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Opportunities in next-generation battery technologies

Summary:

Over the next decade the advanced-battery industry will witness broad approaches to technology and project development. The market for grid-scale advanced batteries is forecasted to reflect nearly $30 billion in investment through 2020. Tapping into this potential depends on the technical and market-focused innovations of a small industry ecosystem, one that faces considerable challenges in R&D and funding.

  1. Executive summary                   
  2. Market cornerstones: batteries in three applications    
    1. Consumer electronics: tablets       
    2. Battery innovation in context: consumer electronics  
    3. Electrified transportation: stop-start vehicles   
    4. Battery innovation in context: stop-start vehicles   
    5. Grid storage: solar PV and community energy storage 
    6. Battery innovation in context: CRES and distributed solar PV 
  3. The pace of battery innovation   
    1. Approaches to innovation      
  4. Companies to watch                                                                        
  5. Sources and methodology  
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