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.

Share of attention
1.1%rank 21 of 250 · a year earlier 1.0%
Now
108
Over a year
−8%Steady
Over three years
+18%
Peak
13024 Aug 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.68
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%102+2%
German13%136+34%
Russian7%93+5%
Japanese6%72−42%
Chinese4%102−4%
French3%114+19%
Spanish3%131+30%
Korean2%81−38%
Polish1%99−15%
Italian1%123+14%
Dutch1%116+15%
Ukrainian1%98+18%
Arabic1%105+6%
Turkish1%73−36%
Persian1%114−11%
Vietnamese1%100−31%
Portuguese0%108+13%
Hebrew0%134+37%

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.

The 12 highest of 52 nations with a reading. All countries (CSV).

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%−4%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch160+8%+93%+114%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country86−27%−32%+3%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese110−15%+13%+20%
South AsiaGoogle in 4 countries136+6%+38%+64%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew95−21%+7%−3%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries122+9%+44%+12%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese191−2%+130%+238%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian95+4%+8%+13%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle117+13%+7%+7%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese183−6%+126%+211%
CanadaGoogle115+21%+7%+1%
ChinaGoogle86−27%−32%+3%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French187+31%+134%+165%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German219+26%+187%+267%
IndiaGoogle121+4%+12%+24%
IndonesiaGoogle171−4%+180%+168%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian118−12%+47%+65%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese89−36%−10%−21%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean125+2%+28%+37%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian93+7%+5%+4%
South AfricaGoogle116+25%+45%−25%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish81−31%−10%−30%
United KingdomGoogle97−5%−14%−11%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English105−6%+5%−4%

Share of attention by region

GINC Share of Attention: this trend's share of all the public attention the trends in the list draw, worldwide and in each region, week by week (a 4-week average). Each place is read from the Wikipedia languages mostly read there and Google searching in its countries; where a place's language is shared with others, as English is, Google stands alone.

PlaceShare, last 13 weeksRank thereA year earlierRead from
World1.1%21 of 2501.0%Wikipedia reading in all 28 languages, and Google searching worldwide
Asia Pacific0.96%25 of 2501.00%Wikipedia reading in the region's own languages, not English; Google searching in 15 countries, not China
Europe0.85%27 of 2500.73%German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch and Swedish reading; Google searching in 10 countries, the UK among them
Africa0.40%56 of 2500.43%Google searching in 7 countries; Afrikaans and Swahili reading reaches too few trends to count
South America0.42%68 of 2500.23%Spanish and Portuguese reading, Spanish also read in Spain; Google searching in 5 countries
North America0.68%34 of 2490.53%Google searching in the United States, Canada and Mexico; English reading cannot be split by country
Oceania1.6%11 of 2491.1%Google searching in Australia and New Zealand; English reading cannot be split by country
United States0.85%30 of 2490.67%Google searching; English reading cannot be split by country
United Kingdom0.92%19 of 2490.54%Google searching; English reading cannot be split by country
India1.2%22 of 2490.42%Google searching; Hindi, Bengali and Tamil reading reaches too few trends to count, and English cannot be split by country
China···Wikipedia and Google are blocked in China; no open source counts reading there
Russia0.64%43 of 2030.87%Russian reading, which is also done across the former Soviet states; Google's figures for Russia cannot be bought
Japan0.91%25 of 2501.3%Japanese reading and Google searching
Germany0.91%28 of 2501.0%German reading and Google searching
France0.83%24 of 2500.59%French reading, also done in Africa and Canada, and Google searching
Italy0.29%81 of 2500.32%Italian reading and Google searching
South Korea2.0%8 of 2501.9%Korean reading and Google searching
Indonesia0.17%87 of 2500.15%Google searching; Indonesian reading reaches too few trends to count
Brazil0.44%57 of 2500.18%Portuguese reading and Google searching
Türkiye0.02%50 of 2500.01%Google searching; Turkish reading reaches too few trends to count

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