锂电池生产是电动车革命的骨干，没有大量的锂电池生产电动车就不可能普及
目前锂电池工厂集中在中国、美国与韩国
2016年全世界产量大约是28GWh，到了2020年预估会是6.21倍的174GWh
欧洲方面最近德国一间大型的电池工厂才开始动工
而在亚洲，除了中国与韩国外
泰国一家叫做Energy Absolute的能源公司也计划建造一间电池工厂
预计投资29亿美元，完工后将可生产50GWh的电池
这些电池不仅会用来做为储能之用，也考虑提供给电动车厂商使用
而地点尚未决定，已经有四个国家列入候选，但他们希望能盖在泰国本地
另外把2016年的全世界锂电池产量(黑色)与2020年的锂电池预计产量(绿色)拿来比较
看起来会是这样子的：
http://i.imgur.com/saNfiMd.jpg
中国被各公司满满的插旗...
另外细看这些在中国设立电池厂的公司：
Lishen、CALB、三星、BYD、松下、LG、Boston、CATL
除了BYD有自己的电动车之外
其他大部分都是与日韩企业合资的公司
这些中日韩厂商以后大概会成为欧洲车厂的重要电池供应商吧
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原文连结：
https://electrek.co/2017/05/25/battery-factory-gigafactory/
原文内容：
A massive 50 GWh battery factory project planned in Asia for next year
Li-ion battery production is the backbone of the electric vehicle
revolution and supply will have to increase significantly over the next
few years to support the growth.
Tesla has the most ambitious plan with Gigafactory 1 having the same
capacity as the entire industry at a single location, but the world will
need 100 of those to transition to electric transport and renewable
energy.
A few other companies have now announced similar plans. The latest one is
a 50 GWh battery factory in Asia.
Thailand-based Energy Absolute Pcl, a company developing solar projects,
confirmed that it is preparing to spend up to 100 billion baht ($2.9
billion) on an important battery factory project that could produce up to
50 GWh of li-ion batteries per year.
CEO Amorn Sapthaweekul told Bloomberg this week that they have been in
discussions for locations in 4 different countries, but they would prefer
to stay local:
“We will choose just one location for the manufacturing plant. We would
prefer to have the plant in Thailand, which will be beneficial for the
country’s development. Still, we need to see clear government policy.”
The company already has a minority stake in battery cell manufacturer
Amita Technologies Inc., but this new project will bring more battery
capacity than the company has ever seen and complement their renewable
energy projects.
They plan to announce the location by the end of the next quarter and
have the first phase of the plant in operation by the end of 2018.
Not unlike Tesla with Gigafactory 1, they plan to build the factory in
phases. The first phase will have a capacity of 1 GWh. They plan to first
supply electric utilities for energy storage in order to stabilize
electric grids in Asia, but they are also considering supplying electric
vehicle manufacturers.