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PRTM Analysis Finds Li-ion Battery Overcapacity Estimates Largely Unfounded, with Potential Shortfalls Looming; Total Market Demand in 2020 Will Require 4x Capacity Announced To Date

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Asia has been the center for consumer electronics-based Li-Ion battery manufacturing to date. Companies funded through US DOE stimulus may be incented to build ahead of the market, however stimulus-funded investment represents only 1/3 rd of planned global capacity expansion—the remaining 2/3 rds will remain driven purely by market demand.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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Pike fine-tuned its forecasts for Europe and Asia Pacific. With more granularity in the regional analysis has come “a more nuanced interpretation” of the ESG market for Europe and Asia Pacific. Pike Research now uses the revised cost figures for bulk storage applications for each technology.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit.

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