Here come the money men Investors swoop on the energy sector

2023: here it comes!

Our special technology panel outlines trends for the year ahead

Europe's giga-mess

The continent's dreams of self-sufficiency can't survive against US/China

Battery formation

Inbatec/Kustan duo scaling new heights to boost production

Here Come The Money Men

Huge swathes of the battery industry — at both the grid level as well as the automotive one— are now being controlled by investors looking for a short term to medium exit. Surely a host of problems lie ahead?

SO IS COMPETITION WRONG?

European ambitions to become an EV battery powerhouse for the world are being frustrated by a tangle of red tape and lack of understanding of how commerciality is as important as sensible regulations.

Future Markets

Surely the empires of the future are the empires of the mind? So what do Energy Storage Journal movers and shakers think of the opportunities and challenges ahead as business returns to our new-normal?

Europe's battery energy future lies in tatters if non-commercial bureaucrats decide its fate.

Britishvolt collapse spills over to other energy investors with little support appearing forthcoming.

Battery formation gets to grips with supply chains and demands from the new world order.

Our next EV revolution is going to be "powered by coal". Phew, climate change averted!

IN THIS ISSUE:

EDITORIAL: How to destroy Europe's battery industry in three short months | 4 PEOPLE NEWS Hammond sets up innovation council Stryten changes at the top | 7 GENERAL NEWS | 20 COVER STORY: HERE COME THE MONEY MEN: Strange to think decisions on our energy storage future are in the hands of short to medium term investors | 23 EUROPE'S GIGAFACTORY DILEMMA: The stifling impact of red tape on commercial acumen | 26 THE YEAR AHEAD: We ask leading figures in the battery and energy storage market for their take on the year gone by and the year ahead | 36 BATTERY FORMATION: A new leap forward | 41 UPCOMING

EVENTS: ESJ details conferences and shows ahead | 44 THE LAST WORD: The News-Puss Cometh! Enfin.

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