NanoMarkets
has published a new report titled, "Batteries and
Supercapacitors for the Smart Grid-2013."
Glen
Allen, Virginia - December 14, 2012 -- Industry analyst firm
NanoMarkets
has published a new report titled, "Batteries and
Supercapacitors for the Smart Grid-2013." This report claims the
grid-storage market will reach $6.1 billion (USD) by 2018 making
energy storage one of the fastest growing opportunities in the smart
grid industry.
Additional
details about the report are available at:
http://nanomarkets.net/market_reports/report/batteries_and_supercapacitors_for_the_smart_grid_2013.
This
report provides analysis of worldwide grid-storage markets products
including lead-acid, lead-carbon, lithium-ion, sodium-sulfur,
sodium-nickel-chloride, and flow batteries, along with ultrabatteries
and supercapacitors. Retail, wholesale and microgrid opportunities
are covered, along with how frequency regulation, regenerative energy
capture and renewable power integration, will impact demand for grid
storage. Eight-year revenue and volume projections are included with
breakouts by application, storage technology, and geographical
region.
Companies
discussed include: Advanced Battery, Altair, Ambri, Aquion, Axion,
Boston Power, C&D, Cellennium, Cellstrom, China BAK, China Ritar
Power, Cobasys, Deeya Energy, Ecoult, Energ2, Enersys, Exide, Fiamm
Sonik, Firefly, Sonik, GE, GeoBattery, Hitachi, Johnson Controls,
Kyushu Electric, Maxwell, Mitsubishi, NEC, Nesscap, Nexeon, Navitas,
NGK, Panasonic/Sanyo, Premium Power, Prudent Energy, REDT, Revolt,
SAFT, Siemens, Sumitomo, TEPCO, Ultralife, V-Fuel, Wanxiang and ZBB.
From
the report:
The
default option for grid batteries today is lead-acid, accounting for
more than 55% of revenues from grid batteries currently. By 2018,
this share will decline to around 30% as new grid battery
technologies become commercialized. The lead-acid battery will itself
get an upgrade; carbon electrodes, promising a 4x performance
improvement. In addition, the ultrabattery, with combination
lead/carbon electrodes will compete for grid-storage markets. In
2018, lead-carbon batteries/ultrabatteries will generate around $300
million in revenues.
Grid
storage for remote locations, microgrids and cell phone towers are
already economically viable. This is driving demand for lead-acid and
Zebra (sodium-nickel-chloride) batteries. Another wave of storage
deployment is about to occur on the customer side of the meter for
power-quality, peak-shaving and grid-stability applications creating
demand for flow and lithium-ion batteries. During this second wave
the penetration of renewables will rise above 20%, making grid
storage necessary to stabilize the grid because of intermittent
generation. A final wave of grid storage is expected for retail peak
shifting applications.
Although
lithium-ion batteries are receiving considerable attention, it is
immature and high cost and its current growth relies on government
subsidies. When subsidies disappear, sodium-sulfur and Zebra
batteries will be a better deal for power companies and large end
users than lithium-ion. The best hope for lithium batteries is where
a supplier who is committed to lithium sells it as part of a
comprehensive solution such as for smart buildings. Jonson Controls
and SAFT are doing this. Revenues from lithium batteries are expected
to reach $775 million by 2018.
Supercapacitors
will become integral to grid storage, as costs go down and capacities
increase. By 2018, supercaps will generate $1.1 billion in revenues
from grid-storage, especially regenerative braking on grid-attached
light rail and frequency regulation. Here supercaps can result in a
30% reduction in electrical costs. The long lifetimes and near-zero
maintenance for supercapacitors make them attractive for such
applications. Supercaps will improve performance with new materials;
including nano-structured metal oxides, perovoskites, nanotubes and
graphene increasing capacity 5-10 times compared to activated-carbon
supercapacitors.
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