Alternative Fuels

Because of the short supply, rising costs, and global warming associated with conventional fuels, oil and gas companies, utilities, governments, and other players across the energy, agriculture, automotive, and aerospace industries are investing in new fuel sources that promise economic and environmental benefits. Using feedstocks that span petroleum, natural gas, coal, biomass and waste, they are developing technologies to cultivate, extract, process, and use chemically-stored energy in forms as varied as CNG, biodiesel, pellets, and dimethyl ether.

Even as those technologies mature toward cost-competitiveness, regulatory and financial issues kick in, constraining or enabling deployment of the massive, capital-intensive infrastructure needed to bring alternative fuels to market.  To keep up with rapid technical, regulatory, and commercial changes, Lux Research helps companies:

• Stay on top of rapidly evolving technology
• Monitor innovative start-ups emerging around the globe
• Manage cost, performance, and sourcing issues
• Understand a fragmented and changing regulatory landscape
• Capitalize on differences in regional energy resources - such as coal, oil, and natural gas
• Identify emerging energy needs in developing regions

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