Research on Technology Strategy and Market Evaluation of Power Generation System NEXT36 Technologies

Research Report: Next-Generation Power Generation & Energy Storage Seed Technologies and Market Overview 2026 Edition [No.1 Technology & Market Edition]

Axtimes Inc., a market research company that develops information knowledge services (Location: Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director: Norihiro Hashimoto), announced the release of its research report, "Next-Generation Power Generation & Energy Storage Seed Technologies and Market Overview 2026 Edition [No.1 Technology & Market Edition]," on April 15, 2026. This report evaluates 50 technologies in the next-generation energy sector from multiple perspectives, including technology, market, policy, demand, and supply. This press release introduces excerpts from the research results for 36 power generation systems.

■ No.1 Technology & Market Edition: Individual Evaluation of 50 Technologies

■ No.2 Comparison & Analysis Edition: Cross-sectional Analysis of 50 Technologies + Excel Dataset

These research results will be sold as reports and also developed as lectures and seminars, including the content of the research results, for companies, economic organizations, and local governments promoting decarbonization and a circular economy.

Furthermore, a special "Explanation Webinar" is scheduled to be held at a later date, and those who have purchased this research report in advance will be invited. Please refer to the information at the end of this press release for details.

[Contents obtainable from the research report]

・Individual evaluation of 50 next-generation technologies (market, technology, policy, demand, supply, etc.)

・Component technologies and technical issues (main equipment, materials, technologies, etc.)

・Systematically organized list of case studies

[Recommended for these people]

・Heavy electrical manufacturers, light electrical manufacturers, material manufacturers, chemical manufacturers, steel manufacturers

・Electric power companies, gas companies, oil companies, engineering companies, plant companies, trading companies

・New business development departments, business planning departments, R&D departments / researchers looking for new research themes

Guidance: At the end of this press release, we have posted information on "Purchase Consideration Support" where you can freely view a part of the research report.

■ Research Background and Purpose

Amid the urgent need to secure adjustment capabilities to compensate for the intermittency of widespread renewable energy, in addition to the global increase in energy demand and the demand for power sources with low environmental impact for decarbonization, a variety of unprecedented new power source developments are progressing. Furthermore, with the spread of sensor networks, there is a growing need for convenient energy harvesting power sources that utilize unused energy.

This research [No.1 Technology & Market Edition] targets 50 technologies in the next-generation energy sector, including highly novel and noteworthy power generation technologies from energy harvesting to nuclear power generation, as well as energy storage technologies. A data book was created to evaluate these technologies from multiple perspectives, including technology, market, policy, demand, and supply.

■ No.1 Technology & Market Edition: Individual Evaluation of 50 Technologies (This research)

■ No.2 Comparison & Analysis Edition: Cross-sectional Analysis of 50 Technologies + Excel Dataset

This research was conducted with the aim of supporting the exploration of promising technologies and business opportunities from an information perspective, by providing a data book designed to give an overview of the individual evaluation of 50 next-generation technologies for those in the new business development community.

■ Research Results (Excerpts)

[Potential Market Size* | Power Generation System NEXT36 Technologies]

Category

Potential Market Size *See notes

Renewable Energy | Devices

Perovskite solar cells 1.5 trillion yen

Dye-sensitized solar cells 100 billion yen

Organic thin-film solar cells 400 billion yen

Quantum dot solar cells 500 billion yen

Renewable Energy | Equipment/Plants

Vertical axis wind turbines 1.5 trillion yen

Airborne wind turbines 1.5 trillion yen

Floating offshore wind power 3 trillion yen

Wave power generation 800 billion yen

Tidal current power generation 1 trillion yen

Ocean thermal energy conversion 2 trillion yen

Salinity gradient power generation 250 billion yen

Small/micro hydropower generation 400 billion yen

Next-generation geothermal power generation 2 trillion yen

Thermophotovoltaic power generation 200 billion yen

Fuel Cells | Devices

Next-generation solid oxide fuel cells 1.5 trillion yen

Anion exchange membrane fuel cells 600 billion yen

Proton ceramic fuel cells 1 trillion yen

Ammonia direct fuel cells 300 billion yen

Low-carbon power generation, Nuclear power generation, Nuclear fusion power generation | Equipment/Plants

Next-generation GTCC 3 trillion yen

Chemical looping combustion power generation 1 trillion yen

Supercritical CO2 cycle power generation 3 trillion yen

Next-generation nuclear power (innovative light water reactors, SMR) 4 trillion yen

Next-generation nuclear power (fast reactors) 1.5 trillion yen

Magnetic confinement fusion power generation 5 trillion yen

Inertial confinement fusion power generation 1 trillion yen

Energy Harvesting | Devices

Next-generation thermoelectric power generation 300 billion yen

Thermomagnetic power generation 60 billion yen

Magnetostrictive/piezoelectric vibration power generation 150 billion yen

Electrostatic/variable capacitance vibration power generation 100 billion yen

Acoustic/sound pressure power generation 90 billion yen

Triboelectric power generation 200 billion yen

Microbial fuel cells