RE:Well, young fan boyceetong wrote:
"In the same communication I’ve also noticed that Largo is evaluating “a range of strategic options” for the energy storage business while cutting staff drastically. Cutting staff while contemplating business growth?"
Just in case you didn't know. "we're evaluating strategic options" is company parlance for "we're trying to find a buyer". As I said before... you heard it here first!
Now it's official. LCE turned out to be a money sink. The partnership with Ansaldo didn't materialize (guess why!), they sold zero batteries in 2022 and zero batteries in 2023. Their plan failed spectacurlary!
In 2021 they said: "We may enter into a number of contracts this year (2021) but deployments will start next year and they ramp up significantly after that. [...]For 2022 we are looking at 40MWh/5MW8hrs ramping to 1.4GWh annually over that 5yr period."
6 MWh 2021,
Zero MWh 2022,
Zero MWh 2023.
Quite a "ramp up" to 1.4GWh *annually*, eh? Prepare for long lines when potential buyers are allowed to place their bids, LMAO.