Energy generation

Solar thermal energy Wind energy Energy efficiency improvements Emission control; reduction and treatment of waste gases (incl. NOx, SOx, and CO 2 ) Ethanol generation technologies; biomass gasification Offshore energy generation; wave/sea-energy-generation

Grid

Energy storage Smart grid technologies Demand management Grid quality improvements

Other

Technology with relevance to turbine, boiler, and pipe maintenance Technology with relevance to powerstation operation. Material technologies (e.g. for turbines) Service business models Sensor technologies

Water treatment and water management

Hardware improvements

Sensor technologies Motor and drive technologies Power transmission technologies

Automation enabling

Wireless connectivity technologies and protocols Next generation battery technologies Mesh networks Connectivity network management (Machine Vision)

Process improvements

MES, SCM, SW in manufacturing environments Process control and optimization Non Destructive Testing Predictive maintenance Manufacturing simulation tools Tracking and tracing technologies (HW and SW) Plagiarism protection Security; access control; (screening and scanning)

Optical semiconductors; high brightness LEDs

Imaging Technologies

Equipment Applications Software Devices

Diagnostics – Laboratory or Point of Care

In-Vitro Molecular / Gene based

Molecular Imaging & Biomarkers

Image guided systems and therapies

Minimally invasive oncology therapy

Healthcare IT & Software

Medical database and data mining technology Computer Aided Diagnostics Imaging software applications IT and related software for hospitals

Hearing Aids / Audiology

New diagnostics technologies (e.g. nanotech, optical)