Albemarle is the top holding, followed by Tesla, so if you can't decide from the previous stocks, this fund is a good one-stop investment to play the pending energy storage boom. With more than $1 billion under management and about 60 components, this First Trust fund is another interesting and diversified way to play energy storage.
Bruegel estimates that investment in electricity generation and storage alone may need to double to about 1% of annual European Union gross domestic product, while the European Commission puts the price tag on grid investments alone at €584 billion.
Another interesting energy storage ETF is GRID, which is focused on alternative energy infrastructure companies such as power management company Eaton Corp. (ETN), industrial conglomerate Johnson Controls International PLC (JCI), and electronics and automation pioneer Abb Ltd. (ABB).
Long Duration Electricity Storage investment support scheme will boost investor confidence and unlock billions in funding for vital projects. The UK is a step closer to energy independence as the government launches a new scheme to help build energy storage infrastructure.
It uses excess energy from the local grid during the day, normally supplied by solar power, to compress and liquify the gas, storing it in steel tanks. The heat generated as a by-product during the process is stored in special Thermal Energy Storage units. When there’s a need for electricity, the process is reversed.
You'll have to make your peace with Tesla making most of its profits from electric vehicles rather than storage, but that may not be too much of a deterrent for many investors given the fact that Tesla has nearly doubled year to date in 2023. Lithium batteries are seen by many as the future of energy storage.