While petroleum was itself the source of energy, it is batteries that become the focal point in an electrified economy. From extraction of raw materials to battery manufacturing, from advanced battery software to recycling, innovation and policies will determine winners and losers.
The European Union's new battery regulations represent an ambitious effort to regulate the full lifecycle of global battery production. However, questions have been raised about their ability to regulate the social and environmental performance of mining and battery manufacturers.
To be sure, it would be wise for the United States to keep working to reduce its reliance on batteries (and refined minerals) produced in China by cultivating other suppliers such as Vietnam and India; the share of batteries imported from China reached 72 percent in 2023—50 percent would be more appropriate.
Although the EU battery regulations are relatively quiet on trade and investment, they are part of a broader geopolitical environment that has become increasingly concerned about the security of energy and critical mineral supply chains (Petitjean and Verheecke, 2023; Riofrancos, 2023; Torjesen, 2024).
Alongside the Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU regulations will tend to disfavour producer states that are unable to comply with new norms and procedures for reporting and verification. The European Union's new battery regulations represent an ambitious effort to regulate the full lifecycle of global battery production.
Although in the long run, U.S. firms will need to build globally competitive next-generation batteries to truly realize the full market potential of these revolutionary technologies, the U.S. goal in the near term should be to tilt the playing field in favor of American next-generation battery commercialization and early sales.
Can the new energy vehicles (NEVs) and power battery industry …
The Chinese government will have to vigorously investigate and promote the new energy market, increase power battery performance, improve NEVs quality, and control internal-combustion vehicle manufacturing. The replacement of NEVs is part of the goal to stop selling gasoline cars and boost NEVs sales. There is also a lack of data on the life ...
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How the United States Can Win the Battery Race
Since 2009, Beijing has provided $230 billion in government support to domestic EV and battery manufacturers and built a global network of battery supply chain investments, from critical mineral ...
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(PDF) Strategic Battery Autarky: Reducing Foreign Dependence in …
Enhanced subsidies or tax exemptions in conjunction with increased investments in domestic battery raw material refining or advanced cell/cathode manufacturing facilities are policy...
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How the United States Can Win the Battery Race
To be sure, it is prudent for the United States to secure a limited supply of lithium-ion batteries, produced either domestically or by trusted partners abroad, to hedge against the risk of China...
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Batteries Are the Battlefield
Forged from critical minerals—including lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese—lithium-ion batteries can hold considerable energy, making them crucial to …
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(PDF) Strategic Battery Autarky: Reducing Foreign …
Enhanced subsidies or tax exemptions in conjunction with increased investments in domestic battery raw material refining or advanced cell/cathode manufacturing facilities are policy...
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IRA Insight: IRA Targets Domestic Production of EV Batteries
The IRA includes landmark investment opportunities in domestic energy production and manufacturing with the goal of reducing carbon emissions in the U.S. by roughly 40% by 2030. An under-appreciated aspect of the legislation has been its requirements that electric vehicles (EVs) utilize domestically produced battery components for batteries used in …
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Batteries Are the Battlefield
Forged from critical minerals—including lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese—lithium-ion batteries can hold considerable energy, making them crucial to efforts to swap out fossil fuels for ...
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Can the new energy vehicles (NEVs) and power battery industry …
The Chinese government will have to vigorously investigate and promote the new energy market, increase power battery performance, improve NEVs quality, and control …
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Will batteries usher in a new era of global energy …
The question is: Will electrical energy, and in particular, stored energy in batteries, be subject to the same global economic and geopolitical forces that shaped fossil fuels? How long...
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Will batteries usher in a new era of global energy sovereignty?
The U.S. is on track to reach 950 GWh in domestic battery manufacturing by 2030, including 250 GWh of new capacity announced since the passing of the IRA. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ...
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Energy Department offers $3.5B for battery …
The Biden administration today announced $3.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to fund domestic battery and battery material manufacturing.. The Energy Department money will go towards establishing, …
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Challenging Chinese Dominance over Lithium Batteries — the EU …
U.S. companies and research institutions have made strides toward commercializing next-generation batteries with dramatically better performance. These batteries have expanded energy storage, quicker …
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How the United States Can Win the Battery Race
To be sure, it is prudent for the United States to secure a limited supply of lithium-ion batteries, produced either domestically or by trusted partners abroad, to hedge against the risk of China...
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Challenging Chinese Dominance over Lithium Batteries — the EU …
China has spent decades building domestic infrastructures (i.e., battery manufacturing facilities, lithium mining, and processing facilities) and securing lithium supplies in foreign countries through acquisitions. In comparison, the strategic importance of access to lithium supplies and domestic Li-ion battery supply chains was only recently ...
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Greening the global battery chain? Critical reflections on the EU''s ...
The legislation, for instance, requires minimum targets for recovery (lithium – 50 % by 2027 and 80 % by 2031; cobalt, copper, lead and nickel – 90 % by 2027 and 95 % by 2031) and minimum levels of recycled content for new batteries (8 years after they enter into force, 16 % for cobalt, 85 % for lead, 6 % for lithium and 6 % for nickel; 13 ...
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Three Domestic Energy Storage Supply Chain Trends for 2024
1. Strengthening – and expanding – domestic battery recycling efforts. The domestic lead recycling supply chain is already a success. The recycling rate of lead batteries in the U.S. is nearly 100% of lead batteries. A new lead battery produced in the U.S. typically contains more than 80% recycled raw materials. Domestic lead deposits are ...
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Winning the Battery Race: How the United States Can Leapfrog …
U.S. companies and research institutions have made strides toward commercializing next-generation batteries with dramatically better performance. These batteries have expanded energy storage, quicker charging rates, and radical safety improvements. Yet competition is intense, with U.S. rivals in Asia investing heavily in innovation.
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International battery policies: What are the strategies of the …
Countries worldwide are renewing or adapting their political strategies for battery technologies. In this context, a new Fraunhofer ISI report is analysing the different battery …
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Greening the global battery chain? Critical reflections on the EU''s ...
The legislation, for instance, requires minimum targets for recovery (lithium – 50 % by 2027 and 80 % by 2031; cobalt, copper, lead and nickel – 90 % by 2027 and 95 % by …
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Toward security in sustainable battery raw material supply
For example, by nature of their design, cathodes in Li-NMC batteries are more emissive than those in LFP batteries (Exhibit 3). However, to calculate total emissions of both battery types, the extraction and refining practices of the miner and the sourcing strategy of the battery producers must be considered. 23 McKinsey Battery Insights.
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The status quo and future trends of new energy vehicle power batteries …
It encourages foreign investment in China''s battery industry to further promote the development of the power battery industry. New Energy Vehicle Industrial Development Plan (2021–2035) Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: By 2025, the sales of NEVs will reach about 20% of the total sale annual new vehicles. By 2035, battery electric vehicles will …
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USA increases funding for domestic battery production
Specifically, the new funding round announced "will create new, retrofitted, and expanded domestic facilities for battery-grade processed critical minerals, battery precursor materials, battery components, and cell and pack manufacturing." Companies must submit the required concept papers by 9 January 2024, and the complete applications by 19 March 2024.
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International battery policies: What are the strategies of the …
Countries worldwide are renewing or adapting their political strategies for battery technologies. In this context, a new Fraunhofer ISI report is analysing the different battery policies and targets with focus on three fields of battery technology research: Lithium-ion, solid-state, and alternative batteries. The report highlights the political ...
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Will batteries usher in a new era of global energy sovereignty?
The question is: Will electrical energy, and in particular, stored energy in batteries, be subject to the same global economic and geopolitical forces that shaped fossil fuels? How long...
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Toward security in sustainable battery raw material supply
For example, by nature of their design, cathodes in Li-NMC batteries are more emissive than those in LFP batteries (Exhibit 3). However, to calculate total emissions of both …
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Green Upheaval: The New Geopolitics of Energy
Meanwhile, clean energy will come to represent a new source of national power but will itself introduce new risks and uncertainties. These are not arguments to slow or abandon the energy transition. On the contrary, countries around the world must accelerate efforts to combat climate change. But these are arguments to encourage policymakers to ...
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Lion Energy Ensures Domestic Supply Chain with American Battery …
Lion Energy ensures domestic supply chain with American Battery Factory newly announced site in Tucson, Arizona. American Battery Factory''s (ABF) announcement last week to build its first gigafactory in Tucson, Arizona for the production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells is another significant milestone for Lion Energy in its path to becoming a …
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