Batteries and energy storage systems are essential to enabling a flexible, decarbonized grid by balancing intermittent renewable generation and supporting reliability. ADI Analytics supports clients with market insights, technology evaluations, and investment strategies across energy storage technologies and applications.
Advancing energy transition through batteries and energy storage
Energy storage is vital for managing variable renewable output while enhancing grid flexibility and resilience. While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate due to falling costs, alternative technologies—such as flow batteries and long-duration storage—are advancing quickly to meet evolving needs.
Navigating batteries and energy storage deployment landscapes
Deployment is growing rapidly, fueled by favorable policies like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and state mandates. However, stakeholders face challenges including raw material constraints, safety concerns, and complex monetization of value streams across energy and ancillary services.
Driving commercial viability of energy storage
As storage becomes a core part of modern power systems, companies must prove scalability and cost-competitiveness. Success requires clear insight into siting, cycling needs, and integration strategies to align with long-term decarbonization goals.
How ADI helps
ADI Analytics supports clients across the batteries and energy storage sector with consulting and research services that guide investment, development, and operations:
Market intelligence & forecasting including analysis of deployment trends, grid and behind-the-meter use cases, cost forecasts, policy tracking, and regional opportunity assessments.
Project evaluation & asset strategy covering siting and feasibility assessments, revenue stack modeling, technology comparisons, and integration planning with renewable or grid assets.
Technology & policy analysis involving evaluation of lithium-ion, flow, thermal, and long-duration storage technologies, as well as tracking of incentives, safety standards, and interconnection requirements.
Investment support & commercial due diligence such as assessment of storage developers, battery manufacturers, integrators, and EPCs for investment, partnership, and M&A opportunities.
Strategic planning & commercialization strategy including go-to-market planning, customer segmentation, value proposition development, and long-term deployment strategy.
Trusted by power & utility companies around the world
ADI developed a comprehensive market strategy for an early-stage energy storage company, helping them identify growth opportunities and strengthen their market position. The client An early-stage company specializing in energy storage solutions. The situation The client needed a comprehensive market strategy to navigate a competitive landscape, identify their most promising growth opportunities, and solidify their […]
ADI evaluated distributed power and grid‑edge storage opportunities by linking customer economics, reliability requirements, and technology performance across industrial and field‑based applications. The assessment combined voice‑of‑customer interviews with internal market sizing models to test where storage, power quality, or hybrid solutions materially improve outcomes. Findings differentiated scalable use cases from niche deployments where adoption is […]
ADI evaluated the global lithium-ion battery (LIB) value chain, emphasizing technical and economic requirements for cathodes, anodes, and electrolytes. The analysis contrasts the rapid adoption of LFP chemistries against NCM and emerging sodium-ion alternatives while modeling cost curves across major manufacturing hubs. Operational constraints, including raw material price volatility and grid-scale storage demands, were assessed […]
ADI built a bottom‑up lithium‑ion battery recycling outlook by modeling installed base growth, chemistry mix, scrap rates, and collection assumptions. Supply availability, black‑mass generation, and refining capacity were stress‑tested against utilization and execution risk. Uncertainty around LFP adoption and recoverable value was explicitly evaluated. The client Energy transition investment platform The situation Recycling economics unclear […]
ADI assessed a global energy transition capital spend and outlook through 2050, identifying the addressable market for digital technologies. The study analyzed how the shift toward fragmented, low-carbon infrastructure will impact the need for digital integration across intermittent renewables and energy storage systems. Modeling surfaced critical factors that will dictate the pace of digital adoption. […]
ADI partnered with a battery recycling innovator to build a strategic go-to-market roadmap. Our work helped them analyze their technology, define their value proposition, and prepare for successful market entry and fundraising. The client We partnered with a battery recycling start-up that was looking to communicate their story for potential investors. The situation The client […]
ADI helped a global automotive battery supplier transform their costly EV battery disposal process into a profitable, sustainable business by creating a new battery circularity strategy. The client We partnered with a global automotive battery supplier with their strategy for a rapid transition toward electrified vehicles. The situation The client’s current process for handling old […]
ADI provided a prominent battery recycling company with a strategic plan to enter the EV battery market, including an assessment of business models and detailed financial analysis. The client We partnered with a prominent lead-acid battery recycling company exploring new opportunities in the rapidly growing electric vehicle (EV) battery market. The situation With the EV […]
ADI Analytics supported a scenario planning effort to help a client understand and prepare for evolving transportation energy trends and their long-term business implications. The client A leading chemical major serving the automotive and fuel markets and seeking to anticipate shifts in transportation energy. The situation The client wanted to explore how changes in transportation […]
ADI Analytics conducted a three-week study of the electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) market to support a client’s investment planning. The client A firm exploring growth opportunities in the electric vehicle infrastructure space, with a focus on charging equipment, power systems, and associated services. The situation The client needed a forward-looking assessment of EV adoption […]
At the 2026 ADI Forum, Uday Turaga, CEO of ADI, provided a cross-segment outlook on the energy and chemical value chains. He highlighted the firm’s focus on the strategic interfaces between upstream production, global gas markets, and power generation, emphasizing how infrastructure and geopolitical shifts are reshaping global commodity flows. Key themes included a shift […]
At the 2026 ADI Forum, Ernest Peeples, VP, Business & Economic Development, Entergy; Jason Padilla, VP, Product Management & Marketing, INNIO Waukesha; and Ani Kulkarni, CEO, Cavendish Renewables Technology join Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics for the Energy Transition panel. The panel highlighted the AI-driven surge in electricity demand, forcing utilities to balance rapid capacity […]
The ADI team participated in multiple events across the city during the second annual Houston Energy and Climate Week in September 2025—which has now grown into a vibrant global event—hosting many of our clients who traveled from as far as Asia and Europe. Houston’s startup landscape feels vibrant and increasingly central to the energy transition; the ION and Greentown Labs have emerged […]