Alternative Energy

Moving industry forward with next-gen advancements in energy storage and transmission

Overview

The science is settled. Human activities that emit greenhouse gasses (GHGs) are warming the planet and causing devastating climate change. Current GHG emissions must be halved by 2030 and net-zero GHG emissions must be reached by 2050 to contain global warming at a sub-catastrophic level. As fossil-fuel-based energy production is a leading cause of GHG emissions, clean energy technologies play a vital role in a sustainable future for the planet.

The cost of solar and wind energy has fallen considerably over the past decade and no longer yields a significant cost disadvantage compared with fossil fuels. Next-gen renewable technologies such as waste-to-energy, sustainable fuels, fusion energy, geothermal, wave, and tidal, etc. are still at a nascent stage but can be expected to follow similar declining cost principles as they scale. Next-gen advancements in energy storage are also vital in matching the intermittent supply of renewable energy with inflexible demand.

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Market Sizing

The US market for the Alternative Energy industry could reach USD 23.1 billion–28.4 billion by 2028

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Market Mapping


The Alternative Energy industry is dominated by stationary energy storage startups. They have also received the most amount of funding. The majority of the pre-seed and seed-stage startups are from the third-gen renewables segment. Most of the early and growth stage startups are from the bioenergy and sustainable fuels and stationary energy storage segments.

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The Disruptors


The capital-intensive nature of this industry has led many Alternative Energy startups to raise significant funding at very early stages of their operations. This appetite for cash has also prompted many startups to seek public funds fairly quickly—sometimes even while the business is at a conceptual stage—mostly through unconventional methods such as special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deals and over-the-counter (OTC) listings.

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Competitive Analysis


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Incumbents


Oil and gas and other fossil fuel energy companies are increasingly adopting alternative energy to meet their sustainability commitments. While these initiatives are still mostly conventional renewable energy generation projects such as solar and wind, some companies, especially oil and gas supermajors, are also gradually exploring next-gen alternative energy solutions like bioenergy and sustainable fuels. 

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Overview

Energy solutions focused on reducing or substituting GHG emissions

Alternative energy broadly refers to any technology that attempts to provide solutions to the climate crisis by substituting current GHG-emitting energy generation processes with cleaner solutions. This also includes energy storage technologies that stabilize the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources.
The transportation, electric power, and industrial sectors are the three largest polluting sectors in the US, accounting for ~76% (2021) of total US GHG emissions. All three sectors primarily emit GHGs through the combustion of fossil fuels to generate energy. Therefore, alternative energy solutions play a vital role in the global march toward environmental protection.
Overall, we categorize these solutions into four broad categories: 1) next-gen solar, wind, and hydropower; 2) next-gen bioenergy and sustainable fuels; 3) third-gen renewables; and 4) stationary energy storage.

Key Segments

Conventional renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, hydropower, biofuels, and wood have reached maturity, and many companies in these areas can no longer be considered startups. Therefore, they are not covered in this hub. Other relevant areas such as Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS), Hydrogen Economy, and Energy Optimization & Management Software solutions are covered as separate industry hubs. 

Alternative energy attempts to tackle the 'defining issue of our time'

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