Energy storage downstream industry chain

What is the difference between upstream and downstream energy storage systems?

The upstream includes the production and supply of energy storage raw materials and core equipment, the midstream is the design and integration of energy storage systems, and the downstream is mainly for the operation and maintenance of energy storage systems and end-user applications, as shown in Fig. 1.

What is the value chain of China's energy storage industry?

Based on the economic characteristics of various basic activities and their value-added contributions to different degrees in the whole value chain, this paper divides the value chain of China's energy storage industry into upstream, midstream and downstream.

What contributes to the value-added of downstream energy storage companies?

Similarly, the strongest contribution to the value-added of downstream energy storage companies is corporate profitability; followed by scale strength and innovation; and the external environment of the company is also a key driver of the value-added of downstream energy storage application companies.

Why are downstream energy storage system integration and installation and application Enterprises Limited?

Downstream energy storage system integration and installation and application enterprises are limited by the cost of channeling and revenue model is relatively a single, the value-added efficiency trend is gentle, and lack of power for independent development.

What drives value-added energy storage midstream companies?

We can see that profitability and technological innovation are the strongest drivers of value-added for energy storage midstream companies; followed by external environment; and market demand contributes less. For downstream listed companies, six principal components were extracted with a cumulative contribution of 81.701 %.

Is energy storage a strategic emerging industry?

As a strategic emerging industry, the energy storage industry has its own characteristics compared with other industries. However, there are still few studies focusing on the efficiency of the energy storage industry, and most of them are targeted at a certain link of value increment or a certain industry.