The next industrial revolution
The major economies of China and the US have identified storage capacity as an industrial priority and are redesigning their markets to incentivise growth. The rest of the world’s economies are trying to compete but will instead need to ride the pair’s coattails to benefit
China and the US are throwing their weight behind storage technologies
NEW MARKET The storage sector only took off two years ago indicating there is a lot of learning and growth to come
AMBIGUOUS OUTLOOK Batteries are not yet economically attractive in much of the world
KEY QUOTE Policy and regulatory reform are only just beginning to make headway even in some of the world’s major jurisdictions ...
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