Publication Date
6-21-2024
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
iScience
Volume
27
Issue
6
DOI
10.1016/j.isci.2024.109898
Abstract
Decarbonization plans depend on the rapid, large-scale deployment of batteries to sufficiently decarbonize the electricity system and on-road transport. This can take many forms, shaped by technology, materials, and supply chain selection, which will have local and global environmental and social impacts. Current knowledge gaps limit the ability of decision-makers to make choices in facilitating battery deployment that minimizes or avoids unintended environmental and social consequences. These gaps include a lack of harmonized, accessible, and up-to-date data on manufacturing and supply chains and shortcomings within sustainability and social impact assessment methods, resulting in uncertainty that limits incorporation of research into policy making. These gaps can lead to unintended detrimental effects of large-scale battery deployment. To support decarbonization goals while minimizing negative environmental and social impacts, we elucidate current barriers to tracking how decision-making for large-scale battery deployment translates to environmental and social impacts and recommend steps to overcome them.
Funding Number
MRI-19-600583
Funding Sponsor
European Social Fund Plus
Keywords
Electrochemical energy storage, Energy policy, Engineering
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Department
Environmental Studies
Recommended Citation
Brian Tarroja, Julie M. Schoenung, Oladele Ogunseitan, Alissa Kendall, Yang Qiu, Timothy Malloy, Jens Peters, J. Mijin Cha, Dustin Mulvaney, Oliver Heidrich, and Manuel Baumann. "Overcoming barriers to improved decision-making for battery deployment in the clean energy transition" iScience (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109898
