RE: LTH19 Feb 2022 12:34
Hi Everyone
I felt compelled to post excerpts from a report on Marketbeats to which I subscribe.
The article is entitled THE LITHIUM WAR CHINA VERSUS THE USA.
"Global demand for Lithium is expected to grow by 4000% by 2040"
"China is is also on the energy storage bandwagon. It plans to increase its energy from wind and solar 140% in the next decade and be carbon neutral by 2060. Energy storage companies will be racing to keep up with China's demand `and grab market share"
"For instance Volkswagen is committing $55 billion to electrifying its cars and SUV's - and like GM plans to produce only EV's by 2035. Today almost 40 manufacturers are making EV's worldwide. A lot of lithium batteries are needed to keep up with EV demand".
"As the popularity of renewable energy - solar and wind - continues to relentlessly rise, the biggest challenge to renewables remains. How do you store energy produced by sunlight and wind to use on calm and cloudy days and also at night?
A solution is energy storage batteries which are made from Lithium...and building huge battery "parks" like the one you see here"
"Elon Musk of Tesla fame is behind Moss Landing Battery Park in Monterey, California, the largest battery park in the world. Moss landing stores energy gathered from the sun and wind and transfers electricity into the nation's electric grid.
Stationary storage systems powered by lithium batteries are seeing record growth all over the world. Plans for new large scale lithium battery grids are underway in London, Lithuania, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Chile."
"Bloomberg NEF say that renewables combined with battery storage are already an economically viable alternative to building new gas peaker plants that burn natural gas for power."
"According to Sullivan and Deese's report, the US has increased renewable megawatt hours (MWh) by 240% in a single year thanks to battery storage systems. And lithium batteries accounted for 99% of that increase.
Over the next 2 years, the US is projected to become the largest global market for stationary battery storage. And by 2050, China and the US (in that order) are projected to be the top two markets"
End of excerpts!
I hope you folks find thus information and as a LTH of PREM I find all this adding extra reassurance!
Michael