Overcoming barriers to improved decision-making for battery deployment in the clean energy transition

Tarroja, Brian; Schoenung, Julie M.; Ogunseitan, Oladele; Kendall, Alissa; Qiu, Yang; Malloy, Timothy; Peters, Jens; Cha, J. Mijin; Mulvaney, Dustin; Heidrich, Oliver; Baumann, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.isci.2024.109898

Title: Overcoming barriers to improved decision-making for battery deployment in the clean energy transition

Journal Article · 02 May 2024 · iScience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109898 · OSTI ID:2447965

^[1]; Schoenung, Julie M. ^[2]; Ogunseitan, Oladele ^[1]; Kendall, Alissa ^[3]; Qiu, Yang ^[4]; Malloy, Timothy ^[5]; Peters, Jens ^[6]; Cha, J. Mijin ^[7]; Mulvaney, Dustin ^[8]; Heidrich, Oliver ^[9]; Baumann, Manuel ^[10]

Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
University of Alcala, Madrid (Spain)
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz, CA (United States)
San Jose State Univ., CA (United States)
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe (Germany)

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.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; USDOE; USEPA

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2447965

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-197992

Journal Information:: iScience, Journal Name: iScience Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 27; ISSN 2589-0042

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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