With United Nations projecting the world’s human population to reach 7 billion by 2013 and 9.2 billion by 2050, it’s quite evident that we will need new sources of energy beyond the fossil fuels that we as a species have gotten addicted to.
Tapping these alternative sources – lava in the earth’s core, tides in the oceans, crop residue in our farms, winds in the sky or even the nuclear fusion reactor ninety one million miles away – is not just crucial to meet our ever-increasing demand, but also to save our planet and to be truly sovereign nations by becoming energy independent.
It can be easily foreseen that some of the greatest innovations of the 21st century will come from disrupting the trillion dollar energy markets. Transportation disruptors will give us electric cars and next generation fuels, whereas new methods of electricity generation will lead to clean coal, solar thermal parks and wind farms, etc. Advances in materials will usher new forms of and methods of desalinating water and manufacturing cement, concrete, glass and (potentially) steel, while energy efficiency innovations might just offer us a new light bulb, invented in the 18th century, replacement of which is indeed long over due!
However, the organizations that will find the most success in this new environment are those that offer products and services which can scale efficiently and cost-effectively for adoption at a global scale.
The companies which will be profiled in the upcoming articles are looking to play their own unique role in our move to reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels.
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