Mobility remains the long-term driver of energy storage annual revenue and demand, with a 2035 total market share of 74% by annual revenue and 91% by demand.
Meanwhile, the stationary storage market will surpass the electronic devices market in 2023, when we project it will become a $30 billion industry of 52 GWh in installations.
The rise of renewable energy and electric vehicles will lead to significant changes the energy system has not seen in more than a century – bringing both new challenges and new opportunities.
These are just some of the predictions from Lux Research, and may present a foreboding future for both consumers and businesses alike.
“Unlike the fast-paced digital technologies disrupting many facets of everyday life, the energy industry is a slow-moving behemoth that may take decades to fully transform. However, companies no longer have the luxury of time, as climate policies continue to put pressure on the major industry players to mitigate their contributions to emissions and eventually shift toward carbon-neutral operations,” says Yuan-Sheng Yu, Director of Research at Lux Research.
The Lux Research, Foresight 2021: Top Emerging Technologies to Watch, lists what the firm sees are technologies that will have the most disruptive impact to the energy sector in 2021:
- Green Hydrogen – As the energy system transitions to renewables, green hydrogen plays a key role in creating a new global bulk energy carrier and can serve as both an energy and feedstock source for industrial processes.
- Direct Air Capture – Removing CO2 directly from the air is still years from widespread adoption but will emerge as a valuable tool for organizations needing to offset Scope 3 emissions.
- Long-Duration Energy Storage – The growing share of intermittent renewables in the electricity mix will require grid operators to store increasing amounts of excess renewable electricity for longer periods of time.
- Fuel Cells – Hand in hand with green hydrogen, fuel cells enable the adoption of zero-carbon energy across the energy system and can eliminate emissions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors like long-haul trucking.
- Battery Recycling – As batteries become more ubiquitous due to vehicle electrification, recycling is essential to addressing concerns about waste, lifetime emissions, and material shortages.
