Global events have created foreign supply chain disruptions and increased threats to our country’s security, safety, economy and clean energy goals. Yet lead batteries continue to withstand the world’s greatest crises. The industry’s vast North American infrastructure and proven circular model ensure it can help meet the demand for critical and clean energy storage.
The lead battery industry has an established North American network to manufacture, collect, recycle and remanufacture lead batteries. This, coupled with a 99% U.S. recycling rate, makes lead batteries a model of resiliency and reliability.
Moreover, that model is essential to companies who manufacture new lead batteries. They rely on the lead battery industry’s successful, closed-loop economy for a consistent supply of high-quality, cost-stable inputs – especially recycled lead, which is infinitely recyclable. This proven manufacturing model helps to inoculate the industry to supply chain disruption from trade policies and trade interruptions.
Without question, lead batteries have a well-established, existing infrastructure. Its vast footprint includes:
The demand for renewable energy storage is increasing rapidly. However, delivering the full benefits of sustainable energy generation requires support from sustainable energy storage solutions. The lead battery industry is ideally positioned to help meet renewable energy storage demand domestically and reduce dependence on critical materials from foreign countries.
Highly sustainable, lead batteries have a robust domestic infrastructure that ensures consistent lead battery fulfillment from an industry poised for scalability.
Experts agree that a mix of battery technologies will be needed to meet America’s rapidly growing energy storage demand. But unlike other battery technologies, lead batteries do not rely on foreign componentry. Consider these facts:
Lead batteries defy the vulnerabilities in some of our nation’s supply chains. More than 83% of North American lead battery demand is met by North American recyclers. That’s good news for meeting changing domestic-sourcing mandates to “Buy American.”
Recently, the Department of Defense began stepping up efforts to reduce our country’s dependence on imported critical materials. The specific wording is to “strengthen battery critical materials supply chains.” For the battery industry overall, that means reducing the amount of materials needed for battery production and recycling spent-battery materials.
Lead batteries are a step ahead. Their domestic supply chain is ensuring essential backup power remains available for:
“The lead battery industry, with its strong domestic supply chain, is ideally positioned to rapidly deliver on President Biden’s promise … to ensure America’s global leadership on technological innovation and a green economy infrastructure.”
Post-pandemic economic recovery will require enormous energy storage capacity to “Build Back Better.” Our country needs a mix of sustainable energy storage for infrastructure, renewable energy, transportation, the electrification of cities and more.
With confidence, major lead battery manufacturers are ready to scale to meet growing energy storage needs in North America. Reinforcing that confidence is that a lead battery is typically comprised of 80% recycled material.
The lead battery industry’s vast collection and domestic recycling infrastructure ensures domestic manufacturers have the material inputs needed to end our dependence on foreign countries, like China, and meet the requirements of “Buy American” programs enacted by the federal government. In turn, that greatly reduces debilitating foreign supply chain disruptions.
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