Opportunities and Challenges of Battery Energy Storage: Policy Driven and Resource Constrained

Guided by the national energy strategy and driven by policies, replacing fossil energy power generation with renewable energy power generation has promoted the low-carbon global energy production mode from the energy supply side. Realization of a power system that relies on renewable resources requires more flexibility in the power system. Energy storage is critical for overcoming challenges associated with intermittency and the variable availability of renewable resources. At present, deployment of battery energy storage systems is increasing rapidly. With this increasing demand for battery energy storage, the risks and opportunities to exploit the technology in new and emerging applications are also growing. In addition, the manufacture of battery energy storage requires a large number of critical materials, such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, etc. The policy-driven and resource constrained of battery energy storage are worth investigating, which is the premise for achieving the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.

The world will achieve carbon neutrality in the middle of the 21st century, and the development of battery energy storage will also be a continuous process. At present, industrial support and preferential treatment, subsidies for technological innovation and other policies are implemented around the world to promote the deployment of battery energy storage. Moreover, with the continuous expansion of battery energy storage applications, the security of resource supply becomes increasingly important. Integrating resource, social, economic and technological objectives into national energy policies is a critical factor driving battery energy storage development. Therefore, this Research Topic aims to identify and analyze the solutions formulated for the opportunities and challenges of battery energy storage development. These solutions can be new theories and methods with practical significance, which are finally recognized as battery energy storage policies and regulatory frameworks formulated to achieve carbon neutrality.

We welcome, but are not limited to, contributions on the following topics:
- Policy options for promoting sustainable development of battery energy storage
- Life cycle assessment for sustainable technology of battery energy storage
- Material flow analysis on battery energy storage
- Development forecast of battery energy storage market
- Efficiency, utilization, and management of battery energy storage
- International cooperation and competition of battery energy storage
- Correlation between battery energy storage production/consumption and economic growth
- Tradeoff between renewable energy and battery energy storage
- Resource crisis caused by energy storage battery manufacturing
- Design and management of battery energy storage system

This Research Topic provides a platform for academic researchers, industry practitioners and policymakers to contribute their views on the development of battery energy storage. We particularly welcome the multidisciplinary approaches to this topic.