Reinventing the Iron-Air Battery for the Electric Grid - Form Energy - Livestream

Form Energy is a battery technology company founded in 2017 focused on developing a new class of multi-day energy storage systems that enable a reliable, secure, and fully-renewable electric grid year-round.  At its founding, Form sought to understand the dynamics of deeply decarbonized grids to inform our battery requirements. Form Energy’s analytics and software teams built a grid modeling toolkit to capture the dynamics of decarbonizing grids, the drivers of multi-day storage value, and optimal way to invest and operate a portfolio of technologies to ensure high reliability and low cost in renewable-driven power systems. Based on this extensive modeling of future grid needs, we identified the need for low-cost energy storage that could ensure reliability over multiple days. Our first commercial battery is a rechargeable, static iron-air battery capable of continuously discharging electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with fossil-fueled power plants. By using iron, one of the most abundant and cheapest minerals on Earth, this front-of-the-meter battery can enable a 100% renewable grid globally.

Speakers: Annie Baldwin, Form Energy; Scott Burger, Form Energy

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