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Why do Chinese companies make lithium batteries?

As the US utility grids incorporate more renewable energy sources like solar and wind, it’s essential to build up a battery storage capacity that can store intermittent energy supply for times of heightened demand. And Chinese companies have dominated the global industry of producing lithium batteries for this job.

Are lithium batteries a threat to US supply chain security?

A new document shows the Department of Homeland Security is concerned that Chinese investment in lithium batteries to power energy grids will make them a threat to US supply chain security. Jupiter Powers battery storage complex as seen in Houston, TX. Photograph: Jason Fochtman/Getty Images

Are US utilities too dependent on Chinese batteries for energy storage?

Following efforts to curb Chinese EV companies’ competitiveness, the US government is now also concerned about how domestic utility companies could become too dependent on Chinese batteries for energy storage. The US government has in recent years started to catch up in the battery industry.

Is Europe on the brink of a surge in battery energy storage?

According to Aurora Energy Research in their third European Battery Markets Attractiveness Report, Europe is on the brink of a much-needed surge in battery energy storage, with Great Britain and Italy two of the three leading markets for battery storage investment on the continent.

Can energy storage batteries be hacked?

So far, the particular conversations around energy storage batteries have mostly surrounded cybersecurity, worried that the components could contain backdoor access for hacking like those that have been suspected in Chinese-made port cranes. Those concerns are “a bit overstated,” Witte says.