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Are EV batteries the future of energy storage?

“Policymakers should be cognizant of the energy-storage opportunities from EV batteries,” Xu says. The researchers found that short-term grid-storage demands globally could be satisfied if only 12 to 43 percent of all EVs took part in vehicle-to-grid applications.

How big is the EV battery market?

Today, the market for batteries aimed at stationary grid storage is small—about one-tenth the size of the market for EV batteries, according to Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at energy research firm BloombergNEF.

What is solid-state EV battery technology?

CleanTechnica has spilled plenty of ink on solid-state EV battery technology, which represents the next step up from conventional lithium-ion batteries for mobile energy storage (see more solid-state stories here). Today’s lithium-ion batteries have done a good job of launching electric vehicles into commercial production.

Can EV batteries be used in grid storage?

When they are plugged in, their batteries could find use in grid storage. For such vehicle-to-grid applications, “the EV drivers can sign a contract with an energy entity to transfer the using right,” says study lead author Chengjian Xu, an industry ecology researcher now at the Delft University of Technology, in the Netherlands.

Should EV batteries be used as stationary storage?

Low participation rates of 12%–43% are needed to provide short-term grid storage demand globally. Participation rates fall below 10% if half of EV batteries at end-of-vehicle-life are used as stationary storage. Short-term grid storage demand could be met as early as 2030 across most regions.

Can EV batteries supply short-term storage facilities?

For higher vehicle utilisation, neglecting battery pack thermal management in the degradation model will generally result in worse battery lifetimes, leading to a conservative estimate of electric vehicle lifetime. As such our modelling suggests a conservative lower bound of the potential for EV batteries to supply short-term storage facilities.