As demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage increases, a lot more lithium, cobalt, and nickel will be needed. This week on Switched On we talk with Sophie Lu about BNEF's battery metals forecast to 2030 and some of the political, environmental, and economic challenges of getting these critical metals out of the ground and into the factory.

This episode is based on a report titled 2H 2019 Battery Metals Outlook: Demand Realities. BNEF clients can access this report on bnef.com or BNEF Mobile, or at BNEF<GO> on the Bloomberg Terminal.

If you want to read more about the Wedderburn meteorite mentioned at the top of the show, have a look here, or here. 

Switched On is hosted this week by Mark Taylor and Dana Perkins.

As demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage increases, a lot more lithium, cobalt, and nickel will be needed. This week on Switched On we talk with Sophie Lu about BNEF's battery metals forecast to 2030 and some of the political, environmental, and economic challenges of getting these critical metals out of the ground and into the factory.This episode is based on a report titled <a href="https://www.bnef.com/core/insights/20991">2H 2019 Battery Metals Outlook: Demand Realities</a>. BNEF clients can access this report on bnef.com or BNEF Mobile, or at BNEF&lt;GO&gt; on the Bloomberg Terminal.If you want to read more about the Wedderburn meteorite mentioned at the top of the show, have a look <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-natural-mineral-found-meteorite-destroyed-planets-core-180973042/">here</a>, or <a href="https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/msa/ammin/article-abstract/104/9/1351/573345/edscottite-fe5c2-a-new-iron-carbide-mineral-from?redirectedFrom=fulltext">here</a>. Switched On is hosted this week by Mark Taylor and Dana Perkins.

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Conversations about global commodity markets and the disruptive technologies driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. Each week, Dana Perkins sits down with different BloombergNEF (BNEF) analysts to discuss their latest research and unique perspective on the future of energy, transport, agriculture, sustainability and more.

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Battery Metals - A Nickel for Your Thoughts

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