From Just Have a Think.
Battery energy storage is one of the critical keys to the success of the energy transition. That idea was written off by naysayers as pure fantasy not all that long ago, but batteries are now the single largest form of energy storage globally, this year surpassing the mighty pumped hydro for the first time. And batteries are only just hitting the steep part of the exponential growth curve! Even the uber-conservative International Energy Agency has now declared ‘a new phase’ has been entered!
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Reference Links
International Energy Agency report
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-battery-industry-has-entered-a-new-phase
Declining ICE vehicle sales
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Increasing EV sales
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