ESS – Global Grid Deployment Infographic, February 2023

See below for our Battery Energy Stationary Storage Global Grid Deployments Infographic, February 2023. This draws on data from our BESS Monthly Assessment and our BESS Quarterly Outlook,

The BESS Monthly Assessment provides a monthly update of global BESS developments, both for projects and news from the sector. Click here to request a demo.

The BESS Quarterly Outlook provides long-term outlooks for ESS battery demand and battery chemistry, by application and region, based on robust and informed methodologies. Click here to request a demo.

 

Highlights from this month’s assessment:

  • Our Next Energy launched its Aries Grid LFP ESS system, with a duration of four to twelve hours. A facility for system manufacturing was subsequently announced in West Virginia expected to be operational from 2025
  • Kexiang Holdings plans to invest RMB2 billion (USD0.3 billion) in a 6GWh sodium-ion battery production project in Ganzhou, Jiangxi
  • Project spotlights in January include the Pilbara Energy Connect in Australia,  Pampas Hybrid Park in Chile and Shenyang Fakuxian Vanadium Flow Energy Centralized Storage Project in China

BESS Capacity Tracker – what does it tell us?

February was a relatively weaker month for the grid BESS market, with 1.4GWh of new capacity entering operation across over 24 projects, a y-o-y decrease of 40% compared to February 2022. This included 6 projects over 100MWh entering operation. YTD installed capacity now sits at 5.6GWh, for the full year 2023, a further 140GWh of capacity is planned to enter operation. In terms of new capacity announcements, over 33GWh was announced, across 90 locations.

Why do we track the battery energy stationary storage market? 

To understand the market dynamics, key drivers, and technologies our BESS market analysis is an important data tool providing the cathode demand for grid scale and behind the meter BESS based on use case, economic and regional analysis.

These trends have implications along the battery supply chain for battery raw material suppliers, battery manufacturers, utility companies and renewable energy developers, as well as anyone with an interest in the ESS battery supply chain

The monthly assessment provides a regular update of the developments in the BESS market, tracking both key market and technology news and an analysis into the roll-out and development of grid-scale projects and those currently in the pipeline. This enables you to stay up to date and well informed within the competitive and growing BESS market.

Who benefits from understanding battery energy stationary storage market dynamics? 

Battery raw material suppliers, battery manufacturers, utility companies, renewable energy developers as well as anyone with an interest in the ESS battery supply chain.

How do we track the battery energy stationary storage market? 

The near-term market is tracked via project announcements and progress updates these come from a number of sources including government and provincial bodies, news sites, technology supplier announcements, and planning bodies. The result is our ever-growing database of battery energy storage installation projects worldwide, which covers most projects over 10MWh, this is updated on an ongoing basis. We track key metrics for each project including the storage technology employed, the size of the installation, the feed-in energy source and supplier.

A key factor in the long term forecast in both grid and behind the meter methodologies is to assess the market outlook for global electricity demand, and also to determine the renewables share of the mix of this growing demand. For this, we consider a number of factors affecting this on a region-by-region basis. Our outlook for battery ESS is calculated by identifying the appropriate technology deployment based on the use case and economics in each storage scenario.

How could our data help you?

Access to the analysis we provide, enables our clients to gain an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the battery ESS market. It allows them to devise well-informed strategies, stay up-to-date with key market developments, maintain an awareness of the competitive landscape and create future-proof plans.

The Battery Energy Stationary Storage Outlook delivers a complete overview and analysis of the current and future BESS market. The report can be used as both a reference tool to understand the market dynamics, key drivers, and technologies and as an important data tool providing the cathode demand for grid scale and behind the meter BESS based on use case, economic and regional analysis

The Battery Energy Stationary Storage Monthly Assessment provides you with a regular update of the developments in the Battery ESS market, tracking both key market and technology news and an analysis into the roll-out and development of grid-scale projects, and those currently in the pipeline.

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EV Motor Deployment Infographic – February 2023

Below is the February 2023 version of our EV Motor Deployment Infographic, which draws on data from our EV Motors Monthly Assessment and our EV Motors and Systems Quarterly Assessment.

The EV Motors Monthly Assessment provides monthly weighted averages of motor technology demand across vehicle classes, detailing the power and quantity deployed regionally and by vehicle segment. Click here to request a sample of this report.

The EV Motors & Systems Quarterly Outlook forecast provides long-term outlooks for EV penetration, motor technology split, number of motors per vehicle and average vehicle power by vehicle class, based on robust and informed methodologies. Click here to request a demo of this report.

 

Highlights from this month’s assessment include:
  • Tesla announces it plans to move away from using rare earths in its permanent magnet motor for the next generation vehicle.
  • Rivian begins manufacture of its Enduro drive motors.
  • VW plans greater in-house design and manufacture of drivetrain components.
  • On the back of Tesla’s announcement, we explore ferrite magnet motors in this month’s technology spotlight.

January saw a sharp reduction in motor deployment due to the much lower volume of EV sales. January is typically a slow month for the automotive market and with Chinese Lunar New Year being in January as well this year it was especially low. Despite this 0.85 million units were still deployed, a 13% rise y-o-y.
The electric vehicle power tracker showed a return to growth breaching 170kW for the first time. The trend shows little sign of slowing down with more high powered vehicles expected to come to market in 2023.

Why do we track EV motors?

As Electric Vehicle and battery market analysts, we track the development of EV motors and motor technology market share across the EV industry, on a monthly basis. Our EV Motors Monthly Assessment is an invaluable tool in understanding how the various technologies affect upstream material demand, particularly copper and rare earth elements, as well as how supply chains of those materials will affect future motor technologies. This report also keeps track of technological developments and movements in the power electronics industry.

Who benefits from subscribing to our EV Motors Monthly Assessment?

The EV Motors Monthly Assessment provides in-depth analysis of vehicle motor power, upstream material demand, and technological developments across the market. This makes it relevant to a wide variety of companies.

This report acts as an invaluable tool to those involved in the motor manufacturing and automotive part supplying industries, where it can be used to inform and build key policies and strategies. It is also a useful reference for those in the investment world, who may be looking to invest into a lesser-known part of the EV sector where significant energy and resources are focused. Other than that, this report can be used to help people better understand the technical side of the market, the dynamics involved, and which technologies are popular.

Anyone operating within the EV supply chain, will benefit from understanding the EV motor market, what is driving it and how it affects the wider EV market.

As part of the work involved to produce our EV Motors Monthly Assessment, we publish a monthly Electric Vehicle Power Tracker, (the full archive can be seen on our membership platform), to offer our members and followers regular insights into power vehicles demand. The Electric Vehicle Power Tracker is an assessment of the sales weighted average maximum total power for PC & LDVs (PHEV & BEV). This is based on monthly vehicle sales and our model-by-model analysis of vehicle motor power.

How do we track the EV motor market?

Our EV Motors Monthly Assessment is a weighted average of electric motor technology across the electric vehicle sector and contains in-depth analysis of vehicle motor power and upstream material demand.

Electric vehicle sales data is obtained from automotive associations at country level. This is done on a model-by-model basis for both BEV and PHEV vehicles for all major markets, and covers a minimum of 90% of total global market sales. This analysis provides a balanced representation of markets with different vehicle characteristics, suppliers and seasonality.

From this stage we assign the appropriate motor technology to each EV model, as multiple motors, often of differing technologies, are common in some vehicle variations. We model this split to generate the most precise overall picture of the industry, which in turn allows us to track the metrics available in the assessment.

Estimates are used where EV specific model data is not explicitly stated. This is based on industry and company reports and primary research. These are then substantiated when official data becomes available.

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Our insight and analysis on the EV market and battery technology advances, allow our clients to be fully up to date on latest developments, and will help inform the ways in which they react and respond to changing market dynamics. Businesses with an interest in the EV supply chain, from battery raw materials suppliers, battery manufacturers, OEMs, to charging infrastructure providers, will find it easier to form considered and forward-thinking strategies when equipped with Rho Motion data and analysis.

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Battery Recycling Infographic – March 2023

See below for our Battery Recycling Infographic, March 2023. As you will see, this features market developments in the Battery Recycling space, and draws on data from our Battery Recycling Capacity Database and our Battery Recycling Quarterly Outlook .

The Battery Recycling Capacity Database tracks battery recycling annual capacity including plant locations, recycling input and output. Click here to request a demo of our Battery Recycling Capacity Database

The Battery Recycling Quarterly Outlook provides a long-term outlook for global scrap materials available for battery recycling by region, battery chemistry and feedstock covering end-of-life energy stationary storage. Click here to request a demo of our Battery Recycling Quarterly Outlook.

 

Highlights from the latest Battery Recycling Capacity Database:
  • Ecobat plans to build its battery recycling plant in Casa Grande, Arizona nearby its anode manufacturing facility. Commissioning is scheduled for Q3 2023.
  • Miracle Logistics System Engineering and SVOLT’s subsidiary Tengqingqing Recycling Resources formed a joint venture to build an LFP battery scrap recycling plant in Shangrao, China by mid-2024.
  • BASF in collaboration with Tenova Advanced Technologies plans to start its battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany later this year.

Global battery recycling pre-treatment capacity has reached around 1.6 million tonnes per year of recycling inputs with China accounting for 80% of the total market. The monthly increase in China mainly came from Narada Power completing its capacity expansion.

Why do we track the battery recycling market?

The battery recycling market is gaining traction, as EV value chains evolve towards long-term sustainability goals amid future raw material shortages and environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. We track the battery recycling market to provide insights into how the market is growing at global, regional and country levels, on the back of EV demand, legislation and battery recycling company strategies. We also track this market to provide insights into current and future battery recycling plant capacity across regions, and provide information on battery recycling inputs and outputs.

As part of the work involved to produce our battery recycling reports, we publish a monthly infographic to offer our followers regular insights into how the battery recycling market is developing on a global scale. We include news highlights as well as insights into global battery recycling pre-treatment capacity and regional battery recycling pre-treatment capacity share.

Who benefits from understanding key developments and dynamics across the battery recycling market?

Businesses operating within the EV supply chain such as raw material producers, battery producers, OEMs and battery recycling companies will benefit from our battery recycling reports, as will those considering entering the market.

How do we track the battery recycling market?

Our forecasts are based on robust and informed methodologies, which examine interactions between the different functions that make up the supply chain. We track battery recycling legislation, battery recycling companies’ strategies and closed-loop supply chain, battery chemistry as feedstock, as well as battery recycling technology. We also track existing and new battery recycling plants across regions, including their recycling input and output.

How could our data help you?

Our reports and supporting materials are designed to help inform and shape the ways in which you respond to shifting market dynamics. Our data and analysis on the battery recycling market allows you to gain a comprehensive understanding of how this market is developing on a global, regional, and country level. We also offer insights into the competitive landscape so you can understand your position, and stay up-to-date on major market players, new entrants and formation of joint ventures. In short, businesses operating in the EV supply chain will find it easier to form considered, forward-thinking strategies with their Rho Motion reports to hand.

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Ecobat plan first North American lithium-ion battery recycling facility

Ecobat plan first North American lithium-ion battery recycling facility

Global battery recycling company Ecobat has announced it plans to construct its first North American lithium-ion battery recycling facility. The site will be located near Ecobat’s anode production facility in Casa Grande, Arizona, which has already been operational for 15 years. The recycling facility has an annual processing capacity of 10,000 tonnes and will carry out diagnostics, sorting, shredding and material separation in order to produce black mass for eventual processing into active cathode and anode materials. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of this year.

 

 

 

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ESS – Global Grid Deployment Infographic, January 2023

See below for our Battery Energy Stationary Storage Global Grid Deployments Infographic, January 2023. This draws on data from our BESS Monthly Assessment and our BESS Quarterly Outlook,

The BESS Monthly Assessment provides a monthly update of global BESS developments, both for projects and news from the sector. Click here to request a demo.

The BESS Quarterly Outlook provides long-term outlooks for ESS battery demand and battery chemistry, by application and region, based on robust and informed methodologies. Click here to request a demo.

 

Highlights from this month’s assessment:

  • Tesla announces plans for a new 100GWh Gigafactory in Nevada, and its intention to use the cells in its energy storage products in the future.
  • The EU Commission has announced its Green Deal Industrial Plan, largely seen as a response to the US Inflation Reduction Act. The plan sets out four key pillars: regulation, financing, skills, and trade.
  • Project spotlights in January include the Sherburne Form Energy Iron Flow Battery in Minnesota, Assam BESS in India and Hami Shisanjianfang Wind + Storage Project in China

BESS Capacity Tracker – what does it tell us?

January was another strong month for the grid BESS market, with over 4GWh on new capacity entering operation across over 45 projects, a y-o-y increase of 530% compared to January 2022. This included 21 projects over 100MWh entering operation. For the full year 2023, a further 138GWh of capacity is planned to enter operation. In terms of new capacity announcements, over 18GWh was announced, across 84 locations. For the full year 2023, a further 138GWh of capacity is planned to enter operation.

Why do we track the battery energy stationary storage market? 

To understand the market dynamics, key drivers, and technologies our BESS market analysis is an important data tool providing the cathode demand for grid scale and behind the meter BESS based on use case, economic and regional analysis.

These trends have implications along the battery supply chain for battery raw material suppliers, battery manufacturers, utility companies and renewable energy developers, as well as anyone with an interest in the ESS battery supply chain

The monthly assessment provides a regular update of the developments in the BESS market, tracking both key market and technology news and an analysis into the roll-out and development of grid-scale projects and those currently in the pipeline. This enables you to stay up to date and well informed within the competitive and growing BESS market.

Who benefits from understanding battery energy stationary storage market dynamics? 

Battery raw material suppliers, battery manufacturers, utility companies, renewable energy developers as well as anyone with an interest in the ESS battery supply chain.

How do we track the battery energy stationary storage market? 

The near-term market is tracked via project announcements and progress updates these come from a number of sources including government and provincial bodies, news sites, technology supplier announcements, and planning bodies. The result is our ever-growing database of battery energy storage installation projects worldwide, which covers most projects over 10MWh, this is updated on an ongoing basis. We track key metrics for each project including the storage technology employed, the size of the installation, the feed-in energy source and supplier.

A key factor in the long term forecast in both grid and behind the meter methodologies is to assess the market outlook for global electricity demand, and also to determine the renewables share of the mix of this growing demand. For this, we consider a number of factors affecting this on a region-by-region basis. Our outlook for battery ESS is calculated by identifying the appropriate technology deployment based on the use case and economics in each storage scenario.

How could our data help you?

Access to the analysis we provide, enables our clients to gain an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the battery ESS market. It allows them to devise well-informed strategies, stay up-to-date with key market developments, maintain an awareness of the competitive landscape and create future-proof plans.

The Battery Energy Stationary Storage Outlook delivers a complete overview and analysis of the current and future BESS market. The report can be used as both a reference tool to understand the market dynamics, key drivers, and technologies and as an important data tool providing the cathode demand for grid scale and behind the meter BESS based on use case, economic and regional analysis

The Battery Energy Stationary Storage Monthly Assessment provides you with a regular update of the developments in the Battery ESS market, tracking both key market and technology news and an analysis into the roll-out and development of grid-scale projects, and those currently in the pipeline.

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EV Charging Speed Infographic – January 2023

See below for our EV Charging Speed Infographic, January 2023. As you will see, this features developments from across the EV & Charging market, and draws on data from our EV Charging Monthly Assessment and our Global EV Charging Outlook.

The EV Charging Assessment provides a breakdown of global and regional charging capacity, as well as the charging speeds and energy requirements of new vehicles sold and the EV fleet.

The Global EV Charging Outlook provides an analysis of the current and planned technologies at both the vehicle and charger level, and profiles the major players in the market, their relative competitive positions and plans for the future.

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Highlights from the latest issue of EV Charging Monthly Assessment:
  • BMW will partner with Evergo in Mexico to construct over ~4,000 charging stations across the country over the next five years.
  • Tata Power plans 25,000 new charging points across India by 2028
  • Shell continues M&A push with acquisition of US-based Vola Charging
EV Charging Speed Infographic

The sales weighted average maximum BEV charging capability decreased from 111kW in November to 110kW in December due to stronger sales in Europe and China. Overall BEV & PHEV sales increased by 13% m-o-m in December 2022. Sales reached 1.29 million units, the strongest month to date for EV sales.

Why do we track EV charging speed?

From 2018 to early 2020, the global average maximum BEV charging speed had been around 80kW with little variation, since then, the global average has been steadily rising. Tracking the maximum EV charging speed provides an insight to infrastructure requirements based on vehicle capability. The success of the Tesla Model Y with a 250kW maximum charging speed and the introduction of volume segment on dedicated EV platforms can account for this increase. As more and more OEMs roll out EVs on dedicated platforms there will be a rise in EV charging speed. Our speed tracker is based on monthly vehicle sales and our model-by-model analysis of vehicle charging capability

EV charging speed is just one element of the broader EV charging and infrastructure markets that we track. With the monthly assessment also providing monthly regional updates on infrastructure for both public and private charging.

Who benefits from understanding EV charging and infrastructure market dynamics?

OEMs, charging networks, charging solution providers, investment banks and other businesses with an interest in the EV markets benefit from the analysis provided in our EV charging reports. Those operating in the demand side gain informed insights into the development and scale of the EV charging technologies that are required. Meanwhile those on the supply side, gain an understanding of the current state of charging and regional trends from our monthly updates on the scale of the public and residential charging network.

How do we track the EV charging and infrastructure markets?

EV charging speed is just one of the many market-shaping factors that we track to provide in-depth analysis and long-term forecasts. Our forecasts are based on robust and informed methodologies looking at the requirement of chargers per vehicle on a country-by-country basis. We track BEV and PHEV fleet forecasts (from our EV & Battery Quarterly Outlook), EV charging unit requirement, EV charging market technology development, EV charging market technology cost development, driving behaviour and EV ownership demographics by country, private and public investment by country, and legislation and national targets by country.

For each vehicle model we collect data relating to maximum AC and DC charging capabilities, plug type(s), battery pack size, and battery chemistry in addition to a number of other vehicle metrics.

To produce our EV Charging Monthly Assessment, EV sales data is collected on a model-by-model basis from automotive associations, OEMs and data providers at country level for both BEV and PHEC vehicles for major markets. This analysis covers a minimum of 95% of total global market sales and provides a balanced representation of markets with different vehicle characteristics, suppliers and seasonality.

How could our data help you?

Access to the in-depth analysis that we provide, enables our clients to gain a thorough understanding of the EV charging market, form robust strategies, create future-proof plans and stay up-to-date with key market developments.

Our Global EV Charging Outlook is an essential tool for tracking the development of EV charging technologies and infrastructure roll-out by country or region. It provides long-term forecasts by country or region including:

BEV and PHEV Sales Forecast, (2018 – 2030), BEV and PHEV fleet forecast, (2018 – 2030), EV charging units in operation by technology forecast, (2019 – 2030), EV charging technology capex outlook and EV charging market value by technology, forecast (2018 – 2030).

The EV Charging Monthly Assessment provides an assessment of global and regional charging capabilities and energy requirements of both new vehicles sold and the EV fleet, based on the analysis of monthly BEV and PHEV sales by model, charging capacity by model, regional EV fleet assessment by charging capacity and sales weighted pack sizes. The report also covers the infrastructure side of the charging market, tracking the public and private charging infrastructure at a regional level.

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