What is the National Blueprint for lithium batteries?

This National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries, developed by the Federal Consortium for Advanced Batteries will help guide investments to develop a domestic lithium-battery manufacturing value chain that creates equitable clean-energy manufacturing jobs in America while helping to mitigate climate change impacts.

Should lithium-based batteries be a domestic supply chain?

Establishing a domestic supply chain for lithium-based batteries requires a national commitment to both solving breakthrough scientific challenges for new materials and developing a manufacturing base that meets the demands of the growing electric vehicle (EV) and electrical grid storage markets.

How will lithium-based batteries affect the global supply chain?

As global demand for lithium-based batteries grows, the domestic battery supply chain must expand. Batteries are central to this economic strategy, representing as much as a twenty-fold increase in manufacturing capacity, including mineral refining, recycling, material production, component processing, and cell/pack manufacturing.

What is the current lithium-battery supply chain?

FIGURE 5 outlines the current lithium-battery supply chain, from raw materials production to end-of-life recycling. For each stage of the supply chain, FCAB proposes key actions that can be taken to strengthen and bolster domestic performance while providing equitable clean-energy manufacturing jobs.

Are battery energy storage prices going back to reliable supply?

This Insight comes to you at the turning of the tide: after a period of increased pricing and supply chain disruptions, we are starting to see a return to reliable supply and declining prices in the battery energy storage markets. From the perspective of the industry, the relief could not come soon enough.

Can a domestic lithium-battery supply chain lead to a zero-carbon energy economy?

Accessed May 27, 2021. Establishing a competitive and equitable domestic lithium-battery supply chain in an accelerating EV and grid storage market is only one phase of a global surge toward higher performance and lower costs as part of a new zero-carbon energy economy.