Flow Battery Market Driving Factors: Increasing investment in renewable energy

 According to the new market research report "Flow Battery Market by Type (Redox, and Hybrid), Material (Vanadium, Zinc–Bromine), Storage (Compact and Large scale), Application (Utilities, Commercial & Industrial, Military, EV Charging Station), and Geography - Global Forecast to 2023 ", the flow battery market is expected to grow from USD 230 million in 2018 and reach a value of USD 946 million by 2023, at a CAGR of 32.7% during the forecast period

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Driver:Increasing investment in renewable energy

Storing renewable energy is one of the major applications of flow battery. Developed and developing countries such as US, India, China, and Japan, respectively among the others have been revising their energy policies to embrace a considerable portion of energy generation sourced from renewable energy resources that includes wind and solar. Financial support by government bodies and associated returns worldwide are increasing investments in renewable energy. Currently, renewable sources have become the preferred choice for expanding, upgrading, and modernizing power systems across the world. According to the Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017, published by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, wind and solar energy accounted for 90% of the investments in renewable power in 2016. Renewable resources such as wind, solar, biomass and waste, geothermal, small hydro and marine comprehensively accounted for 55.3% of the overall gigawatts of new power generation worldwide last year.

Restraint: Technical hindrance restraining the market

In recent years, though flow battery has emerged as a potential technology that provides various energy storage advantages, it also encompasses a few technical drawbacks that hamper its market growth. The 2 major drawbacks of flow battery are lower power density and complexity of the structure. Flow batteries are more complicated than the standard batteries as these require pumps, sensors, flow and power management, and secondary containment vessels to function. These components and its functional design make the battery comparably larger and heavier, which, in turn, restricts its application to large-scale areas, e.g., utilities sector. Energy densities in different types of flow batteries vary considerably. Improvement in electrode catalysts may increase the performance efficiency. Besides, these flow batteries suffer from pumping losses and chemical reaction losses that adversely affect the overall efficiency of the system. Moreover, corrosive and toxic electrolyte necessitates proper maintenance, careful storage, and transport, thereby restraining the growth of the said market.

“APAC expected to be the fastest-growing market for flow battery during the forecast period”

APAC is expected to be the fastest-growing market for flow battery between 2018 and 2023. In the recent years, many countries—such as China, Japan, India, and Australia—are striving to boost their large-scale energy storage capacity through battery technologies that could, in turn, enhance electric stability. APAC has several operational flow battery installations with large power ratings. Australia has the most number of flow battery projects for utilities, residential, industrial, and commercial applications from various players across the world. Whereas, China holds the highest capacity of flow battery installed till date among other countries in the region. UniEnergy Technologies is working to deploy 10 flow batteries of 20 MW/80 MWh capacity for utilities application in China. Also, the growth in microgrid projects in India and Japan encourages manufacturers to cater to the needs of potential customers in the region. In India, smart grids and EV charging station industries are in developing phase and are creating significant opportunity for flow batteries.

ESS Inc. (US), GILDEMEISTER energy solutions (Austria), Primus Power (US), RedFlow (Australia), redT Energy (UK), SCHMID (Germany), Sumitomo Electric. (Japan), UniEnergy Technologies (US), ViZn Energy (US), and EnSync Energy Systems (US) are the major players operating in this market.

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This research report categorizes the flow battery market on the basis of offering, type, technology, application, industry, and region. This report describes the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges for the growth of the flow battery market. The value chain analysis and competitive landscape for the market leaders has been included in the report.

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