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There is much more than just electric vehicles
https://www.solarwirtschaft.de/2024/01/17/speicherkapazitaet-von-solarbatterien-2023-verdoppelt/

Why should a German like me have invested seven figures in an Australian graphite company for years?

Because we will have a special position worldwide with our mine if the company achieves its goals and because the future need for reliable graphite suppliers will be immense.

What else needs large quantities of graphite besides electric vehicles?

Just one example from Germany.

Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft e.V. 17.01. 2024

Storage capacity of solar batteries doubled in 2023January 17, 2024

Demand for solar power storage increased by over 150 percent in 2023 - Storage capacity of the more than one million stationary power storage systems now in operation in Germany corresponds to the daily electricity consumption of 1.5 million two-person households - Solar industry calls for improvements to storage strategy and withdrawal of plans to cut research funding - Storage systems are an indispensable "time machine of the electricity system" and their capacity must be increased by a factor of 25The expansion of solar power storage systems has picked up speed rapidly.

Both the total number of solar batteries installed and their storage capacity have doubled in just one year. The usable storage capacity of the more than one million solar power storage systems already installed is now around 12 gigawatt hours and is mathematically sufficient to store the average private daily electricity consumption of around 1.5 million two-person households in Germany. Over half a million new solar batteries were installed in Germany in 2023. This is the result of a preliminary annual report by the German Solar Industry Association based on data from the Federal Network Agency."Electricity storage is now standard when installing new solar power systems on private buildings. More and more companies are also storing solar power from their own roofs so that they can use it around the clock," explains BSW Managing Director Carsten Körnig. "The market for home and commercial storage grew by over 150 percent in 2023, once again exponentially. However, this positive development should not obscure the fact that the opportunities and potential of battery storage for the electricity system continue to be greatly underestimated politically and that market barriers are hindering their spread," says Körnig.Against this background, the BSW welcomes the latest initiative by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK) to develop an electricity storage strategy.

However, the first draft published in mid-December still leaves key strategic questions about the role of storage in the electricity system of the future unanswered. In a statement now submitted, the interest group for the solar technology and solar storage industry recommends numerous concrete improvements.

The industry association criticizes plans by the Federal Ministry of Research to cut state funding for a large part of battery application research for 2024 as a result of cuts to the Climate and Transformation Fund.The BSW describes storage as "indispensable time machines of the electricity system."
In the future, they should form an independent, essential pillar in the electricity system - alongside generation, the grid and electricity consumption. This approach is still missing in the draft of the BMWK electricity storage strategy and must also be reflected in the further development of the legal framework for the energy industry and an appropriate provision of research funds.

This is the only way to achieve the twenty-five-fold increase in battery storage capacity by 2050 that energy experts consider necessary.The BSW sees the storage strategy of Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck as the start of an intensive debate on the system integration of storage. The solar and storage industry is ready to expand both the solar technology generation infrastructure and the necessary storage technology to the extent required.

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