Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF (ASX: ACDC) offers investors exposure to global companies developing electrochemical storage technology and mining companies producing battery-grade lithium.
The Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF (ACDC) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Battery Value-Chain Index.
ACDC offers investors exposure to global companies developing electro-chemical storage technology and mining companies producing battery-grade lithium. ACDC aims to provide investors with a return that, before fees and expenses, tracks the performance of the Solactive Battery Value-Chain Index.
1 https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/
2 https://www.caradvice.com.au/843957/tesla-battery-south-australia/
A battery is a device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that can generate electrical energy from chemical reactions. Traditional batteries have a lead or alkaline base, but lithium-ion batteries have transformed the space.
New electrochemical technologies such as lithium, lead-carbon or flow batteries continue to be developed. Batteries are used to power a range of items, from personal consumer electronics like phones to electric vehicles to industrial uses such as energy grid storage.
The value chain for battery technology ranges from mining companies, mining for metals like lithium, to manufacturers of battery storage and storage technology providers. All are potential beneficiaries of the anticipated growth in this industry.
Battery technology is central to the growth of renewable energy and electric vehicle usage.
To support this growth, the battery market is anticipated to reach US$90bn by 20253 and battery storage will need to expand 300 times existing capacity to meet requirements in 2050 (excluding electric vehicles)4.
1 https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-outlook/
2 https://about.bnef.com/electric-vehicle-outlook/
3 www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/global-battery-market-industry/
4 https://www.irena.org/publications/2020/Apr/Global-Renewables-Outlook-2020
1 US Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Jan 2020
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Batteries are a growth area as they are essential for storing clean energy. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels and towards solar, wind and hydropower, the demand for batteries is forecast to increase.
Batteries are also crucial for electric cars, which are expected to steadily displace internal combustion engine cars over the coming decades.
Outside of clean energy, batteries are required for mobile devices such as phones and laptops, which are being purchased in ever-greater numbers.
Lithium is the crucial element supporting batteries, as lithium-ion batteries are cheaper to produce, faster to recharge and longer lasting than alternatives.
Batteries are essential for supporting renewable energy and the transition away from fossil fuels. Recognising this, state and Commonwealth governments have introduced subsidies and programmes designed to boost the uptake of batteries and electric cars.
Examples include South Australia’s Hornsdale Power Reserve, Queensland’s battery manufacturing precinct, and the Commonwealth government exempting electric vehicles from fringe benefits and import taxes.
ACDC also includes an environmental, social and governance (ESG) screen aimed at severely restricting the ability of fossil fuel companies to be included in the index. The index prevents companies that make more than 25% of their revenue in oil or gas, or more than 30% of their revenue from thermal coal, from being included in the index.
The index provider, Frankfurt-based Solactive AG, uses ESG data sourced from Minerva Analytics, an ESG research and data company based in the UK. Minerva conducts proprietary research on companies’ sustainability and governance activities to build data sets. Minerva’s datasets are used by Solactive to determine the final constituents in the index.
The strength of this data-driven approach to ESG is that it can be incorporated into an index, allowing for potentially lower-cost passive management. Limitations and risks of this approach include a lack of direct stewardship and the potential for data errors.
The index universe for energy storage technology providers is comprised of projects identified from Clean Horizon’s Energy Storage Source, classified as electrochemical, having an energy capacity of at least 1 MWh and identified as an energy storage technology manufacturer. The companies must also have a primary listing on an eligible exchange – if a subsidiary, then the parent company will be identified as part of the universe instead.
The index universe for mining companies is taken from Fastmarkets' Metal Bulletin, including all companies producing battery-grade lithium, with their primary listing on an eligible exchange.
To be included in the index, companies must have a free-float capitalisation of at least US$200m (lower for existing constituents), have a minimum three-month daily trading average of US$1m, and not be classified by FactSet as an “Energy” company.
Companies in ACDC are equally weighted, meaning each holding makes up the same portion of the portfolio at each semi-annual rebalance and therefore contribute equally to overall performance.
The choice of an equal weighting scheme provides investors exposure to the overall sector without a bias towards large-cap stocks, which tend to dominate where holdings are weighted by market capitalisation.
The value chain for battery technology ranges from mining companies to manufacturers of battery storage and storage technology providers. It is a diverse range of industries spanning the globe and ETFs like ACDC can assist investors in obtaining diversified exposure to newer technologies as well as more established companies. In fast-moving and emerging industries, it can be hard to pick individual winners, so investing in an ETF like ACDC allows investors to access the potential growth across the battery technology megatrend.
ACDC can be used as a tactical tilt towards emerging technologies in the industrials and materials sector.
As a thematic tilt towards megatrends, including the trend towards renewable energy and electric vehicles.
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