Comment by Simon Moores, CEO, Benchmark
Megatrends are macroeconomic, geostrategic and geopolitical forces that shape our long-term futures on a global scale.
They do not come along often and are usually discussed from the perspective of what is to come rather than what is actually playing out in front of us today.
Yet we can say with confidence now that the megatrend of our times, the energy storage revolution, has arrived.
And it is lithium ion battery powered.
Pure electric vehicles on our roads are now a part of our daily lives. Battery storage backup utilising solar energy, while in its infancy, is no longer a rare sight or an abstract discussion.
Lithium ion batteries are now a mainstay of the political discourse around the world.
Senators are talking about them, the White House has made them policy and the gigafactory has become a symbol of a country’s economic…
The energy storage revolution has arrived… but who will have dominion over the megatrend of our times?
