Vanadium news, page-680

Hi SoS. I would be interested in your opinion on an excerpt from post # 19072296 by Ozblue (PLS forum). In this excerpt, Ozblue is quoting a so-called industry expert who was at the recent Benchmark presentation in Melbourne. The expert below.

"In my mind what the older gentleman in the 6th row at Benchmark in Melbourne really struck home. When the vanadium question was asked, he was pointed out as the person to answer as he was the recognised expert in the room. When he stated that Vanadium batteries would never be more than a "boutique" market, there was pretty much silence in the room. Everyone was stunned, because this meant a lot to the Li-ion battery industry. He was telling us that lithium was the future, and not to worry about Vanadium flow batteries as large scale competitors for grid scale storage.This virtually doubles the usage of Li-ion battery needs across the world, and in the shorter term not the longer term!!"

This opinion from a so-called industry expert (don't know who it is) does seem to contradict most research I have been able to do which compares Li versus V for grid storage (I am not promoting myself as any sort of expert btw, but I have done a fair amount of reading on this). What do you reckon? Ozblue, feel free to comment further - I recognise you are the messenger.