Due to a rapid increase globally in generating electricity by
intermittent renewable energy sources, a need exists for energy storage systems,
which can store the generated electrical energy until it is used as electricity. Several energy storage systems are used but
recently the most prevalent system being put into operation is battery storage,
and the battery system most often used is based on lithium-ion technologies.
Because chemical technologies are critical to battery energy
storage (as well as other types of energy storage), I researched the Internet
for chemical company products and activities related to energy storage. The following table summarizes what I found:
product
|
chemical
company
|
arkema (binders)
|
|
lanxess (high purity nickel and cobalt compounds)
|
|
ppg industries
|
|
ptt global chemical
|
|
sk innovation
|
|
solvay
|
|
sumitomo chemical
|
|
cathodes (lithium-ion batteries)
|
arkema (binders)
|
formosa plastics (including lithium-iron phosphorous oxide
cathodes)
|
|
lanxess (high purity nickel and cobalt compounds)
|
|
ptt global chemical
|
|
sk innovation
|
|
solvay
|
|
sumitomo chemical
|
|
cryogenic air separation technology to store energy in form of
cryogenic liquids
|
air liquide
|
air products and chemicals
|
|
electrolytes (lithium-ion batteries)
|
arkema (fluorine-based)
|
dupont (joint venture with ube industries)
|
|
lanxess
|
|
ptt global chemical
|
|
solvay
|
|
sumtomo chemical
|
|
flame retardants for battery use
|
lanxess
|
flow battery technology
|
basf
|
lotte chemical
|
|
sabic (joint venture with schmid to develop vanadium redox flow
batteries
|
|
hydrogen as energy storage projects
|
air liquide
|
linde
|
|
lithium sulfur batteries
|
ptt global chemical
|
lithium-air batteries
|
ptt global chemical
|
lithium-ion battery packs
|
hatachi chemical
|
lg chem
|
|
sk innovation
|
|
materials (miscellaneous for use in batteries)
|
basf (porous carbon materials)
|
covestro (polycarbonate blends)
|
|
evonik (redox polymer materials for use in battery cells to
power small electronic circuits)
|
|
lanxess (high tech polyamides and polyester for use in
batteries)
|
|
lanxess (raw materials for synthesis of lithium compounds)
|
|
ppg industries (coatings)
|
|
sabic (joint venture for developing nano-technologies for use in
energy storage systems)
|
|
sk innovation (cell packaging)
|
|
solvay (fluorinated materials)
|
|
separators (lithium-ion batteries)
|
arkema (coatings)
|
asahi kasei (1.55 billion meter square of polyolefin film by
2021)
|
|
dupont (nano fiber-based polymeric materials)
|
|
mitsui chemical (special polymeric materials)
|
|
ptt global chemical
|
|
sk innovation
|
|
solvay (specialized polymers)
|
|
sumitome chemical (aramid-polyolefins)
|
|
toray (building factory in hungary to manufacturer separators)
|
|
sodium-sulfur batteries
|
basf
|
solid state batteries
|
ptt global chemical
|
thermal energy storage using salts
|
linde
|
The above table indicates to me a strong interest by chemical
companies in providing products supporting energy storage. This is not surprising given the expected high
demand for energy storage, especially battery energy storage, in the coming years. It is also not surprising because
of the relevancy of what chemical companies can offer and the dependency of
energy storage developments on chemical technologies, materials, and standards.
More details on the needs of energy storage in the coming years
are provided by a US Energy Information Administration report (click here; pdf
file); an International Renewable Energy Agency report (click here; pdf file);
and an Energy Storage World Forum report (click here; pdf file).
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