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forunworhiper,alongwithanoneelewho

dreamofagreener,moreemiionfreeworld.

Goodnewforunworhiper,alongwithanoneelewhodreamofa

greener,moreemiionfreeworld.AccordingtoareportThomon

ReuterIP&ciencetitledTheWorldin2025:10Predictionof
#UTY7

Innovation,olarwillethelargetourceofenergontheplanetinthe

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next10ear.otemridge,eniorPatentAnaltandCutomer

RelationManager,IP&cience,takeuinidethecrtalallofcitation

analiandpatentdatatodicuignificantfindingwithintheolar

report,thedatatrackingehindtheolarenergprediction,andwhat

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patenttelluaoutthefutureofalternativeenergthattealeavecant.

Whatroledoedataplainmakingpredictionaoutthe

worldin10ear?

otemridge:Intermofalloftheprediction,whatwedidwatolook

attwothing.Firtofall,thecientificliterature,ecauewithinIPand

ciencewehaveacoupleofverrichandpowerfuldataourcefor

cientificliterature.WelookedattheWeofcience,whichcoverallof

themajorignificantreearchgloallackovermorethana100ear.

Whatwewerealetodolookingintothoedataourcewatoidentif

thoetopicthatwereecominghighlcitedand,inthatwa,oucan

actuallidentifemergingtechnologfront.othatwouldethefirtclue

wehadthatolar,amongttheothernineprediction,waoneofthereal

fatemergingtechnologie.

Onthepatentidethen,thattheotherthingwetakealookattoeewhat

cientificreearchiactualleingcommercializedecauepatentare,

ifoulike,thenexttage.o,thecientificreearchgiveouthekindof

theoreticalaionwhichoucandevelopolutionandthen,athoe

olutionaredeveloped,thewilltendtoepatentedandooucantrack

theapplicationofthatreearchintorealcommercialolution.

HowdidThomonReuterreachtheconcluionthatolar

willethedominantourceofenergonthiplanetin

2025?

:Thereareacoupleitofevidencetoackthatup,actuall.Oneofthe

reallpromiingareaiinorganicphotoelectriccell,andthatrealli

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tillatthereearchtage.Itaicalllookingatuingorganicchemitr

tocreatephotovoltaic.Thecurrentgenerationofolarcellareinorganic

andrelonelementlikecopperandindiumandtelluriumandelenium

fairlexoticmaterialwhichareprettexpenivetoextractandturninto

electriccell.Ifthecandevelopawaofproducingolarcellorganicall,

fromorganicmaterial,throughorganicchemitr,thenthatwouldea

realreakthroughintermofeingaletomaproduceataverlow

cot.

Theotherkindofpromiingareaitranportation,ecauefoilfuellike

oilandgaareprettconvenientintermofeingaletotranportfrom

whereougetholdofthetufftowhereouneedit.Notquiteowithinthe

caeofolar,ecaueouneedinfratructureinplace,ouneed

tranmiionline.utthereiomeworkthateendone,cientific

reearch,atitearltage.Theveeenworkingatwaofchemicall

capturingunlight.

Alloftheethingthereductionincotandwideravailailitofolar

cell,theincreaingefficiencincapturingunlightandimproving

techniquefortranportationIthink,ifoucrackthoe,thenthat

unleahethefullpotentialforolarpower.Andthatuddenlwhatwe

eewhenwelookatthereearchthatgoingonandthepatentingthat

goingon.Allofthatindicatetouthat,eah,indeed,in2025,in10ear

time,olarwillethelargetreourceofenergontheplanet.

Whatitheignificanceoftheefinding?

:Oneof[our]otherpapertalkaouttheconumptionofpower

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worldwide,andthatexpectedtodouleinthenextthreedecade.That

ecaueofincreaingpopulationandriingdemand.Italoatheun

itelfupplieaout120,000terawatt,thataout6,000timethe

preentrateofenergconumption.otherewamorethanenough

unlightoutthere,evenat10percentconverionefficienc,topowerallof

thegloalneedforenerg;itjutamatterofharneingitand

ditriutingit.

WhatreactionhaThomonReuterreceivedfromthe

report?

:Welliteenoutforawhilenow,utcertainlwhenwefirt

pulihed,itwapickedupprettwidelandprettwell.Therewaalotof

interetgeneratedandhopefullincreaingawareneofthefantatic

datawithinThomonReuterandhowitcaneroughttoeartoring

inightintothinglikethefutureoftechnologandthedirectioninwhich

weregoing.Andactuall,afterlaunchingitpulicl,wetartedadeate

internallwithinThomonReuter.Weakedpeopletovoteonthe10

predictionthatwemadeinthereport,anditturnoutthattheprediction

onolarpowerwatheonethatwaratedmothighlpeopleinternall

onthepollandgeneratedalotofdeateanddicuion.Ithinkthiithe

onethatreallreonatedwithpeople.

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