Smart Energy Research Service

ABI Research’s Smart Energy Research Service provides guidance on how to navigate globally disrupted energy markets and regulatory changes, achieve energy independence, and manage the energy transition via a range of technologies and services, including grid-wide digitalization solutions, on-site renewables and microgrids, battery and hydrogen storage methods, efficiency management systems, and optimized energy trading and flexibility services.

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Smart Energy Coverage Areas

This service takes a broad view of smart energy as it pertains to enterprises, industries, utilities, and energy system operators. Aspects covered include digital grid technologies and network management practices, renewables, microgrids, hydrogen, energy efficiency management, battery storage, and energy purchasing strategies and flexibility services, among other technologies and services that enable ecosystem participants to lower energy costs, manage their transitions from fossil fuel sources, improve energy reliability and quality, and achieve a greater degree of energy independence.

As part of ABI Research’s vertical markets group, the Smart Energy Research Service positions in-depth analyses of emergent technology trends within the broader context of market turmoil, geostrategic and macroeconomic undercurrents, and changing regulatory environments to deliver nuanced, situationally-aware research and practicable guidance for navigating the rapidly evolving energy ecosystem.

Renewable energy sources
Conventional and clean hydrogen
Battery storage
Energy efficiency
Energy regulation and legislation
Grid-scale energy assets and network management
Microgrids and generation
Energy marketplaces, purchasing strategies, and flexibility trading
On-site Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), and Home-to-Grid (H2G)

Energy management software tools and demand management
AI and digital twins for grids, hydrogen production, and energy asset management
New energy efficiency solutions
Smart energy technologies
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) and their management
Energy industry metadata
Energy market revenue, usage, and market sizing
Enterprise, industry, and utility-scale energy market implementation datasets, reports, and competitive assessments

Smart Energy Research Powers Technology Innovation & Implementation

For Innovators

This service provides guidance on how to navigate globally disrupted energy markets and regulatory changes, achieve energy independence, and manage the energy transition via a range of technologies and services, including grid-wide digitalization solutions, on-site renewables and microgrids, battery and hydrogen storage methods, efficiency management systems, and optimized energy trading and flexibility services.

For Implementers

Our Smart Energy Research Helps Solve Real Business Challenges For Key Stakeholders

What challenges can we help you solve?

Improve competitive positioning

Maintain revenue growth

Maintain technology leadership

What key questions can we help you answer?

What is the market share of the key technology companies?

Which product portfolios are they offering?

What do energy clients need to facilitate their transitions?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Energy cost

Energy mix management

Commercialization of on-site energy assets

What key questions can we help you answer?

How can enterprises effectively manage the energy transition?

How can I optimize and commercialize our energy use case?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Energy cost

Energy mix management

How to deploy grid-scale technologies

What key questions can we help you answer?

How can industries effectively manage the energy transition?

How to electrify assets and diversify energy inputs?

Which technology solutions best apply to our use case?

What challenges can we help you solve?

Grid stability

Grid capacity

Energy flexibility trading

Operational Expenditure (OPEX) versus Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)

DERs and alternative asset integration

What key questions can we help you answer?

Which technologies can address key business problems?

Who are the main energy technology providers?

Meet The Analysts You'll Work With

ABI Research's team of analysts publish groundbreaking research often years before other tech advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors.

Dominique Bonte

Vice President

Daniel Burge

Research Analyst

Stuart Carlaw

Chief Research Officer

Ryan Martin

Senior Research Director

Michela Menting

Senior Research Director

Jake Saunders

Vice President

Dan Shey

Vice President

Dominique Bonte

Vice President

Daniel Burge

Research Analyst

Stuart Carlaw

Chief Research Officer

Ryan Martin

Senior Research Director

Michela Menting

Senior Research Director

Jake Saunders

Vice President

Dan Shey

Vice President

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Market Opportunity Assessments

New product visibility
Market sizing forecasts and trackers
Technology assessments

Competitive Intelligence

Market share analysis
Product reviews
Comparison trackers

End User Surveys

B2B and B2C surveys
Global panel reach
Online surveys and in-depth interviews

Whitepapers

Authored by expert analysts to ensure credibility and depth.
Delivers exclusive insights into the technologies and trends shaping your customers' decisions.
Equips you with persuasive content to drive more informed and effective engagement.

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Companies Covered

Our expansive automotive research covers leading companies, hot tech innovators, and emerging players in the industry.

Deliverables

We cover the technologies, trends, and markets from every angle, and we deliver our qualitative and quantitative intelligence in multiple formats.

DATA

Market Data spreadsheets are composed of deep data, market share analysis, and highly segmented, service-specific forecasts to provide detailed insight where opportunities lie.

REPORTS

Our qualitative reports present in-depth analysis on key market trends, technologies, applications, and emerging companies. Reports are in PDF or PowerPoint format.

INSIGHTS

ABI Insights offer expert perspective on recent news events, including M&As, proposed and recently enacted regulations, product launches, and market updates.

RANKINGS

Competitive Ranking reports offer comprehensive insight into different markets, assessing companies’ implementation and innovation strategies.

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Smart Energy Coverage Areas

Smart Energy Research Powers Technology Innovation & Implementation

For Innovators

For Implementers

Our Smart Energy Research Helps Solve Real Business Challenges For Key Stakeholders

What challenges can we help you solve?

What key questions can we help you answer?

What challenges can we help you solve?

What key questions can we help you answer?

What challenges can we help you solve?

What key questions can we help you answer?

What challenges can we help you solve?

What key questions can we help you answer?

Meet The Analysts You'll Work With

ABI Research's team of analysts publish groundbreaking research often years before other tech advisory firms, empowering our clients to stay ahead of their markets and their competitors.

Dominique Bonte

Daniel Burge

Stuart Carlaw

Ryan Martin

Michela Menting

Jake Saunders

Dan Shey

Dominique Bonte

Daniel Burge

Stuart Carlaw

Ryan Martin

Michela Menting

Jake Saunders

Dan Shey

Go Beyond The Research With Custom & Marketing Solutions

Companies Covered

Our expansive automotive research covers leading companies, hot tech innovators, and emerging players in the industry.

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Whitepapers

Tariff Forecasts and Fallout

Navigating Tariff Turbulence In The Technology Sector

Accelerating Data Center Efficiency with Advanced Cooling

Charts & Data

Secure Embedded Hardware Shipments for Utilities and Industrial IoT

Virtual Substation Digitalization Market Revenue by Region

Ruggedized Industrial WLAN Access Point Shipments

Press Releases

ABI Research Launches Key AI Tool to Speed Time to Insight for Customers

ABI Research Enhances 'My Library' Client Portal with Powerful New Features for Faster Access to Insights

Blogs

Enterprise AI in Southeast Asia: Six Use Cases Software Developers Can’t Ignore

How To Choose a Fleet Telematics Partner: Eight Questions Every Fleet Manager Should Ask

Jensen Huang’s Global Sovereign AI Tour Lands in Paris at VivaTech 2025, Bringing NVIDIA GTC and Renewed Optimism for the AI Ecosystem

Research Highlights

Digitalization Use Cases to Alleviate Electronics Manufacturing Challenges

Strategic Imperatives for Token Service Providers: Navigating Growth, Compliance, and Innovation in Payment Tokenization

The Evolution of the Telematics Control Unit: Connectivity, Consolidation, and Cost Considerations in the Shift Toward Software-Defined Vehicles

Insights

The smarter E Europe 2025: As European Energy Markets Prioritize Grid Resilience, Energy Storage and Flexibility Solutions Are Seizing the Limelight

Digitalization Across End Markets and Verticals: Leaders and Laggards

U.S.-China Trade: Mineral Export Controls Threaten to Hamstring U.S. Energy Innovation

Deliverables

We cover the technologies, trends, and markets from every angle, and we deliver our qualitative and quantitative intelligence in multiple formats.

DATA

REPORTS

INSIGHTS

RANKINGS

Smart Energy Market Research Deliverables

Reports & Data

Insights

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