European Portable Battery Association - 2005

Prof. Robert B. Laughlin
Department of Physics
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

http://epbaeurope.net/statistics.html
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Battery Statistics

Sales (Units) European Portable Battery Market - 2000

To be updated soon

Sales (Units) European Portable Primary Battery Market - 2000

To be updated soon

Total Portable Batteries Quantities - 2000

Sources: EPBA (Cegasa, Duracell, Energizer, Germanos, GP Batteries, Kodak, Leclanché, Mitsubishi, Moltech, Panasonic, Rayovac, Renata, Saft, Sanyo, Varta) + CollectNiCad for rechargeables

Sales (Units/Cells) European Portable Rechargeable Battery Market - 2000

Sources: CollectNiCad

Portable Battery Market Evolution - 2000 (Primary batteries only)

The other battery types are not shown because the percentage limits were minimal and would not be visible on the graph. Sources: EPBA (Cegasa, Duracell, Energizer, Germanos, GP Batteries, Kodak, Leclanché, Mitsubishi, Moltech, Panasonic, Rayovac, Renata, Saft, Sanyo, Varta)

Total Portable Battery Weight

Sources: EPBA (Cegasa, Duracell, Energizer, Germanos, GP Batteries, Kodak, Leclanché, Mitsubishi, Moltech, Panasonic, Rayovac, Renata, Saft, Sanyo, Varta) + CollectNiCad for rechargeables

Weight onto Market - 2000

Sources: EPBA (Cegasa, Duracell, Energizer, Germanos, GP Batteries, Kodak, Leclanché, Mitsubishi, Moltech, Panasonic, Rayovac, Renata, Saft, Sanyo, Varta)

Battery System Weight 2000 (tonnes) %
Zinc Carbon 46,943 30.0
Alkaline 74,019 47.0
Button Cell 373 0.2
Li - all other 706 0.4
NiCd * 12,844 8.0
NiMH * 5,200 3.0
Sealed Pb-acid * 15,000 10.0
Li-Ion * 1,854 1.0

* 1999 data on rechargeables (from CollectNiCad) 2000 data not available.


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