http://www.reportsnreports.com/Darnell group Market Research Reports XML feedhttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/207148-power-packs-for-portable-electronic-devices-worldwide-forecasts-applications-chemistries-threats-and-competitive-environment-seventh-edition.htmlThis seventh-edition report, Battery Packs for Portable Electronic Devices” provides detailed, quantitative forecasts for near-term and longer-term growth for this important market. The addition of new power architectures, smaller form factors, more efficient designs and improved power management technology, combined with growing demand in a variety of applications ranging from power tools to tablet computers is expected to create new opportunities. Made up of the communications, computer, consumer, portable medical and portable military segments, the battery packs industry will experience a number of significant opportunities over the forecast period, as manufacturers scramble to pro...Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/181610-energy-harvesting-and-related-energy-storage-devices-worldwide-forecasts-fourth-edition.htmlVarious Energy Harvesting and Energy Storage products and technologies are already providing sales opportunities across a range of applications. This comprehensive analysis provides decision makers with an insightful look into the current and future opportunities and threats available in the global markets for Energy Harvesting and Energy Storage devices. Topics include:Emerging Trends and Developments Recent Developments in Power Management ICsStandards and Regulations UpdateAssumptions and MethodologyEnergy Harvesting Applications ForecastsEnergy Harvesting Technology ForecastsEnergy Storage Forecasts ...Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/150509-dc-building-power-emerging-trends-application-drivers-market-opportunities-adoption-rates-and-forecasts.htmlVarious DC Building Power products and technologies are already providing sales opportunities across a range of applications. This comprehensive analysis provides decision makers with an insightful look into the current and future opportunities and threats available in the dc building power supply market. Topics include:Emerging Trends and DevelopmentsAdditional Applications and DriversPending Issues in the Development of DCCurrent Areas of DevelopmentKey Organizations Involved in Advancing DC PowerEstimated Market ProjectionsSelective Company ProfilesThe introduction of dc power to industries that traditionally rely on...Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/147974-power-and-energy-measurement-worldwide-market-forecasts-first-edition.htmlAdvanced power and energy measurement is already providing opportunities for certain functions in certain power supplies in certain applications. This report highlights where these functions, power supplies and applications converge, and when they are likely to offer the greatest commercial prospects. Topics include:Background and Demand CharacteristicsUtility Demand ResponseOther Demand CharacteristicsMarket DriversWorldwide Power & Energy Measurement ForecastsApplication ForecastsWattage ForecastsPower Supply ForecastsSelected Company ProfilesAppendix A: Energy Management Systems: Confer...Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/135175-ac-dc-power-supplies-worldwide-forecasts.htmlDriven by traditional applications including the three C's - Communications, Computers and Consumer - as well as several emerging ones, the outlook for the embedded power supply market is expected to remain strong. Projected to grow from $1.7 billon in 2011 to over $2.2 billion in 2016, a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6%, the ac-dc power supply market is not only growing, but undergoing a significant shift in demand characteristics which is expected to result in new product designs and sales opportunities.The Smart Grid segment is a new addition to this report and is expected to make an immediate impact, as it is projected to be the fast...Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/18402-dc-building-power-economic-factors-application-drivers-archite.htmlThe dc building power market is projected to grow significantly over the next several years, and among the driving forces is the need to improve efficiency and reduce electricity costs in several areas. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in 2006, data centres and servers in the United States accounted for approximately 1.5% of the nation’s total electricity consumption. To put this in perspective, the EPA stated that this total exceeded the electricity consumed by the entire nation’s colour televisions, and is similar to the amount of electricity consumed by approximately 5.8 million average TV ...Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16366-disruptive-technologies-affecting-the-pv-industry-microinverters.htmlThe emergence of disruptive power architectures including microinverters and dc-dc converters will be one of the most important trends in the photovoltaic (PV) market in the near-term. The accelerating worldwide growth in grid-tied PV will be driven by a number of factors including: improved technology, cost reductions, strong deployment incentives, growing consumer interests, renewable portfolio standards, climate change concerns, and a host of other policy mandates. The number of relatively large PV projects feeding power directly to the grid will increase, but most systems will be deployed in behind-the-meter applications, where the technology co...Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16368-energy-harvesting-micro-batteries-market-forces-and-demand-cha.htmlEnergy harvesting has been emerging” for several years, but the technology is now poised to break out commercially, driven by developments in areas that are, themselves, emerging applications. The market got its initial acceptance in wireless building automation and control, with deployments in Europe. These opportunities spread to North America, where home automation and control technologies were added to the mix. Wireless sensor mesh networks provided challenges that energy harvesting could meet, particularly where battery use was limited or problematic. Energy efficiency, the Smart Grid, radio frequency ID, and thin-film batteries all helped to ...Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16358-global-communications-power-a-white-paper-on-recent-market-and-f.htmlDepending on what you read, the overall telecommunications market is either on solid ground or has a tough road ahead. Both are probably true, since the world will not shut down even under the worst economic conditions. Opinions differ as to where, if any, growth will take place. For makers of communications power systems, the questions are spread over a number of different segments, from customer premises equipment, to wireless, to central offices, to emerging data communications technologies.Regional economic impacts will play a role, as well. The Economist’s yearly industry assessment for telecoms predicts that emerging economies will still...Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16391-inverters-for-alternative-energy-resources-worldwide-forecasts-.htmlLed by the growing photovoltaic (PV) market, the outlook for inverters used in alternative energy is expected to remain strong. The worldwide inverter dollar market is projected to increase from $3.4 billion in 2009 to almost $4.8 in 2014, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.0%. The worldwide unit market is expected to grow at a somewhat faster pace, increasing from 560 thousand units to over 871 thousand units, a CAGR of 9.2% over the same period. Projected to make up over 95% of the market, the inverters used in PV installations, both small (1-5kW) and large (>6MW), will far outpace those used in either wind or fuel cell applications. The...Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16389-inverters-for-alternative-energy-resources-economic-factors-app.htmlLed by the growing photovoltaic market (PV), the outlook for inverters used in Alternative Energy Resource technology is expected to remain strong. Industry growth in this application will be driven by a combination of government incentives and declining PV module prices. Projected to make up over 95% of the market, the inverters used in PV installations, both small (1-5kW) and large (>6MW), will far outpace those used in either wind or fuel cell applications.Driven by the need to develop alternative sources of energy, limit greenhouse gasses and reduce the dependence on foreign energy supplies, the market forces driving the alternative energy re...Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16353-ac-dc-power-supplies-worldwide-forecasts-ninth-edition.htmlThe embedded ac-dc power supply market will grow at a rate of 5.1% in 2009. Fueled by the emergence of LED lighting as a major application area and the introduction of a separate Solid State Lighting Segment (SSL), the embedded ac-dc power supply market is projected to realize immediate growth. In fact, it is expected to continue growing, increasing from $14.8 billion in 2009 to $20.6 billion in 2014, at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8%. The addition of this segment to the embedded ac-dc forecast represents a significant development for the industry, as it presents power supply manufacturers with an opportunity to capture a portion of the anticipa...Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16381-vehicle-electrification-worldwide-forecasts-first-edition.htmlLike many emerging technologies, vehicle electrification has been around for a long time, but until recently, the technology has not really taken off.” Even though the automotive (i.e. passenger cars and light trucks) portion of the vehicle electrification market is expected to be large, the non-automotive segments represent a potential $893 million opportunity worldwide, growing to approximately $2 billion in 2014, a compound annual growth rate of 17.1%.Passenger hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs)s get a lot of press, but they do not necessarily represent the best opportunity for suppliers attempting to get into the vehicle electrification market. En...Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16375-ac-dc-power-supplies-economic-factors-application-drivers-arch.htmlOver the next few years, ac-dc power supplies will represent a faster growth opportunity than board-mounted dc-dc converter modules. This is a major development and marks a significant departure from past patterns. Historically, power converter makers have turned to dc-dc converter modules for high growth rates. That will no longer be possible. As a result of numerous factors, ac-dc power supplies now represent a better long-term growth opportunity than dc-dc converter modules (see Graphs 1-3). Despite a global economic slowdown, the outlook for the worldwide embedded ac-dc power supply market is expected to remain strong. Evolving powering architec...Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16355-electronic-ballasts-market-forces-and-demand-characteristics-fi.htmlIn the next five years, the global lighting industry will go through the biggest period of change since the invention of the incandescent bulb by Thomas Edison. The Edison bulb itself will be effectively outlawed in most countries and for most applications. The compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) that once appeared to be the heir-apparent for general illumination applications will be under severe pressure from environmentalists concerned about mercury content. The era of true solid state lighting will be dawning, primarily powered by ultra-high-efficiency light emitting diodes (LEDs) and to a lesser extent by organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs).Every type of...Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16378-vehicle-electrification-market-forces-and-demand-characteristics.htmlVehicle electrification is a broad term that typically involves the incorporation of efficient electric motors to displace conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) power. Vehicle electrification may involve simply replacing inefficient belt and gear driven under-the-hood auxiliaries (pumps, heating/air conditioning, cooling fans, etc.) with efficient electric-powered ones. It can also combine electric propulsion with ICEs in various parallel, series, and plug-in hybrid configurations to increase efficiencies, or eliminate the ICE entirely by replacing it with full electric propulsion, such as in a battery- or fuel cell-powered vehicle. Generally, as vehicl...Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16365-worldwide-dc-dc-converter-modules-and-ics-forecasts-application.htmlMultiple factors are pushing and pulling at the market for dc-dc converters. The number of power rails in a typical electronic system is increasing, new powering architectures are emerging, the overall economy is in a temporary slump, a trend exists to use more embedded powering solutions in place of dc-dc converter modules, digital power management and overall energy efficiency are becoming important to both system designers and system users, and so on. As a result of these complex dynamics, the market for dc-dc converters is moving in new directions. This report presents the most comprehensive analysis ever offered on this important and dynamic market. Detail...Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16360-dc-dc-converter-modules-and-ics-economic-factors-application-dr.htmlToday is rife with opportunities and dangers for makers of dc-dc converters. The opportunities have narrowed as a result of the current economic downturn. The dangers have increased in the near term. But all the long-term trends continue to play out and the search for growth will intensify. New power architectures are driving the average wattages of isolated converters down. Makers of non-isolated point-of-load (POL) converters are also seeing their value-added opportunities reduced by new system powering architectures. New packaging options are emerging and will impact the opportunities for value-added. The sometimes hidden backdrop for these changes is the em...Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16373-external-ac-dc-power-supplies-worldwide-forecasts-third-edition.htmlDespite a global economic slowdown, the outlook for the worldwide external ac-dc power supply market is expected to remain strong. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world economy is projected to grow at a 3.7% percent rate in 2008. The IMF lowered its global 2008 growth projection from 4.1%. That would be the weakest performance since 2003, when world growth was 3.6%. It would also be a marked slowdown from the 4.9% pace the global economy achieved last year. In fact, the IMF sees a 25% chance that global growth will drop to 3% or less in 2008 and 2009, which is equivalent to a global recession. In spite of these pessimistic numbers, the d...Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16393-led-driver-ics-first-edition-worldwide-forecasts.htmlThis detailed analysis provides important insights into this growing market. The single largest opportunity for growth in the next five years will be in the various applications within the Signals, Signs and Billboards segment. That segment is already the second-largest unit segment. It is projected to have an above-average growth rate (31.9% versus the worldwide average of 24.5%). As a result, by 2013, the Signals, Signs and Billboards segment will be by far the largest opportunity for LED driver ICs. Because of the higher power levels of the drivers in that segment, it is already the largest dollar market in 2008. The Small LCD BLUs segment is the second-larg...Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16394-led-driver-ics-application-drivers-technology-developments-pr.htmlWhite LEDs are targeted at a broad range of applications, from backlighting for LCD panels for PCs; headlights and other automotive devices; and lighting products for outdoors, offices and homes. In the near future, the main driver of the white LED market is expected to shift from mobile phone handsets to large LCD panels for notebook PCs featuring 10-inch or larger displays. To remain competitive, LED manufacturers will focus on developing a low-priced product that achieves a luminous efficiency of 100lm/W and a unit price of ¥1/lm, equivalent to current LEDs for mobile phones.Mobile phone handsets are currently the largest market for LEDs (and...Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16401-power-packs-for-portable-elecronics-worldwide-forecasts-applica.htmlDespite a number of signs indicating a possible global economic slowdown, the outlook for the Worldwide Power Pack market is expected to remain strong. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world economy is projected to grow by 4.9% in 2008, with some of the strongest growth coming from the Asian region. This growth willhave a positive effect on the consumer market and will contribute to the expansion of the power pack market for 2008. Given this strong consumer demand, the Worldwide Power Pack market for portable electronics is projected to grow from 1.9 billion units in 2008 to 3.1 billion units in 2013, a compounded annual growth rate...Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16396-power-packs-for-portable-electronics-series-sixth-edition-marke.htmlThe portable power market continues to evolve, redefining what it means to be portable,” while more traditional applications face new challenges. Laptops, mobile phones, and digital cameras continue to set the pace for battery power, but newer entrants such as radio frequency identification, portable video/audio players, and portable medical equipment are providing smaller but interesting niche opportunities. The challenge for IC makers is developing creative power management solutions that reduce total system cost, minimize board space, and allow the addition of more functions while reducing power consumption. Fuel gauge ICs, in particular, are ma...Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.reportsnreports.com/reports/16395-power-packs-for-portable-electronics-series-sixth-edition-compe.htmlThe worldwide rechargeable battery market continues to remain concentrated among several top manufacturers. These companies are located in a number of Asian countries, and consist of several large manufacturers including Sanyo, Sony, Matsushita Battery Industrial MBI (Japan), BYD (China) and Samsung SDI and LG Chem (South Korea). All of these manufacturers are large, vertically integrated electronics companies with aggressive R&D schedules and manufacturing facilities. Adding to this concentration is the complexity of the technology required for battery production and the large investment required for mass production. As a result, companies attempting to en...Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT