鋰電池生產是電動車革命的骨幹，沒有大量的鋰電池生產電動車就不可能普及
目前鋰電池工廠集中在中國、美國與南韓
2016年全世界產量大約是28GWh，到了2020年預估會是6.21倍的174GWh
歐洲方面最近德國一間大型的電池工廠才開始動工
而在亞洲，除了中國與南韓外
泰國一家叫做Energy Absolute的能源公司也計劃建造一間電池工廠
預計投資29億美元，完工後將可生產50GWh的電池
這些電池不僅會用來做為儲能之用，也考慮提供給電動車廠商使用
而地點尚未決定，已經有四個國家列入候選，但他們希望能蓋在泰國本地
另外把2016年的全世界鋰電池產量(黑色)與2020年的鋰電池預計產量(綠色)拿來比較
看起來會是這樣子的：
http://i.imgur.com/saNfiMd.jpg
中國被各公司滿滿的插旗...
另外細看這些在中國設立電池廠的公司：
Lishen、CALB、三星、BYD、松下、LG、Boston、CATL
除了BYD有自己的電動車之外
其他大部分都是與日韓企業合資的公司
這些中日韓廠商以後大概會成為歐洲車廠的重要電池供應商吧
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原文連結：
https://electrek.co/2017/05/25/battery-factory-gigafactory/
原文內容：
A massive 50 GWh battery factory project planned in Asia for next year
Li-ion battery production is the backbone of the electric vehicle
revolution and supply will have to increase significantly over the next
few years to support the growth.
Tesla has the most ambitious plan with Gigafactory 1 having the same
capacity as the entire industry at a single location, but the world will
need 100 of those to transition to electric transport and renewable
energy.
A few other companies have now announced similar plans. The latest one is
a 50 GWh battery factory in Asia.
Thailand-based Energy Absolute Pcl, a company developing solar projects,
confirmed that it is preparing to spend up to 100 billion baht ($2.9
billion) on an important battery factory project that could produce up to
50 GWh of li-ion batteries per year.
CEO Amorn Sapthaweekul told Bloomberg this week that they have been in
discussions for locations in 4 different countries, but they would prefer
to stay local:
“We will choose just one location for the manufacturing plant. We would
prefer to have the plant in Thailand, which will be beneficial for the
country’s development. Still, we need to see clear government policy.”
The company already has a minority stake in battery cell manufacturer
Amita Technologies Inc., but this new project will bring more battery
capacity than the company has ever seen and complement their renewable
energy projects.
They plan to announce the location by the end of the next quarter and
have the first phase of the plant in operation by the end of 2018.
Not unlike Tesla with Gigafactory 1, they plan to build the factory in
phases. The first phase will have a capacity of 1 GWh. They plan to first
supply electric utilities for energy storage in order to stabilize
electric grids in Asia, but they are also considering supplying electric
vehicle manufacturers.