In our 2023 Roundup, we highlight nine pivotal resources that have been at the forefront for leaders in industrial innovation, showcasing groundbreaking advancements and strategic developments.
Top 3 eBooks in 2023
Inspire Report Snapshot: The Lux Sustainable Business Model Playbook for Manufacturing
This report addresses three key questions:
- What are the categories and types of novel business models that can be used to help a company grow sustainably?
- How should a company choose which business models to pursue to meet its economic and sustainability targets?
- What challenges do innovation leaders need to overcome to successfully implement these business model innovations?
Decarbonization of Industry: Mapping Progress on the Lux Carbon Canvas
Decarbonization is becoming an increasingly important priority for government, as demonstrated by the European Commission and the Biden administration.
In this e-book, we use the Lux Carbon Canvas to map industrial companies, evaluate their decarbonization efforts, and build future strategies for industrial decarbonization.
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Monetizing Distributed Energy Resources From Behind the Meter
The continuous rise of distributed energy resources (DERs) located behind the meter poses an opportunity to monetize electricity and energy flexibility provided by these assets. DER markets offer the best long-term approach, but virtual power plants are the most established solution today.
Top 3 On-Demand Webinars in 2023
Drivers Determining the Future of Carbon
Renewable sources of carbon can include recycling, biomass, and CO2 from direct air capture or biogenic point sources. However, these sources each have different qualities, different availabilities, and different technologies needed. In short, each carbon source implies an entirely different value chain.
ChatGPT: The Emerging CXO
GPT-4 has unleashed an element of creativity in traditional AI: AI can now be leveraged to tackle systems-level innovations that are prerequisite to tackle hard problems like climate change. Given the promise of far-reaching implications, corporate boards want to know:
- Can GPT-4 accelerate R&D success for a large, leading manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate?
- How could GPT-4 shorten time-to-market for a new energy drink?
- In which large, industrialized city will residential customers disrupt the traditional utility model by leveraging GPT-4 to unshackle themselves from the monopoly of their electric utility?
Decarbonization of Industry: Mapping Progress on the Lux Carbon Canvas
Heavy industries like steel, cement, and aluminum are crucial to society but are also major emitters of greenhouse gasses. Companies in this space are all under significant pressure to decarbonize but are they making enough progress?
This webinar uses the Lux Carbon Canvas to map industrial companies, evaluate their decarbonization efforts, and build future strategies for industrial decarbonization.
Top 3 Blogs in 2023
Rethinking risks from critical minerals
Norwegian phosphate rock was in the news [earlier this year], and it’s not because it’s all the rage with the kids: Norwegian junior mining company Norge Mining announced it had found a huge new deposit of phosphate rock. This is a big deal on some level (though the announcement is not greatly substantive) because there’s real concern that we’re running out of phosphorus.
Happy Birthday! One year later, the IRA is having a major impact
On August 16, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Hopes were high that the broad array of open-ended tax credits (client-only research) would drive decarbonization in the U.S. (and global) economy, but the variable nature of the subsidies created uncertainty. One year later, it’s clear that the IRA is having a major impact on the energy transition and sustainable innovation in the U.S.
No 3D printing deals
The 3D printing industry is undergoing a wave of consolidation with a focus on profitability and growth. In Lux’s recent research brief, “Consolidation in the 3D printing industry is reaching its peak (client-only),” we analyzed the merger and acquisition attempts of four publicly listed 3D printing companies: Desktop Metal, Nano Dimension, Stratasys, and 3D Systems. We argued that Nano Dimension’s bid to acquire Stratasys was unrealistic, and, even if the other mergers go through, the path to profitability is long. Indeed, none of the proposed mergers have materialized. The most plausible deal (between Stratasys and Desktop Metal) has been abandoned.