2 Vestas
8.3.3 Gamesa
8.3.4 Goldwind Science & Technology
8.3.5 Dongfang Electric
8.3.6 Sinovel

9. China Wind Power Equipment Parts Industry
9.1 Overall Development
9.1.1 Main Parts of Wind Turbine
9.1.2 Development Trends of Wind Turbine Parts
9.2 Variable-frequency Drive (VFD)
9.2.1 Market
9.2.2 Demand
9.2.3 Key Manufacturers
9.3 Blade
9.3.1 Market
9.3.2 Development Trends
9.3.3 Key Manufacturers
9.4 Generator
9.4.1 Market
9.4.2 Key Manufacturers
9.5 Gearbox
9.5.1 Market
9.5.2 Key Manufacturers
9.6 Bearing
9.6.1 Market
9.6.2 Key Manufacturers

Part IV Hydropower

10. China Hydropower Industry
10.1 Development
10.1.1 Overall Development
10.1.2 Regional Development
10.2 Profitability
10.3 Policies
10.4 Development Trends
10.5 Key Enterprises
10.5.1 China Yangtze Power Company Limited
10.5.2 Guangxi Guiguan Electric Power Company Limited
10.5.3 Yunnan Wenshan Electric Power Company Limited

Part V Nuclear Power

11. Global Nuclear Power Development
11.1 Status Quo
11.2 Major Nuclear Power Countries
11.2.1 USA
11.2.2 Canada
11.2.3 Russia
11.2.4 Japan
11.2.5 South Korea
11.2.6 India
11.2.7 Germany
11.2.8 France
11.2.9 UK
11.2.10 Finland

12. Nuclear Power Development in China
12.1 Nuclear Power Plant Construction
12.1.1 Existing Nuclear Power Units
12.1.2 Nuclear Power Units under Construction or Already Planned
12.1.3 Planned Nuclear Power Units
12.2 Nuclear Power Equipment Development
12.2.1 Constitution of Nuclear Power Equipment
12.2.2 Domestic Production of Nuclear Power Equipment
12.2.3 Suppliers of Nuclear Power Equipment
12.3 Nuclear Power Operation
12.3.1 Quantity of Nuclear Power Units
12.3.2 Installed Capacity
12.3.3 Power Generation
12.3.4 Profitability
12.3.5 Operation Events
12.3.6 Policies
12.4 Key Enterprises
12.4.1 Key Enterprises of Nuclear Island and Conventional Island
12.4.2 Key Enterprises of Auxiliary Nuclear Power System Equipment

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