Trend · rank 42 of 250

Batteries & energy storage

Larger production volumes and advances in battery chemistry, manufacture and recycling are lowering storage costs, setting the pace of electrification and tying national competitiveness to manufacturing yields and material supply.

Production & InnovationTrade, industry & supply chainsclean energypowermanufacturingmaterials

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
42of 250
Sensitivity
14.2rank 51
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
42.3rank 76
Eigenvector
0.8
Betweenness
48.6
Links
16trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
33.3

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
108
Over a year
−8%Steady
Over three years
+18%
Peak
1297 Sept 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.70
Coverage
18languages · 52 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (18 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English54%103+3%
German13%137+35%
Russian7%92+4%
Japanese6%74−40%
Chinese4%103−2%
French3%115+16%
Spanish3%134+32%
Korean2%81−37%
Polish1%100−13%
Italian1%124+17%
Dutch1%119+17%
Ukrainian1%100+23%
Arabic1%106+7%
Turkish1%73−36%
Persian1%116−8%
Vietnamese1%102−33%
Portuguese0%111+22%
Hebrew0%133+35%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Australia

Singapore

United States

South Korea

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Canada

Ireland

India

Netherlands

United Arab Emirates

South Africa

100

86

77

75

68

63

59

52

43

41

39

38

The 12 highest of 52 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English106−3%+5%−1%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch163+9%+96%+114%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country92−18%−12%+18%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese112−13%+15%+26%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries135+5%+35%+70%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew98−21%+6%+2%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries121+6%+38%+14%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese1910%+127%+251%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian94+4%+9%+14%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle118+13%+7%+13%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese183−4%+128%+230%
CanadaGoogle114+20%+3%+2%
ChinaGoogle92−18%−12%+18%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French187+27%+127%+164%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German225+31%+195%+243%
IndiaGoogle121+6%+11%+23%
IndonesiaGoogle181+1%+208%+239%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian121−11%+51%+65%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese89−35%−7%−23%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean124+1%+31%+38%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian92+5%+4%+4%
South AfricaGoogle115+27%+41%−20%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish83−31%−11%−26%
United KingdomGoogle96−7%−14%−9%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English106−7%+5%−1%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
4 · HighAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
3 · ModerateA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highSolar manufacturing cost declineTrade, industry & supply chains107
4 · HighCarbon capture, utilisation & storageTrade, industry & supply chains218
4 · HighCircular materials & recyclingTrade, industry & supply chains237
3 · ModerateResearch & development intensityPeople, health & work18
3 · ModerateTechnology diffusion & productivity gapsPeople, health & work24
3 · ModerateIndustrial policy competitionTrade, industry & supply chains26
3 · ModerateManufacturing overcapacityTrade, industry & supply chains51
3 · ModerateReshoring & localised manufacturingTrade, industry & supply chains59
3 · ModerateElectrification of heat & industryEnergy, networks & climate resilience70
3 · ModerateRenewable generation expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience128
3 · ModerateCritical minerals supply constraintsTrade, industry & supply chains155
3 · ModerateAdvanced nuclear fissionTrade, industry & supply chains210
3 · ModerateHydrogen & low-carbon fuelsTrade, industry & supply chains212
3 · ModerateAdvanced materialsTrade, industry & supply chains215
3 · ModerateFusion energyTrade, industry & supply chains226
3 · ModerateEnhanced geothermalTrade, industry & supply chains232