November 5, 2021: Battery Council International this week announced it had launched a series of short webinars on subjects integral to US federal policy discussions on batteries’ role in the future of the country.

The content is designed to highlight ways to meet US energy storage needs through domestic resources, and why supply chains, manufacturing infrastructure, minerals and battery innovation are essential to meet these goals.

The information is being offered on demand to make it accessible to viewers at a time and place of their choosing.

“We know that policymakers and our stakeholders have busy schedules,” said Roger Miksad, BCI executive vice president.

“Our goal is to provide them with the information they are looking for on their schedule, not ours. Just as streaming has become a preferred method for viewing television shows and movies, we believe it’s also an effective way to connect with policymakers.”

In the first briefing, Critical Minerals & Supply Chains for US Energy Storage, Miksad and John Uhrie, vice president, exploration, research and technical development for The Doe Run Company, will discuss the role of metals and minerals for a low carbon future in the US and internationally.

“The low carbon future is coming, and there’s a variety of minerals that are central to this low carbon and renewable energy future,” said Uhrie. He says these minerals are essential to the global battery market, which today is about $90 billion in value, but by 2030 will be $150 billion.

Miksad and Uhrie say they “will also examine the closed-loop manufacturing system that keeps 130 million lead batteries out of landfills each year and provides a continuous supply of recycled lead to manufacture new batteries”.

Future webinar topics will address the role of lead batteries in supporting the transition to electric vehicles.

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