Nowadays you can surprise nobody with the words “alternative kinds of energy”, “nanoenergetics” and “nanotechnologies”.
Following the results of marketing researches of the nanotechnologies market it is possible to do well-founded forecasts concerning expediency of investment either in those or other branch, terms of cost recovery and profitableness of projects.
What branches of nanotechnologies will become profitable in the nearest perspective?
The most profitable is nanoenergetics, besides it is optimal for short-term investments. So, in 2008 the investments into nanotechnologies have made more than 400 million dollars. 32 % of them - in nanoenergetics (with profit more than 40 % of the invested amounts).
Let's consider various kinds of nanoenergetics in details.
Ocean thermal energy. The process of its transformation is difficult enough, still effective. Scientists have counted up that if 0,1 % of heat accumulated by ocean is transformed into electricity, this quantity would be enough to cover needs of all America, including industries, within 20 days.
Wind energy. A good variant of investments in nanoenergetics is production of the home equipment to get electricity from wind. The volume of initial investments here is rather insignificant: $1,5 billion is enough to build a factory of average capacity (3-4 thousand units of production monthly ). Thus the cost of home wind electrical station for the final buyer will make from 4 to 50 thousand dollars depending on characteristics. This way profitability of manufacturer reaches to 43 % at sale and more than 67 % at maintenance service. Term of a full recoupment of such stations for farmers makes from 2 years, for owners of cottages and private houses - from 4 years, for apartments - from 7 months, for the enterprises - from 4 months.
Nuclear engineering. It is probably the most competitive and big-budget kind of nanoenergetics. However by estimations of analysts the next 2-3 years it will be pressed by other kind of energy - solar.
Solar power. It is getting more and more interesting to investors, taking the lead by volume of investments over informational and hi-tech fields, giving profit from 57 % against a maximum of 30 %. That is why many countries invest hundred million dollars annually in studying and developing of solar power. And at the governmental level. For example, the government of the United Arab Emirates has confirmed the grant at a rate of 2,5 million dollars for the best innovative decision in this area. Means are actively invested in the practical side of issue as well: building of factories that produce polycrystalline silicon, manufacture thin-film solar elements which basis amorphous silicon is. Experts predict that the next 2 years the solar power will be made at the same prices of traditional, and in 3-4 years will become cheaper several times.
Investments of means into working out of such kinds of nanoenergetics, such as using energy of waves and the flowing rivers, in the foreseeable future are not economically proved because these technologies are at the stage of laboratory research.
This way nuclear and solar power, building of wind-driver power stations are the most attractive to the companies that are ready today for short-term investments in volumes to 2 billion dollars. Considering self-renewal of the resources, these technologies are most favourable and promising. Nanoenergetics is not the future, but the present. And those who understand it earlier than others will be the first who take place in this field and start receiving profits.
Among other nanotechnologies, except nanoenergetics, it is necessary to pay attention to producing of harmless transport. In connection with constant raising the price of petrol and its expected deficiency already in the near future, the set of the companies is interested in working out of the techniques using alternative, cheaper kinds of fuel.
Hydrogen transport. It is proved that hydrogen cars are 18,7 times more effective and cheaper in service than usual ones. Till now the technology hasn’t got wide spread occurrence because while using hydrogen fuel a considerable quantity of carbonic gas escape. There was published an article about the results of laboratory researches in magazine “National Geographic - Korea” in November, 2010 according to which the problem of superfluous emission of carbonic acid is solved, and new technology is admitted to industrial introduction. For investors it means that possibility of investments in sphere with profitableness over 700 % annual has opened before them.
Electromobiles. It is also pretty attractive sphere to invest. Electromobiles are more economic than hydrogen fuel cars, however, the technology isn’t ready for industrial working out - search of solving the problem how to decline in value the power-intensive accumulators that are necessary for long work of transport.
Investments are necessary for progressive development of nanoenergetics.
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