Lithium-ion batteries are an essential part of our everyday lives: they power our phones, laptops, tablets, and electric vehicles (EVs). Demand for lithium in the form of lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide – key ingredients in these batteries – are rising rapidly: up almost 20% in 2019. Prices doubled between 2016 and 2018 in anticipation of increased demand brought on by the EV revolution.

However, the consistent increase in demand is militated against by the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus, the looming economic downturn, and the collapse of oil prices, making the future of EV sales uncertain.  

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Over the past decade, prices for solar panels and wind farms have reached all-time lows. As the saying goes though, the wind isn’t always blowing and the sun isn’t always shining.

The question of how to “firm” renewables — that is, ensuring there’s always enough saved energy no matter the time of day or weather — is one of the biggest challenges in the industry. We need a good way to store energy for later.

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Since the turn of the century, there has been a global explosion in the production of renewable power. According to the 2018 BP Statistical Review of World Energy, global renewable energy production in 2000 was 218 Terawatt-hours (TWh). By 2018, that number had reached 2,480 TWh, with average annual growth over the past decade averaging 16%.

This rapid increase in renewable power has been driven by falling cost curves, and aided by legislation directed at reducing air emissions like carbon dioxide.

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