Importance of the Technology

The Technology in Brief

• Batteries
  • Overview
  • Primary Batteries
  • Lead-Acid Batteries
  • Nickel-Cadmium and Nickel-Metal-Hydride Batteries
  • Lithium-Based Batteries
  • Sodium-Based Batteries
  • Zinc-Based Batteries
  • Other Chemistries
• Flow Batteries
  • Vanadium Redox
  • Zinc Bromine
  • Other Flow Batteries
• Pumped-Storage Hydropower
• Compressed-Air Energy Storage
• Ultracapacitors
• Flywheels
• Superconducting Magnetic-Energy Storage
• Hydrogen and other Chemical-Energy Storage
  • Electricity-to-Hydrogen Conversion
  • Hydrogen Storage
  • Hydrogen Uses
  • Other Chemical-Energy Storage
• Thermal-Energy Storage
  • Sensible Heat
  • Latent Heat
  • Thermochemical and Sorption Processes
• Other Technologies

Commercial Development Parameters

• Demand Factors
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power
• General Constraints
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power
• Synergistic Technologies
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power
• Competing Technologies
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power
• Required Resources
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power
• Regulatory Factors
  • Stationary Power
  • Propulsion and Transportation
  • Portable Power

Areas to Monitor

• Advanced Battery Systems
• Charging Speed and Infrastructure
• Cost of Commercial Technologies
• Customer Expectations
• Efficiency
• Grid Integration/Energy-Management Systems
• New Business Models
• Power and Fuel Distribution
• Power Management
• Raw-Materials Availability
• Regulations
• R&D Funding
• Renewables Adoption
• Wearables and Implantable Applications

Implications of Commercialization

• Outcome A: Clean-Energy Transition
• Outcome B: Battery Breakthrough
• Outcome C: Incremental Advancement

Opportunities

• Stationary-Energy Storage
  • Stationary Applications Overview
  • Industry Structure
  • Utility-Scale Energy Storage
  • Distributed Energy Storage
  • Industrial- and Thermal-Energy Storage
• Propulsion and Transportation
  • Powertrain Applications Overview
  • Auxiliary Applications Overview
  • Industry Structure
  • Light-Duty Road Vehicles
  • Heavy-Duty Road and Off-Road Vehicles
  • Small Mobile Equipment
  • Other Propulsion and Transportation Types
• Portable Power
  • Portable Energy-Storage Applications Overview
  • Industry Structure
  • Portable Electronics
  • Professional Equipment
  • Portable Off-Grid and Backup Energy Storage
  • Micropower

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