Podcasts about form energy

Today on Inevitable, we're joined by three guests to focus on the clean energy tax provisions currently at risk in the Congressional budget reconciliation process—what's being called the One Big Beautiful Bill. This is our second episode on this topic this week. Our guests are Jeremy Harrell, CEO at the right-of-center clean energy policy firm ClearPath; Spencer Nelson, Director of Federal Affairs at Form Energy; and Vikrum Aiyer, Head of Global Public Policy and External Affairs at Heirloom.The goal of this conversation is to get to the root of the proposed changes in the legislation passed by the House and now under consideration in the Senate. We also explore which amendments are on the table and how those of us working in climate and energy innovation can help influence the outcome.In this episode, we cover: ⁠[01:06]⁠ Why this bill matters for climate tech⁠[03:19]⁠ Jeremy's background in conservative energy policy⁠[04:08]⁠ Spencer on Form's long-duration batteries⁠[05:40]⁠ Vikrum explains Heirloom's DAC technology⁠[08:44]⁠ What the reconciliation process actually means⁠[13:42]⁠ Why the FEOC rule could block progress⁠[17:41]⁠ Why startups need credit transferability⁠[25:01]⁠ 60-day window threatens new projects⁠[27:36]⁠ What's at stake for solar and storage⁠[31:32]⁠ Energy cost risks if credits vanish⁠[35:42]⁠ How founders and VCs can take action⁠[41:56]⁠ Tips for contacting your senator directlyEpisode recorded on June 6, 2025 (Published on June 12, 2025) Enjoyed this episode? Please leave us a review! Share feedback or suggest future topics and guests at info@mcj.vc.Connect with MCJ:Cody Simms on LinkedInVisit mcj.vcSubscribe to the MCJ Newsletter*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant

This week, we're bringing you a special episode of Catalyst with Shayle Kann, a show about how to decarbonize the planet. In this episode: what it takes to secure investments for first-of-a-kind infrastructure projects.  First-of-a-kind projects need infrastructure investment, the kind of money that costs less than venture capital and usually comes in the form of deals worth tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. But infrastructure investors are notoriously conservative and convincing them to bite can be challenging.  So what do infrastructure investors really want? In this episode, Shayle talks to Mario Fernandez, head of Breakthrough Energy's FOAK finance program. It has worked with companies like Rondo, Form Energy, and Lanzajet to overcome challenges on the path to infrastructure investment. Coincidentally, the program is also called Catalyst (no relation to our show). Mario and Shayle talk about the journey from lab-proven technology to a fully de-risked infrastructure investment, covering topics like: Why investors want to see a path to multiple, repeatable projects Mario's prescription for a scale-up path: pilot, demo, and FOAK project The difficulty of following that path on a limited financial runway The commercial construct and the tension between negotiating a flexible offtake and securing a customer Developing the right capital stack and accurately estimating capital needs Credits: Hosted by Shayle Kann. Produced and edited by Daniel Woldorff. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is executive editor.

Lydian Labs is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based startup founded in 2021, dedicated to decarbonizing the aviation industry by producing sustainable fuels from carbon dioxide, water, and renewable electricity. Their proprietary technology employs fully electrified, modular reactors to convert CO₂ into carbon-neutral fuels, achieving up to 95% lower lifecycle emissions compared to traditional jet fuel.The company has successfully demonstrated a pilot system capable of producing 10,000 gallons of fuel per year, marking a significant step toward commercial-scale production planned for 2027. Lydian's approach offers flexibility by operating during periods of low-cost renewable electricity, enhancing economic viability and grid compatibility.Backed by prominent climate-focused investors such as Congruent Ventures and Galvanize Climate Solutions, Lydian is a leader in the sustainable aviation fuel sector.--Joe Rodden has spent his career building software to help the world's most sophisticated companies make complex strategic decisions in dynamic market conditions. Most recently, at Form Energy, Joe supported the commercialization of a novel iron-air battery for grid-scale energy storage.He previously worked at Affirm, which he helped prepare for IPO as an early lead on the strategy and finance team, and BlackRock, where he advised some of the firm's largest private and public clients on complex capital markets transactions.--Here are 6 highlights from the podcast:Why Aviation Needs SAF – Aviation could hit 20% of global emissions by 2050; SAF is under 1% of today's jet fuel.Lydian's Electrofuels – Made from CO₂, water, and clean power; compatible with today's infrastructure.Smart Sourcing – Ethanol CO₂ is cost-effective now; DAC offers long-term options; plants adapt to renewable energy.Scaling Up – Modular design enables 10x growth without redesign.Cost & Climate Edge – Electrofuels rival bio-SAF on price, cut emissions by up to 99%, and reduce contrails.Life Philosophy – Joe lives by ikigai and credits his organized partner for balance.--

Today is Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Today, we meet Ray Larkey from Form Energy in Weirton WV. Next - let's hit the movie set people - learn how you can be part of a 20th Television production in Moundsville as a paid background in a TV pilot. AND here's how to explore Almost Heaven waterfalls in West Virginia - on today's daily304.com  #1 - Form Energy - A lifelong Weirton local and valued Form Factory 1 team member shares the pride he takes in his work, the pride he takes in Weirton and what it's meant to see new opportunities rise up again in the town he's always called home.  Want to work with Ray? They are hiring at Form Factory 1 in Weirton.    Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMAc-aBXD4s #2 - MOSSER Casting - Interested in being in a tv show? 20th Television's Prison Break pilot for Hulu directed by Elgin Jamesis is seeking paid extras needed to portray prisoners, guards, townspeople and more. Check out the website below for more information.  Learn more: https://www.nancymossercasting.com/post/paid-background-needed-for-prison-break-pilot #3 outsidedeonline.com - West Virginia's famed country roads offer an open invitation. Five customized Mountain Rides can help connect activities that range from lakeside paddling to whitewater thrills and more. So, start your trip-planning with route options that link the state's best waterfall features, which are year-round fixtures on any West Virginia must-do list. Read more: https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/north-america/west-virginias-best-waterfall-journeys/ The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Batteries were electrochemistry's breakout hit. For years it was a field that kept a low profile, outshined by flashier cousins like biotech and computer science. That is until lithium-ion batteries became big business, showing that studying the relationship between chemicals and energy could unlock technical pathways that other disciplines could not. Now the field is making breakthroughs in critical areas like cement, metallurgy, and new battery chemistries. So what else can electrochemistry do? Which problems is it especially good at solving? In this episode, Shayle talks to Dr. Yet-Ming Chiang, a professor of materials science and engineering at MIT. He's also the co-founder of at least six electrochemistry companies, including Form Energy and Sublime Systems, which are both portfolio companies of Energy Impact Partners where Shayle is an investor. They cover topics like: Promising applications like mining, SAFs, and other industrial processes that require a high concentration of energy The strengths of electrochemistry and where it fits best in larger system The weak spots of electrochemistry, like solid-solid transformations and the limitation to 2-dimensional surfaces How electrochemical processes work with intermittent power and the role of embedded chemical storage AI's potential to shape the field — and its limits Recommended resources Catalyst: What do you do with a 100-hour battery? Catalyst: Fixing cement's carbon problem Catalyst: Seeking the holy grail of batteries Catalyst: The promise and perils of sodium-ion batteries Credits: Hosted by Shayle Kann. Produced and edited by Daniel Woldorff. Original music and engineering by Sean Marquand. Stephen Lacey is executive editor. Catalyst is brought to you by EnergyHub. EnergyHub helps utilities build next-generation virtual power plants that unlock reliable flexibility at every level of the grid. See how EnergyHub helps unlock the power of flexibility at scale, and deliver more value through cross-DER dispatch with their leading Edge DERMS platform, by visiting energyhub.com. Catalyst is brought to you by Antenna Group, the public relations and strategic marketing agency of choice for climate and energy leaders. If you're a startup, investor, or global corporation that's looking to tell your climate story, demonstrate your impact, or accelerate your growth, Antenna Group's team of industry insiders is ready to help. Learn more at antennagroup.com.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Saturday, March 1, 2025. Weirton's Form Factory 1 serves as a bold illustration of today's manufacturing renaissance…there's still time to get in that snow tubing adventure before spring arrives…and the Putnam Chamber's Comeback Club is helping women who have taken career breaks reintegrate into the workforce…on today's daily304. #1 – From FORM ENERGY – Located in Weirton, West Virginia, Form Factory 1 is Form Energy's first high-volume battery manufacturing facility — and a bold illustration of today's American manufacturing renaissance. This 550,000-square-foot facility demonstrates that large-scale, advanced manufacturing can be achieved rapidly and at high volumes right here in the U.S. Currently employing over 300 people, Form Factory 1 is spearheading a new era of energy manufacturing in the Rust Belt. By 2028, it will expand to around 850,000 square feet, support more than 750 employees, and have a production capacity of at least 500 megawatts of batteries per year. Learn more: https://formenergy.com/form-factory-1/   #2 – From WV TOURISM – With rolling hills galore and resorts that make them more accessible, Almost Heaven is a bonafide snow tubing destination. There is no better time to take a ride on a snow tube and blaze down a huge hill over and over again! Even though spring is approaching, most resorts are open until mid-March. Treat your family to an adventure filled with powdery snow and speed on these legendary West Virginia hills.  You'll find amazing tubing adventures at Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Winterplace Ski Resort Snowshoe Mountain, and at West Virginia's newest winter park, Snow Riders in Harpers Ferry. Read more: https://wvtourism.com/take-your-family-on-a-snow-tubing-adventure-in-west-virginia/?utm_campaign=ConsumerNewsletter2024&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--s_yM7pD5GECHe0g8eEwDoPAEfFOU78uMpUV8fcIVh5wdEIoMj9okKHR-XMuUxzsjJo1r3PhU3CxcGrJAFHHxDAduA9G5QyBOP9KCFiTDzLNeIUpU&_hsmi=348017731&utm_content=347823052&utm_source=hs_email   #3 – From PUTNAM COUNTY CHAMBER – The Comeback Club envisions a future where women who have taken career breaks can seamlessly reintegrate into the workforce.  An initiative of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce, the club offers a variety of resources for women, including career resilience workshops, mentorship programs, job placement assistance and community support through meetups and networking events. To become a client or mentor, visit putnamchamber.org. Learn more: https://putnamchamber.org/comeback-club/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

This week on Everybody in the Pool, we're going to keep talking about tech and climate innovation with a longtime technologist turned climate tech investor. Mike Schroepfer runs the investment fund Gigascale Capital, which has invested in some of the biggest names in climate tech: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Mill, Form Energy, and a couple other names that will be appearing soon on this very show. Schrep, as he's known, is also the former CTO of Facebook, so he's someone with a long view of how tech evolves and gets adopted. Join us for a fascinating conversation about the inflection point we're at with climate tech, how AI can in fact lead to cleaner energy, and how a better world is still within reach.LINKS:Gigascale CapitalCommonwealth Fusion Systems on EITPMill founder Matt Rogers on EITPAll episodes: https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/Subscribe to the Everybody in the Pool newsletter: https://www.mollywood.co/Become a member and get an ad-free version of the podcast: https://plus.acast.com/s/everybody-in-the-poolPlease subscribe and tell your friends about Everybody in the Pool! Send feedback or become a sponsor at in@everybodyinthepool.com! To support the show and get an ad-free listening experience, please jump in and become a member of Everybody in the Pool! https://plus.acast.com/s/everybody-in-the-pool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. Volunteer West Virginia offers grants for AmeriCorps programs…West Virginia Northern Community College receives funding to boost manufacturing and production skills…and West Virginia's “snow bowl” offers the ultimate winter sport experience…on today's daily304. #1 – From VOLUNTEER WV – ​Volunteer West Virginia announces a funding opportunity through AmeriCorps State Formula grants for eligible applicants. Potential applicants will apply to operate an AmeriCorps program solely in West Virginia utilizing at least five AmeriCorps members beginning in fall 2025 or spring 2026. Volunteer West Virginia, the state's commission for national and community service, challenges West Virginians to strengthen their communities through service and volunteerism. The commission administers West Virginia's AmeriCorps service programs in cooperation with local and state grantees.  To apply, visit volunteerwv.gov. Learn more: https://volunteer.wv.gov/Grants/Pages/AmeriCorps-Formula-Funding.aspx   #2 – From WTOV9-TV – West Virginia Northern Community College has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor as part of the Strengthening Community Colleges Initiative. The funding aims to create more job opportunities for students by developing pathway programs that lead to living-wage careers. The college's initiative, known as M.A.P.S. 2.0, will focus on manufacturing and production skills. Students entering the advanced manufacturing career and technical education program from high school will develop skills in advanced manufacturing while earning dual credit. The grant is focused on redesigning programs to ensure the production of workers needed by employers like Form Energy. As unique economic opportunities unfold in the Ohio Valley, the hope is that students will be able to stay local, enter the industry, and earn competitive salaries. Read more: https://wtov9.com/news/local/west-virginia-northern-community-college-secures-15m-grant-to-boost-job-opportunities   #3 – From WV EXPLORER – High in the Allegheny Mountains in eastern West Virginia lies a scenic valley with a Canadian-like climate in which it can snow 10 months out of the year. Though only two hours from the Washington beltway, the Canaan Valley receives more snow than the snowiest reporting station in Maine and a shorter growing season than Fairbanks, Alaska. Scientists have determined that elevation, position, and orientation are all contributing elements that notably support the valley's three ski areas. More specifically, the cold temperatures, increased precipitation, and the valley's similarity to a “huge bathtub” conspire to create its remarkably wintry conditions.  Want to experience this phenomenon for yourself? Plan a ski getaway to Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Timberline Mountain or White Grass Ski Touring Center. Check out wvtourism.com or wvstateparks.com for more information on snow sports in Almost Heaven.  Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2025/01/03/strange-phenomena-canaan-valley-wv-west-virginia/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

The Cambridge Energy Storage Project in Cambridge, Minnesota will be the first commercial deployment of iron-air battery technology.  Developed by startup company Form Energy, the battery system will provide 1.5 MW and 150 MWh of multi-day energy storage. Iron-air batteries are based on the principle of reversible rusting.  When discharging, the battery releases energy by […]

First-of-a-kind projects need infrastructure investment, the kind of money that costs less than venture capital and usually comes in the form of deals worth tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. But infrastructure investors are notoriously conservative and convincing them to bite can be challenging.  So what do infrastructure investors really want? In this episode, Shayle talks to Mario Fernandez, head of Breakthrough Energy's FOAK finance program. It has worked with companies like Rondo, Form Energy, and Lanzajet to overcome challenges on the path to infrastructure investment. Coincidentally, the program is also called Catalyst (no relation to our show). Mario and Shayle talk about the journey from lab-proven technology to a fully de-risked infrastructure investment, covering topics like: Why investors want to see a path to multiple, repeatable projects Mario's prescription for a scale-up path: pilot, demo, and FOAK project The difficulty of following that path on a limited financial runway The commercial construct and the tension between negotiating a flexible offtake and securing a customer Developing the right capital stack and accurately estimating capital needs Recommended resources The Green Blueprint: Rondo Energy's complicated path to building heat batteries CTVC: Venture to Project Finance Duolingo Catalyst: Financing first-of-a-kind climate assets Catalyst is brought to you by EnergyHub. EnergyHub helps utilities build next-generation virtual power plants that unlock reliable flexibility at every level of the grid. See how EnergyHub helps unlock the power of flexibility at scale, and deliver more value through cross-DER dispatch with their leading Edge DERMS platform, by visiting energyhub.com. Catalyst is brought to you by Antenna Group, the public relations and strategic marketing agency of choice for climate and energy leaders. If you're a startup, investor, or global corporation that's looking to tell your climate story, demonstrate your impact, or accelerate your growth, Antenna Group's team of industry insiders is ready to help. Learn more at antennagroup.com.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Weirton's Theo Yianni's serves up bangin' good Greek food…a new initiative aims to attract economic investment to historic buildings in rural communities…and Wheeling's Streetscape beautifies the city and creates a foundation for future investments…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV LIVING – Shawn Mihellis may tell you it was never his plan to own a popular Greek restaurant in Weirton, but the winding road that led him there seems to suggest otherwise. One: His parents came to America by boat, making Mihellis the first in his family to be born in this country. Two: They eventually migrated to Weirton, a town in the Northern Panhandle with a large Greek population. Three: Back in his younger days, he ran an after-hours bar in his basement where he'd make and serve his own Greek gyros. He went to college to pursue a teaching degree, but the restaurant business called him back. He went on to open Theo Yianni's, a little Greek restaurant in the middle of town, 13 years ago—and that small spot quickly became a hit among the locals. Read more: https://wvliving.com/bangin-good-food/   #2 – From WV EXPLORER – An initiative designed to attract economic investment to historic buildings and districts in rural communities is being introduced to Congress by senators Mark Warner of Virginia and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia. The Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act will significantly reduce financial burdens for rural homeowners and developers in historic districts and where buildings are otherwise listed on the national register. Capito said the act will help rural communities that otherwise must compete with high-traffic development areas. As early as the 1940s, many towns across America began losing commerce to larger cities along major transportation routes. Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2024/12/20/west-virginia-tax-credit-benefit-rural-commmunities/   #3 – From WV EXECUTIVE – In 2022, Governor Jim Justice approved the bid award of $31.9 million for the Wheeling Streetscape Project.  This project, scheduled to be completed by summer 2025, will beautify downtown Wheeling by adding decorative traffic signals, plants and trees as well as brickwork along Main and Market streets and between 10th and 16th streets. ADA-compliant curb cuts and widened sidewalks are also part of the project. Josh Jefferson, president and CEO of the Regional Economic Development Partnership, says the project has created a foundation for future investment and supports the city's existing business community. In recent years, Wheeling and its surrounding cities have seen new businesses arise, such as Form Energy, Newbridge Academy for Kids, Waterfront Hall and Bridge Tavern & Grill. Read more: https://wvexecutive.com/progress-in-the-panhandle/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. The Professional Women's Network in Charleston hosts a luncheon honoring women in the military…Form Energy transforms Weirton into a robust manufacturing center…and, get some sage advice from some of WV's top innovators and entrepreneurs…on today's daily304. #1 – From CAA – Join the Charleston Area Alliance's Elevations Professional Women's Network Luncheon at Embassy Suites on Nov. 13 as they kick off the “Her Service, Her Story: Women Shaping the Military” panel discussion. Speakers include Brigadier General Michaelle Munger, Major Caroline Muriama, Lee Ann Haley (Former Army Captain) and Mara Boggs (Former Army Major). Register now! Learn more: https://business.charlestonareaalliance.org/events/details/elevations-luncheon-featuring-women-in-military-panel-november-2024-5737   #2 – From FAST COMPANY – Last April, when a tin mill closed in Weirton, it was the last remaining part of what was once a sprawling steel works. Over the last five decades, as the American steel industry declined, the town lost thousands of jobs. But in July, a new factory -- Form Energy -- opened on the same site and started to bring hundreds of jobs back. Instead of turning iron into steel, it uses the metal to make a new type of battery. This new battery is designed to store energy for around for days--something the standard lithium-ion batteries can't do economically. The project has helped begin to transform the town of Weirton, which spent more than a century centered on the steel works. Form Energy's factory has more than 300 employees now, and plans to have at least 750 by 2028.  Read more: https://www.fastcompany.com/91215982/in-west-virginia-a-former-steel-mill-is-now-home-to-a-cutting-edge-battery-plant   #3 – From INNOVATORS & ENTREPRENEURS – Don't miss our guests' wisdom, advice, and hard-learned lessons in Season 1 of Innovators and Entrepreneurs!  Innovators and Entrepreneurs is a bi-weekly segment of the daily304 that features discussions and wisdom from West Virginians who have built their companies and launched new ideas here in the Mountain State. Subscribe to the daily304 YouTube channel so you don't miss an episode, and don't forget to give us a like! Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckgNpkh-Ag4   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024   A partnership between Marshall University and Bridge Valley CTC will help students continue their education…Form Energy announces another expansion at its Weirton location…and check out the 10 most haunted places in West Virginia -- if you dare…on today's daily304. #1 – From WOWK-TV – Marshall University and BridgeValley Community and Technical College are teaming up to continue students' education. Marshall's President Brad Smith and BridgeValley President Casey Sachs signed an agreement that will help students to seamlessly continue their education at MU after graduation. BridgeValley students who graduate with an Associate of Applied Sciences degree can transfer up to 72 credit hours towards a Bachelors of Applied Sciences degree from MU. Students will have hands-on experience with faculty mentors and professional interactions. Sachs says this partnership highlights the value of collaboration in preparing students for the future. Read more: https://www.wsaz.com/2024/10/15/marshall-university-partners-with-bridgevalley-community-technical-college-help-students-continue-their-education/   #2 – From WV NEWS –  Only a few weeks after celebrating its Weirton-based manufacturing facility moving into trial production, Form Energy has announced it is time to grow even more. Construction on Form Factory 1 — Form Energy's high-volume manufacturing facility —was completed in September. Now, construction to expand that complex is set to begin in the coming days. The expansion, which Form Energy officials anticipate being complete by the end of 2025, will allow the company to scale up production and delivery of its iron-air battery and hire more employees. The company previously set a goal of having 750 workers at the Weirton factory by 2028. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/form-energy-west-virginia-facility-ready-for-expansion-company-says/article_e48306de-8b36-11ef-84f4-db8422f1899a.html   #3 – From WOWK-TV –  Are you ready for a good scare? From haunted prisons, hotels and hospitals, to shrieking and shadow figures in the woods, the Mountain State is filled with chilling tales of the paranormal. Visitors to the old Frederick Hotel in Huntington have reported numerous paranormal encounters. Opened as a hotel in 1906, the building now houses apartments and offices…and maybe even a ghost or two. At the Sam Black Church exit off I-64, a roadside marker details the story of Zona Heaster Shue, whose ghost returned to help convict her murderer. Known as “The Greenbrier Ghost,” she is laid to rest in a nearby church cemetery. In Harpers Ferry, visitors and locals alike have encountered their share of ghosts, including the specter of the famous abolitionist John Brown. The town also is the home of the oldest walking ghost tour in the country. Head over to WOWK's website to learn about more hauntings in Almost Heaven, Ghostly West Virginia. Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/mountain-state-ghost-tales-10-haunted-places-in-west-virginia/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Form Energy receives $405 million to speed up manufacturing at its Weirton factory…Ball Toyota's owner is honored with the Distinguished West Virginian award for his company's contribution to West Virginia schools…and discover the autumn beauty of Preston County…on today's daily304. #1 – From WCHS-TV – Form Energy, a company that is beginning to produce a longer-lasting alternative to lithium batteries, hit a milestone this month with an announcement of $405 million in funding. The money will allow Form to speed up manufacturing at its first factory in Weirton, West Virginia, and continue research and development, officials say. Manufacturing long-duration energy storage at a commercial scale is seen as essential for lowering carbon emissions that are causing climate change, because it makes clean energy available when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. Investment company T. Rowe Price led the funding. GE Vernova, a spin-off of General Electric's energy businesses, and several venture capital firms were also involved. Read more: https://www.wchstv.com/news/local/form-energy-secures-405m-to-speed-development-of-long-awaited-100-hour-battery-in-wva   #2 – From LOOTPRESS – Ball Toyota owner Shawn Ball received the highest honor presented by a West Virginia governor recently as Ball was recognized by Gov. Jim Justice as the recipient of the “Distinguished West Virginian” award. Ball was one of many state leaders – including brother and business partner, David Ball – present at the Woodrow Wilson Auditorium for a special panel pertaining to critical issues of student need being faced by schools across the state and nation. The Ball Toyota Family of Dealerships announced a partnership with many West Virginia schools throughout their service area to which a $650,000 donation was made to assist students in need and school leadership to obtain and provide essential items such as clothing, food, hygiene products, and more. The donation comes alongside a $250,000 gift to Marshall University, emphasizing the family's support for the university. Read more: https://www.lootpress.com/shawn-ball-recognized-as-distinguished-west-virginian-by-governor-justice/   #3 – From WV NEWS – Preston County offers a stunning combination of natural beauty and rich historical experiences, especially during the fall. At the same time, its deep-rooted history provides visitors with ample opportunities to explore the past while enjoying the scenic landscape.  Whether you're a nature lover, history buff, or simply looking for a peaceful getaway, Preston County offers an ideal blend of fall foliage and heritage tourism. For those looking to take in the beauty of the season by car, several scenic drives in and around Preston County offer breathtaking vistas. Route 7, which runs through the county, is particularly notable for its winding roads and impressive overlooks. The winding Cheat River Canyon also provides an awe-inspiring backdrop of the river valley amidst the changing leaves. Check out wvtourism.com to learn more and plan your fall getaway in Almost Heaven. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/stunning-natural-beauty-with-plenty-of-historical-tourism-opportunities-await-in-preston-county/article_377026a8-73b1-11ef-8c1c-7fcc1d240927.html   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

This episode explores the recent acquisition of a stake in Ørsted by Equinor, discussing its implications for the renewable energy sector. We delve into the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism and its potential impact on wind turbine prices. Additionally, we examine Form Energy's latest funding round and the challenges of scaling up new energy storage technologies. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: So, down in the south, which is hurricane prone, one of the ways you know to evacuate is to check out the Waffle House. Now, if you've never been to a Waffle House in the South, it is delicious for breakfast, or pretty much any time. It's open 24 hours a day, Joel. You can always go in and get some coffee and some eggs and some waffles. Joel Saxum: The best time for a Waffle House is 2 a. m., because it is Allen Hall: But the weather forecasters at the Waffle House appear to have an inside knowledge of where these storms are going because everybody's paying attention to if the Waffle House is closed, that means get out of town, or if it's open, then maybe it's not going to be so bad. So instead of listening to the National Weather Service or your local weather agency, weather person were relying on the Waffle House to determine the fate of hurricanes now. Joel Saxum: Allen, it's a little why I made a reaction when you did this is I actually have a LinkedIn post that I put together about the hashtag WH index the Waffle House index that is, was coined by a FEMA director back in 2004. And what it was is he was down in Florida surveying and I can't remember what hurricane that was, but surveying a hurricane damage and the only place he could find that was open was Waffle House. So he, then he separated into three things. It's green for Waffle House is all a go, yellow for Waffle House has a limited menu, and red for Waffle House is shut down. And if all the Waffle Houses look red around you, you better evacuate. Allen Hall: It's a good rule of thumb. And I know people in Western North Carolina. Eastern Tennessee and now sort of central Florida are really going to have a bad go of it. And yeah, serious stuff, everybody pay attention, keep your head down, get out of the bad weather. Welcome to the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Allen Hall, and I'll be joined by my Uptime co hosts after these news headlines. In a major development for European offshore wind, Total Energies has agreed to acquire a 50 percent stake in two large scale offshore wind projects from RWE in Germany. The combined capacity of these projects is a staggering 4 gigawatts. Located northwest of the German island of Borkum, investment decisions are expected by 2027 and 2028, with full commissioning planned for 2031 and 32. The partnership not only strengthens TotalEnergy's presence in the German electricity market, but also significantly contributes to the country's efforts to decarbonize its energy sector. Across the Atlantic, Canada has passed groundbreaking legislation opening up its east coast to offshore wind investments. For Bill C 49 creates a framework for developing offshore wind energy in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. The bill amends the Accords Act, allowing federal and provincial governments to jointly manage offshore wind resources. As a result, regulatory bodies have been renamed to reflect their expanded role.

On October 11, 2024, significant funding rounds occurred, with nine deals exceeding $100 million. Form Energy led these rounds, securing $405 million to enhance its iron-air battery systems. City Therapeutics raised $135 million for RNAi therapeutics in its Series A funding, while EvenUp raised $135 million in Series D funding and achieved a valuation over $1 billion for its AI-based legal tech platform. AtVenu received $130 million to streamline retail sales at live events, and Maven Clinic secured $125 million in its Series F round, focusing on family health and planning. Auger launched with a $100 million seed round for AI-powered supply chain management tools. Cytovale raised $100 million for medical diagnostics, Glooko obtained $100 million for integrated digital health solutions, and Toca Football also secured around $100 million for soccer training centers. Imprint raised $75 million for co-branded credit cards, achieving a $600 million valuation. Internationally, Brazil's Asaas raised approximately $148 million to automate financial processes.Learn more on this news visit us at: https://greyjournal.net/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FuturEnergy Ireland has submitted a planning application for its first battery storage project, Ballynahone Energy Storage, to Donegal County Council. The proposed Ballynahone Energy Storage project, the first of its kind in Europe, is designed to use iron-air battery technology capable of discharging energy at its full power output for up to 100 hours when fully charged. This first small 10MW project will be capable of storing 1 gigawatt-hour (GWh) of energy, which is more than half the energy capacity of Turlough Hill, while future projects in development will be capable of storing up to 8GWh. This new form of multi-day storage is made from some of the safest, cheapest and most abundant materials on the planet: low-cost iron, water and air. The principle of operation is reversible rusting: while the battery is discharging, it breathes in oxygen from the air and converts iron metal to rust; while the battery is charging, the application of an electrical current converts the rust back to iron, and the system breathes out oxygen. This breakthrough technology has the potential to absorb enormous amounts of surplus Irish renewable energy during times of high output and provide the renewable power back into the Irish grid system when it is needed most: for example, during extended periods of extreme weather, grid outages or low renewable generation. The battery will also simultaneously relieve grid congestion issues faced by wind and solar projects, reducing the need for new overhead power lines. This battery technology can provide reliability and resiliency to the country's grid system while delivering energy at a low cost. Paul Blount, Portfolio Director at FuturEnergy Ireland, says: "Ireland's power sector decarbonisation targets are among the most ambitious of any country globally. If we are to realise these ambitions, it is not enough to simply keep building more wind and solar projects. We need new technologies with the ability to time-shift very large energy volumes at low cost if we are to fully decarbonise our power system in a manner that is affordable for consumers. "Iron-air technology was selected by FuturEnergy Ireland following a robust procurement process. Based on the analysis completed by our team, we believe this technology has the potential to be a game-changer for the Irish power system. Form Energy, the US company behind this pioneering iron-air technology, is making a big impact in other energy markets. It will shortly commission a high-volume manufacturing facility in West Virginia and recently received funding of $147 million from the US Department of Energy towards an 85MW, 8.5GWh battery storage project in Lincoln, Maine, which will be the largest battery by energy capacity in the world when delivered." Once validated, the planning application will be available to view online at www.ballynahoneenergystorage.ie and at www.donegalcoco.ie. For more project information, please visit www.ballynahoneenergystorage.ie.

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --A boost from the feds for Form Energy as they move into production of batteries in Weirton--Overdose deaths are down in W.Va., but Governor Justice says there are still too many--The drought drags on and only seems to be getting worse in West Virginia--In Sports:  It's a football Friday in West Virginia 

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. The WV Division of Corrections graduates more than 50 cadets -- that makes 429 total graduates this year!...West Virginia attracts $10 billion in private sector investments that will bring hundreds of new employment opportunities to the state…and land sold to the U.S. Forest Service will aid in the development of the Blackwater Loop Trail…on today's daily304. #1 – From WBOY-TV – More than 50 cadets will soon be starting their careers at jails and correctional facilities in West Virginia after graduating from the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Basic Training program recently. The cadets who graduated were part of Class 86 and received certificates from Commissioner William Marshall during the ceremony in Glenville. According to Gov. Jim Justice's office, the WVDCR has welcomed a total of 429 graduates into its ranks so far this year, nearly equaling the total amount in 2023, when 483 officers and staff graduated. Explore a stable and rewarding career with the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Check Jobcase.com to learn more and find out who's hiring! Read more: https://www.wboy.com/news/gilmer/west-virginia-division-of-corrections-graduates-more-than-50-new-cadets/   #2 – From WV NEWS – From 2017 to 2021, West Virginia attracted $6.2 billion in private sector investments, according to state Economic Development Secretary Mitch Carmichael. In 2022 and 2023, the total rose to $10 billion, which includes planned projects promised to bring hundreds of new employment opportunities to the state. Form Energy, which manufactures multi-day, iron-air renewable batteries, announced its plan to invest in West Virginia at the end of December 2022. Form Factory 1 is expected to create a minimum of 750 new full-time jobs and will represent a total investment of up to $760 million.  In Mason County, Nucor continues to make substantive progress on its $3.1 billion sheet steel mill. The mill will employ as many as 2,000 workers during construction, and there will be up to 800 full-time employees when it becomes fully operational. The company has purchased additional property in the Northern Panhandle where it plans to contract a “trans-loading facility,” Carmichael said, adding another 75 to 100 jobs. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/new-ventures-spark-west-virginia-econoimc-development-boom/article_eb58abfe-6178-11ef-9426-572edb8a856f.html   #3 – From METRO NEWS –  Recreational trails are going to benefit from the announced sale of the 2,700-acre tract of land in the Blackwater Canyon from John Crites to the U.S. Forest Service. The land will be added to the Monongahela National Forest adjacent to Blackwater State Park. State Division of Natural Resources Director of Technical Support & Services Travis Long said the purchase will help in the development of the Blackwater Loop Trail. The trail will connect near Douglas Falls and then take users on the other side of the North Fork of the Blackwater River where it will connect with the Allegheny Trail. An old rail grade, the trail will feature historic coke ovens at Coketon and Douglas as well as scenery along the Blackwater River. The completion of the loop trail is in conjunction with the completion of Corridor H in Tucker County. The DOH is wrapping up the environmental clearances for both the Parsons to Davis and Wardensville sections of the highway. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2024/08/25/plans-for-blackwater-loop-trail-to-benefit-from-canyon-land-purchase/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. Find a rewarding career in the outdoor industry via the Brad and Alys Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative…Batteries from Form Energy in Weirton will be used to power a multi-day energy storage project in Maine…and the Shawnee Sports Complex kicks off a $5 million upgrade to its welcome center…on today's daily304. #1 – From OEDC.WVU – The Brad and Alys Outdoor Economic Development Collaborative is expanding! Find a career in West Virginia's outdoor industry with positions available in youth education, economic development, community building and outdoor asset development. WVU offers generous benefits for full-time team members, including paid holidays, annual leave and sick time; health insurance and other benefits, including retirement options and perks; and wellness programs.  Current openings include Ascend New River Gorge Program Coordinator. Learn more: https://oedc.wvu.edu/about-us/careers?utm_content=303313498&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-71496659   #2 – From WVPUBLIC – The United States Department of Energy has announced it would provide more than $100 million to a “multi-day energy storage project” in Lincoln, Maine using batteries from Form Energy's new Weirton factory, located in Hancock County. Mateo Jaramillo, co-founder and CEO of Form Energy, said the newly announced plans mark “the largest energy storage project based on energy capacity announced yet in the world.” The company is actively finishing construction on its factory in Weirton, breaking ground just over a year ago. It marks Form Energy's first high-volume manufacturing facility, located on a 55-acre plot. The company is currently testing its manufacturing lines and recruiting workers to prepare for higher-capacity production by the end of the year. Read more: https://wvpublic.org/energy-storage-project-using-west-virginia-made-batteries-gets-100-million-in-federal-funds/   #3 – From METRO NEWS – A $5 million upgrade is what's in store toward the expansion of the welcome center at the Shawnee Sports Complex in Dunbar, further leading to more investments into the state's growing sports tourism industry. The Kanawha County Commission joined U.S. Senator Joe Manchin among other dignitaries helping to fund the initiative, as well as representatives of the facility, for a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this month to kick off the series of upgrades. The Shawnee Sports Complex Welcome Center is set to go from 2,500 square feet to 12,000 square feet by sometime next year, and will bring more restrooms and concessions along with it. Since the facility's opening in 2018, it has drawn in $150 million in economic impact and athletes and spectators from across the east coast.  Shawnee has also been host to some of the biggest sports competitions in the eastern United States, such as the Eastern U.S. Soccer Regional Tournament that has brought in about $32 million every year out of five years it has been being held at the complex. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2024/08/08/5-million-in-expansions-to-come-to-the-welcome-center-at-shawnee-sports-complex/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Saturday, July 27, 2024. Cleveland-Cliffs' expansion in Weirton brings reemployment opportunities to former steel workers…the WV Film Office is back with a mission and an investment in a filmmaking degree program…and from lumberjacks to flapjacks, the Mountain State Forest Festival offers a week's worth of fu …on today's daily304. #1 – From METRO NEWS –  Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has announced that it will establish a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, giving new life to a site location that had been idled. The manufacturer's downstream direct investment in Weirton will address the critical shortage of distribution transformers that is stifling economic growth across the United States. The announcement highlights Cleveland-Cliffs' investment to repurpose its Half Moon Warehouse in Weirton to commence production of three-phase distribution transformers used in electric power distribution systems. Cliffs expects the new plant to come online in the first half of 2026. A job fair this past spring for Cleveland-Cliffs' 900 workers included opportunities with manufacturers like Form Energy, the cutting edge battery factory setting up in Weirton, and Nucor Steel. Now, the new investment will result in reemployment opportunities for 600 United Steel Workers-represented workers from the indefinitely idled Weirton tinplate mill. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2024/07/22/weirtons-cleveland-cliffs-idled-site-to-be-reborn-as-distribution-transformers-production-plant/   #2 – From WV PUBLIC – Tijah Bumgarner had a passion for video cameras and making short videos from a young age. But she left West Virginia and headed for Los Angeles in 2004 where she discovered what the world of filmmaking could offer.  After years of creating independent films, she saw the opportunities a film program in West Virginia could offer other aspiring filmmakers. A native of Meadow Bridge, Bumgarner had been trying to create a university film program since 2017, but recently found success due to changes in tax credits and renewed interest in video production at Marshall University's College of Arts and Media. The West Virginia Film Office is working to foster homegrown filmmakers by partnering with Marshall on the creation of a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts in Filmmaking, making it the only university in the state to have this kind of program.  The office also offers a website that lets production companies browse a library of shooting locations within the state, a resource for finding crew members in all available positions and tax credit information through an industry sheet.  Read more: https://wvpublic.org/there-and-back-again-how-w-va-s-film-office-is-back-with-a-mission/?es_id=e79cf788cd   #3 – From FOREST FESTIVAL – Save the date! This year's Mountain State Forest Festival takes place Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 in Elkins. The event is one of the largest and oldest festivals in West Virginia, continuing to promote the beauty and splendor of our mountains and valleys in all their autumn glory and promoting prudent development, conservation and culture of our abundant natural resources for the future. Events include a lumberjack contest, car show, arts and craft show, parade, 10K race, live music and more.  Learn more: https://www.forestfestival.com/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Ed speaks with Mateo Jaramillo, Co-Founder and CEO of Form Energy, an energy storage and manufacturing company. They discuss how his experience at divinity school led him to start the company, what his experience working at Tesla was like, and why innovation in energy storage is so imperative to help save the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Sunday, June 16, 2024. Innovators and Entrepreneurs examines the latest sports craze -- FlingGolf -- and chats with the man who thinks West Virginia is positioned to be a destination for this unique pastime…Three state-rune universities open downtown hubs…and the cell assembly line is taking shape at Form Energy's Weirton location…on today's daily304. #1 – From INNOVATORS & ENTREPRENEURS – Have you heard of FlingGolf? It's similar to golf and played on a regular golf course, but instead of hitting a golf ball with a club, you use a FlingStick thrower to launch the ball toward the hole.  Jonathan Bellingham of Capon Springs Resort is a passionate ambassador of this unique sport and thinks West Virginia is a great place to try it out. “ESPN has already filmed two of our tournaments, and I want West Virginia to be the place when people think of a destination for FlingGolf, and we're well on our way to making that happen,” he said. Watch the interview on Innovators and Entrepreneurs, a bi-weekly segment of the daily304. And don't forget to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel! Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ihC0AnPnNROnR1Cb&v=SKSRdFsqmFI&feature=youtu.be   #2 – From WV EXECUTIVE – In an effort to grow their communities, several universities in the Mountain State have created new centers downtown. Marshall University, University of Charleston and West Virginia State University have all recently opened one of these spaces and hope that in doing so, they can generate a wide range of benefits for both the campus and the downtown area. Toney Stroud, chief legal counsel and vice president for strategic initiatives and corporate relations at Marshall University, says the creation of the Brad D. Smith Center for Business and Innovation sparked a whole new initiative to invest in West Virginia's future. A $45 million investment, the center opened for classes January 8 and currently houses classroom spaces, computer labs and study rooms. Meanwhile, in Charleston, UC and WVSU have opened their own innovation hubs, bringing a new vibrancy to the state's capital. Read more: https://wvexecutive.com/education-meets-downtown/   #3 – From MSN – There's been more development at the Weirton location where Form Energy broke ground last year. “What you can see behind me is the cell assembly line, going into the ground. It is being commissioned. Stations are being brought up, and we are building cells in the building,” COO and founder Ted Wiley said. Form's investment in Weirton is projected to bring more than 750 jobs. Wiley says they have about a hundred form workers and more than 500 contractors on site each day, some even working around the clock to assure the job gets done on time. He says they're actively looking to hire more manufacturing engineers and will probably have another job fair in the coming months. Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/form-energys-factory-1-weirton-plant-turns-corner-nears-major-hiring-phase/ar-BB1nDeP8?ocid=BingNewsSearch   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Mateo Jaramillo is the co-founder and CEO of Form Energy. Mateo's problem is this: How do you build batteries that can provide affordable backup power to the grid for days at a time? As it turns out, the basic technology was developed – and then mostly ignored – over 50 years ago.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this discussion from SOSV's 2024 EarthDay+ sessions (Apr 22-26, 2024), the CEO and co-founder of Form Energy, Mateo Jaramillo, talks about:Form Energy's advancements in energy storage, with their unique iron-air battery technology designed for multi-day energy storage, which is more cost-effective and durable than traditional lithium-ion batteries.How this technology supports the integration of renewable energy sources into the grid, enhancing reliability and reducing costs.How Form Energy, which has raised close to a billion dollars, is shifting from R&D to manufacturing and preparing for large-scale production and deployment, with plans to expand into European markets by 2026.The broader impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and the potential of such technologies to significantly contribute to global energy transitions.The video of this episode and more can be found online at sosvclimatetech.com.SpeakersMateo Jaramillo, CEO and Co-Founder, Form EnergyModeratorBen Joffe, Partner, SOSVCreditsProducer: Ben Joffe Podcast Summary: Written by gpt-4-turbo, edited by Ben JoffeIntro Voice: Cloned voice of Ben Joffe by ElevenLabs Intro Music: EL WailiKeywords: #deeptech #venturecapital #climatetech #vc #robotics #lifesciences #biology #hardware #startups #innovation #technology #frontiertech #hardtech #energy #decarbonizationHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Kim and Joe speak with Doug Banks, executive editor of the Boston business Journal about the company FORM ENERGY in Somerville. A Massachusetts success story. However, when it comes to expansion, FORM ENERGY isn't building in Massachusetts. They also chat with Chris Anderson, President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council about the health of that business sector. Kim and Joe also look ahead to summer rental availability down on Cape Cod with Anthony Lamacchia of Lamacchia Realty. Robert Mellion, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Package Store Association reacts to lawmakers on Beacon Hill, making the pandemic DRINKS TO GO permanent. And Kim and Joe , close the show chatting with the CEO of Pison Technology Dexter Ang. About a new generation of wearable technology.

As 2023 comes to a close, the Energy Gang reflects on the events and trends of 2023 that provided grounds for optimism about the transition to a lower-carbon world.On this week's show, Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Amy Myers-Jaffe as they share their reasons to be cheerful this holiday season. Ed chooses the precipitous drop in the cost of solar modules, making solar power ever more competitive against fossil fuels, and driving the adoption of solar energy on a global scale. Amy's choice is the continued growth of EV sales. Despite all the negative commentary about electric vehicles in recent months, and some genuine setbacks for the industry, the long-term outlook still looks bright. Finally, Melissa chooses another important development in 2023: the start of construction for Form Energy's new factory in West Virginia to make batteries for long-duration energy storage. The batteries use iron-air technology, an example of several advances in battery chemistry that are offering solutions to the problems associated with lithium ion storage. We wrap the show with the gang trying a not-so-secret Secret Santa, exchanging gifts for the festive season. We hope the show will lift your spirits and put you in the frame of mind to enjoy the holidays. Thanks to everyone who listened during the year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2024. As usual we are keen to hear thoughts and comments. You can find us on most platforms – we're @theenergygang.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, Dec. 20  “West Virginia's Christmas City” helps make the state the most festive in the nation. Weirton's new battery plant lands a big project in California. And a grant will help restore an Amtrak route that goes through 9 West Virginia counties…on today's daily304. #1 – From BLUEFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH – West Virginia's Christmas City is shining on a national level. A recent Fox News national report highlighted a study that found West Virginia to be the most festive state in the nation. That article zeroed in on Bluefield, which is West Virginia's trademarked Christmas City. It discussed the Holiday of Lights and other featured Christmas City attractions, including the ferris wheel, ice skating rink and Christmas Market, all of which are located at city park. City officials say the national attention will only help in making others across the nation aware of West Virginia's Christmas City. “I was pleasantly surprised, and it does further help our efforts,” Bluefield Mayor Ron Martin said. “I went through the park Saturday night, and it is phenomenal down there.” Check out www.visitmercercounty.com to learn more about happenings in Bluefield and the surrounding area. Read more: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/west-virginias-christmas-city-shines-in-the-national-spotlight/article_11dcaf52-984b-11ee-9e1e-efa4e87279fd.html   #2 – From WV PUBCAST – Weirton's Form Energy plans to build storage batteries for a project in California. The $30 million project will use Form's batteries to store and discharge power for 100 hours, according to the California Energy Commission. That fills a gap between solar generation during the day and wind generation at night. The energy captured at off-peak times can be discharged to the grid when demand is the highest. The batteries will be built in Weirton. Form Energy is building its plant on the former site of Weirton Steel and could employ 750 workers or more. Read more: https://wvpublic.org/form-energy-to-build-batteries-for-california-project-in-weirton/?es_id=416f4390f0   #3 – From WOWK-TV – Money is coming to help restore the daily Amtrak Cardinal Train route from Chicago to New York City by way of nine West Virginia communities. According to the City of Huntington, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration announced a $500,000 grant to help restore the route.  Huntington Mayor Steve Williams says the Corridor Identification & Development Program grant will help the company and the city figure out how to get the daily service back up and running, get it funded and bring economic development and tourism on the line to “new levels.” The route goes through nine towns in the Mountain State, which include Huntington, Charleston, Montgomery, Smithers, Thurmond, Prince, Hinton, Alderson and White Sulphur Springs. It is the only Amtrak route in the country with stations inside a national park. Read more: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/amtrak-gets-grant-to-help-restore-daily-cardinal-service-through-west-virginia/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

It's time to get specific. In the power industry “long-duration energy storage” could mean anything from 4 to 10 to 100 hours of energy. But Form Energy's Mateo Jaramillo argues that batteries in the ballpark of 100 hours hit a sweet spot, and that sweet spot deserves its own term: multi-day storage. In the 15 minute to 12 hour range, lithium-ion batteries shine, effectively displacing natural gas peaker plants that run less than 5% of the year. But they don't displace higher-capacity generation. Nor do they meet the needs of the grid during significant weather events, like heat domes, Nor'easters and freak Texas winter storms that can last upwards of 75 hours. And for that, Mateo says we need multi-day storage.  Form Energy's iron-air batteries made headlines back in 2021 for promising to deliver tens of hours of storage at a low cost per kilowatt hour. (Energy Impact Partners, where Shayle is a partner, invests in Form Energy.) So what role could multi-day storage play on the grid? In this episode, Shayle talks to Mateo about real-world examples from Form's experience with utilities like Xcel and Georgia Power. They also cover topics like: The strengths and limitations of lithium-ion batteries on the grid today, and why Mateo thinks lithium-ion is here to stay. The competitive landscape for mulit-day storage, including iron-air, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and transmission. What role multi-day storage plays for utilities beyond balancing renewables, such as meeting load growth and resilience goals. Plus: Shayle's idea for bitcoin mining on a barge. Recommended Resources: Canary Media: Form Energy closes its biggest deal yet for long-duration energy storage Carbon Copy: A groundbreaking long-duration battery nears industrial scale Wall Street Journal: Old West Virginia Steel Mill Becomes a Green-Energy Powerhouse If you want more news and analysis like this in your inbox, subscribe to Latitude Media's newsletter and Canary Media's newsletter. Catalyst is a co-production of Latitude Media and Canary Media. Catalyst is brought to you by BayWa r.e., a leading global renewable energy developer, service supplier, and distributor. With over 22GW in their project pipeline, BayWa r.e. is rethinking energy every day and at every level. Committed to being a solid partner for the long run, BayWa r.e. wants to work with you to help shape the future of energy. Learn more at bay.wa-re.com. Catalyst is brought to you by Sungrow. Now in more than 150 countries, Sungrow's solutions include inverters for utility-scale, commercial, and industrial solar, plus energy storage systems. Learn more at us.sungrowpower.com.

Mateo Jaramillo is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Form Energy, a company developing, commercializing, and manufacturing breakthrough low-cost, multi-day energy storage solutions that will enable the electric system to be 100% renewably powered. Mr. Jaramillo was formerly Vice President of Products and Programs for Tesla's stationary storage business, an effort he started. In that role, he was responsible for Tesla Energy's product line and business model definition, as well as global policy and business development. Mr. Jaramillo joined Tesla in 2009 as the Director of Powertrain Business Development, serving as commercial lead and primary negotiator on over $100M in new development and $500M in production contracts signed for electric powertrain sales. Prior to Tesla, Mr. Jaramillo was Chief Operating Officer and part of the founding team at Gaia Power Technologies, a pioneering distributed energy storage firm. Mr. Jaramillo serves on the Board of Directors for the American Clean Power Association, the leading federation of renewable energy companies expediting the advancement of clean energy as the dominant power source in America. He earned his AB in economics from Harvard and a Masters in Theology from Yale Divinity School. Links Forbes write-up of Form: https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2023/08/09/iron-and-rust-could-be-the-secret-to-storing-clean-power-for-days/ PBS write-up of Form: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/iron-air-battery-renewable-grid/ Balkan Green Energy News' critical analysis of iron-oxide battery technology: https://balkangreenenergynews.com/iron-air-batteries-are-10-times-as-cheap-as-lithium-and-will-be-produced-from-2024/ Assessment of SDES and LDES and current technologies: https://www.globalxetfs.com/short-and-long-duration-energy-storage-essential-to-the-clean-energy-transition/ Related Episodes Episode 122 with Sir Chris-Llewellyn-Smith: https://www.cleaningup.live/ep122-sir-chris-llewellyn-smith-solving-for-storage/  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Saturday, Nov. 4 It's a day to celebrate business in #YesWV with progress on Weirton's new battery plant, a shooting facility in Ohio County, a groundbreaking for Alcon eyecare, and a major advancement for Northrop Grumman…and learn about programs to help your small business…on today's daily304. #1 – From MSN –  If you're driving through Weirton, you'll notice a lot of progress at the Form Energy site since its groundbreaking in May. The facility projects to generate 750 jobs by 2028. Founder and Chief Operating Officer Ted Wiley has been watching the progress with a close eye. “It gives me chills,” he said in August. “I drove through the Main Street in Weirton today, and I came up across the bridge and saw the factory come up and I see the future.” Vice President of the project Soufiane Halily says they've been working at a quick pace thanks to support from West Virginia and Weirton officials. “This time next year, we're going to be making batteries,”  Halily said. “There's going to be a bustling activity of people coming in and producing.” Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/form-energys-weirton-site-promises-growth-a-progress-report-on-the-fast-paced-construction/ar-AA1iUzAm   #2 – From WTRF-TV Wheeling –  Guntry, an indoor shooting facility, will open its second location at The Highlands in Ohio County, West Virginia. A state-of-the-art indoor shooting and training center, Guntry's mission is to provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere to anyone interested in shooting and personal protection – regardless of previous experience. The club will feature 25-yard lanes and 100-yard lanes. All shooting ranges will be climate-controlled and include industry-leading air handling and ventilation systems. There will also be a state-of-the-art, 340-degree interactive simulator, and an 80-person training room. A firearms pro shop will accommodate onsite gun storage and offer new, used and gun transfer sales, in addition to accessories and apparel. “Founded by seasoned law enforcement individuals, Guntry offers training and certification for members of law enforcement,” said Josh Jefferson, President of the Regional Economic Development Partnership. “We believe they will become the law enforcement training center for the entire region.” Read more: https://www.wtrf.com/ohio-county/indoor-shooting-facility-coming-to-the-highlands/   #3 – From THE HERALD-DISPATCH – Eye care manufacturer Alcon broke ground last week on an expansion of its medical device manufacturing facility at Greenbottom, near Lesage, in Cabell County. “We are adding about 70,000 square feet and the facility will be approximately 200,000 square feet,” said Jason Mangum, general manager of Alcon Huntington West Virginia. “We're also going through a renovation on the interior of approximately 50 to 60,000 square feet as well.” Mangum said the company will invest $70 million in its Huntington-area operation as it looks to consolidate with its other location eight miles away. Both operations employ around 500 associates and that level will be maintained following the consolidation. The new portion of the facility will manufacture intraocular lenses, which are artificial lenses used in cataract surgery procedures. Magnum said Alcon has a $65 million impact to the local community. Read more: https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/alcon-breaks-ground-on-70-million-expansion/article_93624772-1bde-5f87-962e-07c4bdfced2c.html   #4 – From NORTHROP GRUMMAN –  The ground is shifting around Benjie Staggs, and he's excited about it. Staggs is director of Advanced and Development Programs for Northrop Grumman at the sprawling Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in Rocket Center, West Virginia. Outside his office, work is underway on an ultramodern 113,000-square-foot complex that will transform the production of advanced defense and strike missiles. Northrop Grumman's new missile integration facility is a “factory of the future,” where key energetic components for sophisticated missiles are produced on-site and come together under one roof. “We've produced rocket motors and other components here for years, but they were shipped elsewhere for assembly into a complete missile,” said Staggs, a West Virginia native with more than 20 years of missile experience with Northrop Grumman. “This is a totally new operation for ABL.” Read more: https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/advanced-weapons/new-factory-to-launch-new-era-in-missile-production   #5 – From WV COMMERCE – Are you a small business owner in West Virginia struggling to bring your innovative ideas to life? The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs are here to help! Contact the West Virginia Small Business Development Center today to learn more about how SBIR and STTR can help your business thrive! Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=9DiVziOMUK4Vo_VP&v=v30JGAQr_7Y&feature=youtu.be   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.  Today is Wednesday, Sept. 6 TEASER (also use for daily recorded teaser for 10am social) West Virginia state park restaurants get a big boost from the Vagabond Chef ... a summer activity at Seneca Rocks has visitors looking down instead of up ... and Form Energy's $760 million battery plant looks to revitalize the Northern Panhandle ... on today's Daily304. #1 – From WV EXPLORER – Restaurants at state parks across West Virginia will begin sourcing local ingredients and refreshing their menus with native flair, thanks to the enlistment of a groundbreaking chef known for his exploration of native cuisine. Known widely as the “Vagabond Chef” and frequently seen on a motorcycle as he travels the state in search of native-food experiences, Matt Welsch has been enlisted to re-imagine the menus at West Virginia parks. Welsch's passion for culinary artistry and commitment to West Virginia's rich flavors have made him a prominent figure in the industry. Born and raised in Marshall County, he developed wanderlust early, leading him to travel globally. In 2014, he returned to his native West Virginia to found the Vagabond Kitchen, his Wheeling-based restaurant. “Chef Matt's unparalleled talent and engaging personality align perfectly with our vision to elevate the dining experiences in our state parks," Deputy-Chief of Parks Paul Redford.said. “I believe his contributions will undoubtedly add an extra sparkle to our restaurants.” Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2023/08/30/west-virginia-state-park-restaurants-matt-welsch-vagabond-chef/       #2 – From GAZETTE-MAIL – With blade-like Tuscarora sandstone cliffs jutting 900 feet into the Pendleton County sky, the Monongahela National Forest's Seneca Rocks has long prompted visitors to look up while spending time at the iconic West Virginia landmark. But this summer, the U.S. Forest Service has given visitors a good reason to look down — and become fully immersed in the experience. Seneca Rocks Discovery Center has been hosting free snorkeling sessions in the North Fork of the Potomac River's South Branch, which flows past the base of the site's namesake. The program is designed to help participants get a more in-depth understanding of the importance of clean water and healthy streams as they get close-up views of fish, crawfish, and other forms of aquatic life. Mary Ann Nash and her sister Janet Donnelly said they wanted to try it out after having been snorkeling on their Alaskan cruise. “We saw more fish here and we loved seeing how the rock formation looked underwater,” Nash said. Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/seneca-rocks-gives-visitors-a-new-full-immersion-nature-experien ce/article_132b94d0-293b-59fb-85f3-6a1c4098896c.html #3 – From WV CHAMBER – For decades, Weirton Steel was the state's largest employer. While that era has ended, Form Energy's $760 million battery factory is bringing hope and jobs to the Northern Panhandle. Read the story in Chamber, the official magazine of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce. Read more: https://digitaleditions.walsworth.com/publication/?m=62191&i=799142&p=8&ver=html5 Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo. That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

This week, a visit to the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery. Form Energy has attracted nearly $900 million in investments and is building its first manufacturing facility in the US. Its big innovation relies on rust. Really. The materials scientists at Form have taken the same process that's a symbol of time slowly passing and turned it into electricity. It's one of the first big bets that batteries could help push the grid closer to running without fossil fuels altogether. You can read more about Form Energy and see what the battery looks like here. Read a transcript of this episode, here.Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special Thanks to Kira Bindrim and Blake Maples.  Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/greenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, Aug. 23  Hey, ladies! Make plans for Snowshoe Mountain Resort's women'sweekend mountain bike camp…Find your dream job in manufacturing with Form Energy--#YesWV…and -- what's that delicious smell coming from the school cafeteria? Pepperoni rolls!...on today's daily304. #1 – From POCAHONTAS COUNTY CVB – Join women mountain bike riders of all ability levels for a weekend of personal progression and skill building at Snowshoe Mountain Resort. The event takes place Aug. 26-27.  New to biking? No problem. Already killing it on gnarly roots and rocks? That's cool too. Snowshoe will break you into groups according to skill level for one-on-one professional coaching in a team environment. Make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and sling some mud. Camp also includes yoga, chair massages, swag bags, and evening socials. Learn more: https://pocahontascountywv.com/event/womens-weekend-mountain-bike-camp-2/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=august_2023   #2 – From FORM ENERGY – Interested in a good-paying and rewarding career in YesWV? Form Energy is hiring at its Weirton location. Form Energy is an American energy storage technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing a pioneering iron-air battery capable of storing electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with legacy power plants. Form's multi-day battery will reform the global electricity system to reliably run on 100% low-cost renewable energy, every day of the year.  Visit www.formenergy.com to learn more and find out what positions are available. Apply now: https://jobs.lever.co/formenergy?location=Pittsburgh%2C%20PA%20or%20Weirton%2C%20WV #3 – From WVPB – It's 7:30 a.m. in the kitchen at Horace Mann Middle School in Charleston as Food Services Coordinator Lori Lanier demonstrates how to make Kanawha County Schools' famous pepperoni rolls.  It starts — as all pepperoni rolls do — with the dough. But not just any dough. That's one of the secrets of Kanawha schools' pepperoni rolls. They are made using the same recipe as the delicious, soft and sweet hot rolls that accompany every school Thanksgiving dinner and Salisbury steak. Cooks will tell you — this is one of the most time consuming lunches to prepare. A lot of schools shift pepperoni roll day to the end of the week so they can work on the rolls a few days in advance. But there is a good reason to go to all this trouble. These pepperoni rolls are beloved by generations of school kids. “On pepperoni roll days, the teachers would let you out five or ten minutes early so you could get to the cafeteria, because there was always such a long line,” said Whitney Humphrey, who graduated from Riverside High School in 2007. “Because even kids who typically didn't eat school lunch would eat lunch on pepperoni roll day.” Read more: https://wvpublic.org/where-we-learned-about-pepperoni-rolls-uncovering-the-story-of-the-kanawha-county-schools-pepperoni-roll/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Thursday, Aug. 17  A new battery plant is expected to put a charge into Weirton's economy…metal companies play a big part in WV's manufacturing industry…and when life brings you apples, make hard cider--as we chat with the sales director of Hawk Knob…on today's daily304. 1 – From WTOV9 –  Following a groundbreaking in late May, a lot of work is being done on the site of Form Energy's multi-million-dollar investment in Weirton. The former Weirton Steel site will manufacture batteries, plus bring greater economic development and infrastructure to the area. Form Energy President and COO Ted Wiley says construction is right on target. To add to the good news, they're projecting more jobs than they thought. “Our intention is to bring over 750 jobs to the area in this first factory, and there's opportunity to expand beyond that if things go well,” Wiley said. State Senator Ryan Weld says there's been a lot of buzz from the community as the factory takes its form. He adds every community needs an anchor, something he believes Form could serve as. “Right now, there's about 1,200 acres here at the Weirton Steel Site. Form Energy is taking 55, so there's still so much room for development downtown,” he said. Read more: https://wtov9.com/news/local/form-energys-battery-plant-construction-weirton-economy-750-jobs#    #2 – From WV ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – From the steel Bessemer converters in the 1880s to 3-D printers today, metals have long been an essential component in West Virginia's flourishing manufacturing industry. The state has forged strong links between our abundant raw materials, skilled metalworking labor force, and supportive business climate. West Virginia has ready supplies of primary and fabricated metals, machinery and other components necessary for the manufacturing of metalworking and machinery products. View an interactive map of top metals-related businesses in West Virginia and learn why these companies said #YesWV. Learn more: https://westvirginia.gov/industries/metals/   #3 – From THE DAILY304 – Jason Nerenberg is Sales Director and Account Executive at Hawk Knob Appalachian Hard Cider. He and his team are dedicated to sharing our Appalachian culture through the Cider they make in Lewisburg, Almost Heaven, West Virginia. Nerenberg shares his story on “Innovators and Entrepreneurs.” “We're still doing things the old-fashioned Appalachian way here at Hawk Knob, and it's part of our goal to share some of that lifestyle with folks who come to visit us here. We're using all West Virginia grown apples, and we're really just trying to shine a spotlight on the products and, as best we can, stay out of the way,” he said. “Innovators and Entrepreneurs” is a bi-weekly segment of the daily304 that features discussions and wisdom from West Virginians who have built their companies and launched new ideas here in the Mountain State. Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss an episode! Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_9He_r3KWo   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Battery storage deployment is surging to fill the gaps left by intermittent renewable energy resources. And, sometimes, those gaps extend days beyond what lithium-ion can handle.For the past six years, Form Energy has positioned itself as the company to solve for the multi-day challenge. What started with splashy renderings and nearly $1 billion in fundraising announcements has evolved into real contracts with utilities like Xcel and Southern Company, and a commercial-scale iron-air battery plant under construction in West Virginia.Episode 54 of the Factor This! podcast features Form Energy CEO Mateo Jaramillo, a former Tesla executive pushing for deep decarbonization on the grid.Jaramillo breaks down the technology behind Form Energy's 100-hour battery, how the company was able to convince risk-averse utilities to buy in, and the challenges still ahead for multi-day energy storage.That's all next on Factor This!The Factor This! podcast is growing! We're adding a weekly climate and clean energy news roundup episode to the feed, co-hosted by John Engel and cleantech PR veteran Mike Casey. Beginning July 21, "This Week in Cleantech" will give you all of the top stories in 15 minutes or less, and feature a leading journalist or market analyst to share the juice behind the headlines. Email story ideas and topics to ThisWeekinCleantech@tigercomm.us. You've heard me talk a lot about the GridTECH Connect Forum - Northeast event being held in Newport, Rhode Island Oct. 23-25. Well, registration is now LIVE. We're excited to partner with the DOE to bring together DER developers, utilities, and regulators around the critical issue of interconnection in the Northeast. Click here to register today.

Mateo Jaramillo is the co-founder and CEO of the long-duration storage company Form Energy.  Mateo has spent the last two decades building battery storage companies, with home base being California. But he just moved from Silicon Valley to the Rust Belt, where Form is scaling production of its iron-air batteries at an old steel mill in West Virginia. The location sits at the intersection of major highways, rail lines, and waterways. And Form's batteries sit at the intersection of the old energy economy and the new energy economy. “We are making a type of battery which is based on iron and air. It means that we're moving a lot of iron in and very heavy things out. And so you think about sort of the core infrastructure that's needed to do that – it maps very nicely over the steel infrastructure of the country.” America is working to build back its industrial capacity with clean energy. Armed with lessons from the past and a lot more government support, companies are planning $70 billion in new factories for electric cars, solar and wind components, and batteries – including very large batteries like the ones that Form is making.  This week: we talked with Mateo Jaramillo about Form Energy's transition from an R&D and engineering company to a high-volume manufacturer. Is it a sign of what's to come for the US industrial base? This podcast is brought to you by KORE Power, an American manufacturer of battery cells for electric vehicles and stationary storage. Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a conversation with KORE CEO Lindsay Gorrill about how America can slash its dependence on imported critical minerals and batteries. Carbon Copy is supported by FischTank PR, a specialized climatetech PR firm dedicated to bringing meaningful results for companies in sectors spanning grid edge, solar, energy storage, battery, EVs, alternative fuels, VC and green building. FischTank helps clients stand out in an increasingly competitive and noisy space. Visit FischTank PR to learn more. The Carbon Copy is brought to you by Savant Power. Savant's end-to-end power systems provide energy generation, inverter and battery storage, generator control, flexible load management for every circuit, and level two EV charging. Learn more about the only company that can deliver an integrated smart home and energy solution controlled via a single award-winning app at Savant.com.

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).This week's episode is sponsored by BigCommerce, which provides modern ecommerce technology that works with existing systems. ERP, OMS, CRM — no problem. Whatever existing business tools and technologies you use today, BigCommerce can integrate using pre-built, one-click integrations or customize your automation with its APIs. Make the move to BigCommerce today. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:- Ford Recalls Broncos, Drivers Could Be 'Discouraged' by Seatbelts- Iron-Air Battery Factory Breaks Ground in West Virginia- Brewery Founders Buy Their Company Back from Anheuser-Busch- Engineer Warned of Imminent Risk Days Before Iowa Building Collapse- Military Vehicle Built to Be Blown UpIn Case You Missed It- Insider Q&A: The Future of Work Shoes- FDA Clears Smartphone Stethoscope- EV Standards Group Blasts Ford-Tesla Charger DealPlease make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

The future is going to need all varieties of storage solutions. Today we are taking a look at how rust (yes, rust!) is transforming multi-day storage systems, and could be the future of low-cost long duration storage solutions. In today's episode, Quentin is joined by David Hill (Director of Business Development at Form Energy). Over the course of the conversation, they discuss:The story behind Form Energy and development of this 100-hour system.The science behind iron-air technology and how these ‘reversible rust' batteries actually store electricity.Why scalability is crucial in long-duration storage - and how iron-air batteries are tackling this.What does the market look like for these multi-day systems?And, of course, where Form Energy fits in to all of this.About our guestForm Energy is an American energy storage technology and manufacturing company, developing and commercializing a pioneering iron-air battery capable of multi-day storage at system costs competitive with legacy power plants. Form is striving for 100% low-cost renewable energy, every day of the year. For more information on what they do, visit their website.Connect with David on Linkedin.About ModoModo is the all-in-one Asset Success Platform for battery energy storage. It combines in-depth data curation and analysis, asset revenue benchmarking, and unique research reports - to ensure that owners and operators of battery energy storage can make the most out of their assets. Modo's paid plans serve more than 80% of battery storage owners and operators in Great Britain.To keep up with all of our latest updates, research, analysis, videos, podcasts, data visualizations, live events, and more, follow us on Linkedin.If you want to peek behind the curtain for a glimpse of our day-to-day life in the Modo office(s), check us out on Instagram.

This week, a visit to the energy startup trying to replace coal with a very cheap battery. Form Energy has attracted nearly $900 million in investments and is building its first manufacturing facility in the US. Its big innovation relies on rust. Really. The materials scientists at Form have taken the same process that's a symbol of time slowly passing and turned it into electricity. It's one of the first big bets that batteries could help push the grid closer to running without fossil fuels altogether. You can read more about Form Energy and see what the battery looks like here. Read a transcript of this episode, here.Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Oscar Boyd and our senior producer is Christine Driscoll. Special Thanks to Kira Bindrim and Blake Maples.  Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/greenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Saturday, Feb. 25  Wheeling mulls installation of solar panels atop Stone Center…WV's new Commerce Secretary James Bailey outlines his goals…and WV stands to make big gains from a new battery making facility…on today's daily304. #1 – From THE INTELLIGENCER – A project to invest nearly a quarter million dollars into solar panels atop the Stone Center in downtown Wheeling is driven not only by the benefits of renewable energy, but also by an ongoing effort to propel economic development in the heart of the city.  Members of Wheeling City Council are expected to hear a second reading before taking a final vote on an ordinance to spend $240,255 with RED (Regional Economic Development Partnership) for the project. The Williams Lea Group leases a number of floors at the Stone Center owned by RED. Local officials have been eyeing incentives to not only keep them at the site but also to lay the groundwork that could encourage them to further expand there. “One of the things they've expressed interest in is green power,” said Craig O'Leary, program director at RED. “And so we have worked with Solar Holler to try to find the best way to satisfy their interests and to try to secure a long-term lease in downtown. Between us and the city it's very important.” Read more: https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2023/02/green-energy-eyed-as-fuel-for-economic-engine-at-stone-center-in-wheeling/   #2 – From WV News – West Virginia Commerce Secretary James Bailey was tapped to lead the state's most diverse department at the beginning of December. A veteran civil servant with experience serving several of the agencies within the Department of Commerce, Bailey was appointed by Gov. Jim Justice following the retirement of former Secretary Ed Gaunch. Bailey said one of his goals is to address staffing shortages within several agencies under Commerce. “We need to be more flexible in the qualifications that we're seeking in folks, and we need to be competitive in both our pay and benefit structure,” he said. The Commerce Department's annual budget proposal includes a $66.5 million funding increase for the state parks system requested by Justice. While he said he couldn't reveal many details yet, a portion of that funding will be used to create two new state parks, Bailey said. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/bailey-settling-in-to-role-as-new-west-virginia-secretary-of-commerce/article_9f734e42-aee1-11ed-932c-c733943690e8.html   #3 – From SOURCE – Form Energy plans to commercialize a battery that can economically store electricity for 100 hours at its first commercial-scale battery-making facility to be located in Wheeling. The long duration energy storage could provide vital backup power for hospitals and offices -- especially in rural and remote areas like those throughout West Virginia.  In an agreement between the Somerville, Massachusetts-based company and the state Department of Economic Development signed last month, Form Energy and its multiday battery would “reform the global electricity system to reliably run on 100% low-cost renewable energy, every day of the year.” The state agreed to provide Form Energy $290 million and retain ownership of the 55-acre property until the company employs 750 full-time workers. The pact requires the company to meet that employment threshold by the end of 2028. Read more: https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/legislative_session/wv-stands-to-benefit-disproportionately-from-battery-design-form-energy-plans-for-weirton-factory/article_189592e6-4ee0-51f0-bcf0-30d3d4a2dbaa.html   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Today on MetroNews This Morning: --Weather conditions are changing and helping to diminish the chance for forest fires in W.Va. --A bill to allow for concealed carry of firearms on college campuses in West Virginia advances--The state Senate approves a funding package for development of the Form Energy site after extended debate--In Sports the Mountaineer women get another key victory and the new MetroNews Power Index is out

Lithium-ion batteries are the standard energy source for electric vehicles, and they are also the dominant technology for storing energy in the electric grid.  However, they are not the only game in town.  There are other battery technologies that have various potential advantages over lithium-ion and some of them are getting the chance to show […]

MPD Chief Eric Powell breaks down an incident involving officers that was posted on social media. Del. John Williams discusses his support for investment into Form Energy.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.  Today is Tuesday, Feb. 7 TechConnectWV hosts a webinar for small companies seeking capital…a $1.75M grant will help Marshall set up a law enforcement forensic science training center…and Form Energy says its Weirton project will offer a big payoff for #YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From TECH CONNECT – TechConnectWV invites you to a webinar on the ABCs of SBIR/STTR. The government's Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs make over $4 billion in high-risk, non-dilutive capital available to innovative small companies annually. If you are considering pursuing SBIR or STTR funding, the first step is to learn what it takes to be eligible and then determine which of the 11 participating agencies best fits your technology. The webinar, set for noon Feb.22, provides basic information to determine if this is a path you would like to seriously pursue and how to begin the process. Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sL1xxx9HQg224sVl7OLKkg #2 – From MARSHALL – Marshall University's Institute for Cyber Security has received $1.75 million from the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Byrne Discretionary Grant Program to establish a Law Enforcement Training Center in Forensic Sciences In partnership with the West Virginia State Police Forensics Laboratory, Mountwest Community and Technical College and West Virginia Intelligence Fusion Center, Marshall will use the funds to build capacity at MU to address the needed training of state and local law enforcement officials in forensic science techniques. The grant extends through March of 2024. “Our law enforcement officers are rarely provided advanced training in solving computer crimes, even as the number of crimes involving technology like smartphones and computers is constantly rising,” said David Dampier, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences and director of the Institute for Cyber Security, “This grant gives us the opportunity to offer that training for free to law enforcement officers and help them be better prepared for solving these types of crimes.” Read more: https://www.marshall.edu/news/2023/01/31/marshall-receives-1-75-million-to-help-establish-law-enforcement-training-center-in-forensic-sciences/ #3 – From METRO NEWS – Form Energy's cutting-edge battery factory represents a major investment in West Virginia — and also a major investment by West Virginians. The $760 million initial phase on the site of the old Weirton steel mill in Hancock County is expected to produce 750 well-paying jobs. The iron-air battery manufacturing plant is financed by millions of dollars of private investments, but there are also millions of public dollars going toward the project. The West Virginia Economic Development Authority voted to allocate $75 million toward the purchase of land and the construction of buildings in Weirton. Another $215 million in allocations by the Legislature are also anticipated for the project. The deal means West Virginia will own the building and land, and Form Energy will lease it back. The property would transfer to Form no sooner than five years and only if the company employs 750 workers. The deal calls for workers making at least $63,000 a year in average salary. Form Energy expects to start construction of its Weirton factory in 2023 and begin manufacturing iron-air battery systems in 2024 for broad commercialization. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/01/31/form-energy-says-760-million-project-will-pay-off-for-west-virginia/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo. That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Today on MetroNews This Morning;--Another wintry day in West Virginia--Governor Justice ramps up the rhetoric building support for his tax cut plan--Form Energy says it will be a good investment for West Virginia--In Sports: WVU falls on the road to TCU and the WVU football schedule for 2023 is out

When we talk about the energy transition, we tend to think of solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. But these technologies alone are not enough to get the world to “net zero”. In this special three-part podcast series, we discuss emerging technologies – probably unbeknown to most – that could make a really big difference in addressing climate change. Guests: Kevin Bonebrake, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Development at Quaise Energy (https://www.quaise.energy/), Ted Wiley, Co-founder, President and COO at Form Energy (https://formenergy.com/), Gregg Dixon, CEO at Voltus (https://www.voltus.co/), Michael van der Meer, Head of Sustainable Investment Analysts at Credit Suisse Host: James Gifford, Head of Sustainable and Impact Advisory at Credit Suisse

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!'This week John Weaver and I discuss,1. What the IRA Means for Wind, Solar and Storage Manufacturing - WoodMac Horizons Report is AWESOME2. CCA must procure 1,300 GWh of supply to meet last 37 GWh of demand3. New Mexico 4 GW HVDC lights up the future grid 4. Form Energy and their Iron Air Battery might mean 10x cheaper technology than Lithium Ion - Mark Jacobs of Stanford University says it's a game changer.5. Total Energies goes vertical 6. Solar Farm Expo Chicago - Agrivoltaics Conference 7. 100 GW solar wafer factory being developed - the whole world broke through 100 GW in 20178. Solar modules from 1981 - Beverly High School, Massachusetts - was taken down recentlySubscribe: https://bit.ly/cph-sub The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. What technologies are trending? Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. The Clean Power Hour hosts and cleantech professionals Tim Montague and John Weaver (the Commercial Solar Guy) bring you the latest solar, wind, and energy storage news.Connect with Tim Clean Power Hour Clean Power Hour on YouTube Tim on Twitter Tim on LinkedIn Email tgmontague@gmail.com Review Clean Power Hour on Apple PodcastsThe Clean Power Hour is produced by the Clean Power Consulting Group and created by Tim Montague. Please subscribe on your favorite audio platform and on Youtube: bit.ly/cph-sub | www.CleanPowerHour.com | contact us by email: CleanPowerHour@gmail.com | Speeding the energy transition! Corporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies, and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

On the weekly clean power news and views, we bring you the latest cleantech and clean energy news,  thought leaders, and innovators. Our motto is ‘Speeding the Energy Transition!'This week John Weaver and I discuss,1. Form Energy has a battery facility for construction coming to WV2. Guy tried to kill his family by driving his Tesla over a 250-foot cliff - 100% lived3. USPS to deploy 66,000 EVs by 2028 - moving toward 100% EVs4. Cool installation of floating solar - look at thE rolling mechanisms5. Two solar cell record efficiencies6. Price of polysilicon down 54% since August7. New York announces 4.7 GW of new energy storage, ~25 GWh worth, to be added by 2030 - would cover 18-25% peak demand in summer/winter8. 8 TWh globally of battery gigafactory in the pipeline now9. By 2030, 1 TWh of EV battery manufacturing capacity in the USA10. DOE funds the hydrogen projectSubscribe: https://bit.ly/cph-sub The podcast is available on YouTube and audio platforms like Spotify, Apple, Google, and Amazon. We bring you interviews with cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, manufacturers, and energy professionals weekly. What technologies are trending? Why are we excited about agrivoltaics or dual-use solar? What are the challenges and opportunities for renewable energy, electrification of transportation, and decarbonizing the economy? Listen, like, comment, and share! Get all our content at www.CleanPowerHour.com and reach out to Tim Montague @tgmontague on Twitter or Gmail. The Clean Power Hour hosts and cleantech professionals Tim Montague and John Weaver (the Commercial Solar Guy) bring you the latest solar, wind, and energy storage news.Corporate sponsors who share our mission to speed the energy transition are invited to check out https://www.cleanpowerhour.com/support/ Twice a week we highlight the tools, technologies and innovators that are making the clean energy transition a reality - on Apple,

Outdoor adventure and history await in scenic Ritchie County … Ascend WV co-founder Brad Smith joins Innovators and Entrepreneurs to talk about the remote worker program … and Form Energy is hiring in Weirton.  -- on today's daily304, listen here…

Today on MetroNews This Morning:--Arctic air is pouring into West Virginia this morning and driving temperatures below zero--Power outages continue to grow this morning amid high winds--Form Energy announces plans for a battery manufacturing plant on the old Weirton Steel site--In Sports: Despite distractions, WVU tops Stony Brook

My guest today is Taj Ahmad Eldridge. Taj is the Director of Climate Innovation at Jobs for the Future, and Cofounder of Include Ventures, a fund of funds investor focused on emerging managers at the intersection of “Alpha + Inclusion + Sustainability.” In addition, Taj is… Advisory Panel member @ The Schmidt Family Foundation Founding Advisory Board member @ GreenTech Noir Board Member @ Homeboy Industries Former Director of the Startup Accelerator @ University of California, Riverside Former Senior Director for Investment @ the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) And investor in Invictus Growth Partners, SparkCharge, Form Energy, ChargerHelp!, and many more high-impact ventures In this episode, we talked about: Who holds the real power in allocating capital The importance of place-based innovation How talent is universal, but opportunity is not Jobs for the Future's goals of creating 25,000 new jobs in climate resilience The need to reframe climate change as a mission around public health, social equity, and economics Two of his portfolio companies led by Black founders and CEOs that are changing federal transportation policy and making EV charging super easy How he believes a focus on minority-led ventures creates alpha opportunities The need to bring your whole self to work Wisdom from the beat poets like Jack Kerouac and one of our favorite books, Dharma Bums And lots more Hope you enjoy it! And give Taj a shout-out on LinkedIn or Twitter by sharing this podcast with your people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/entrepreneurs-for-impact/message

In this episode, I speak with my former co-worker, Jessica, about her path to becoming a Project Manager at an energy storage start up. In college, Jessica majored in computer science and minored in ethics and philosophy. Like me, she worked as an analyst at a boutique financial litigation firm after college, but after two years decided that it was time to move on. In deciding what she wanted to do next, Jessica looked to find a job where she felt more mission-aligned and where she could achieve better work-life balance. Now at Form Energy, she focuses on commercial strategy, business development and customer acquisition. Best for: people looking to pivot after their first job out of college; working at a start up in a non-technical role; learning more about clean energy jobs Contents: 1:00 - Introduction 5:04 - Goals for her first job out of college 9:30 - Pros and cons of working as an analyst at a boutique financial litigation firm 15:50 - Pivoting after her first job and the job search 24:07 - Day-to-day as a project manager at an energy storage start up 29:19 - Pros and cons of working as a project manager at an energy storage start up 33:50 - Lessons learned --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sara-isabel-seymour/support

The Inflation Reduction Act is a new law designed to hasten the United States' energy transition (and do nothing about inflation). In the last episode before the midterm election, learn about the energy path the Democratic Party has plotted for us and learn how this new law can possibly save you tens of thousands of dollars. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank's online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536. Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! View the show notes on our website at https://congressionaldish.com/cd261-inflation-reduction-act Jen Podcast Appearances EP 63 Honest Government Analyst Jennifer Briney talks Privilege, White House & Hotels. The Living Numbers Podcast with Tony Rambles. Disaster - Jennifer Briney. A Word with Tom Merritt. Background Sources Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD259: CHIPS: A State Subsidization of Industry CD250: Congress Saves the Postal Service CD246: BIF: Appalachian Chemical Storage CD240: BIF The Infrastructure BILL CD218: Minerals are the New Oil CD205: Nuclear Waste Storage CD146: Repeal & Replace CD048: The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Tax Credits and Refunds Home Energy Efficiency Tax Credits “Tax Credits for Energy Efficient Home Improvements.” eFile. Rocky Mengle. Sept 16, 2022. “Save More on Green Home Improvements Under the Inflation Reduction Act.” Kiplinger. “Federal Income Tax Credits and Other Incentives for Energy Efficiency.” Updated Aug 18, 2022. Energy Star. Electric Appliance Rebates “Quick Facts: United States.” U.S. Census Bureau. Electric Car Tax Credit 26 U.S. Code § 30D - Clean vehicle credit. Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. Alternative Fuels Data Center. “Electric Vehicles with Final Assembly in North America.” U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Kelley R. Taylor. Oct 18, 2022. “EV Tax Credits Are Changing: What's Ahead.” Kiplinger. Greg Iacurci. Oct 15, 2022. “The 'bummer' of the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit: Its full value may be hard to get.” CNBC. John Bozzella. Aug 5, 2022. “What If No EVs Qualify for the EV Tax Credit? It Could Happen.” Alliance for Automotive Innovation. John Bogna. Jun 22, 2022. “Hydrogen-Powered Cars: Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Explained.” PCMag. U.S. Geological Survey. “Mineral Commodity Summaries 2021.” U.S. Department of the Interior. “OFAC Sanctioned Countries.” Princeton University Research & Project Administration. Alternative Fuel vehicle refueling property credit Kelley R. Taylor. Sept 14, 2022. “The Federal Tax Credit for Electric Vehicle Chargers is Back.” Kiplinger. 26 U.S. Code § 30C - Alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit. Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. Hydrogen Catherine Clifford. Sep 8, 2022. “The clean hydrogen energy economy was a dream. The climate bill could make it a reality this decade.” CNBC. Emma Ochu et al. Jun 17, 2021. “Hydrogen Fact Sheet: Production of Low-Carbon Hydrogen.” Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, Center on Global Energy Policy. “Lisa Murkowski.” Open Secrets. Jay Bartlett and Alan Krupnick. December 2020. “Decarbonized Hydrogen in the US Power and Industrial Sectors: Identifying and Incentivizing Opportunities to Lower Emissions.” Resources for the Future. 24/7 Wall St. Feb 16, 2020. “How Many Gas Stations Are In U.S.? How Many Will There Be In 10 Years?” Market Watch. Health Care “The Inflation Reduction Act Lowers Health Care Costs for Millions of Americans.” Oct 5, 2022. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “Inflation Reduction Act: CMS Implementation Timeline.” 2022. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Carbon Capture Angela C. Jones and Ashley J. Lawson. Oct 5, 2022. “Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) in the United States.” Congressional Research Service. Emily Pontecorvo. Aug 22, 2022. “Will the Inflation Reduction Act jumpstart carbon capture?” Grist. “Global Status of CCS 2021.” 2021. Global CCS Institute. “Carbon capture and storage could also impact air pollution.” Nov 17, 2011. European Environment Agency. Offshore Wind Leases Abby Husselbee and Hannah Oakes. Aug 25, 2022. “The IRA Offshore Energy Leasing Provisions' Potential Impacts.” Harvard University Environmental & Energy Law Program. “Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition.” Sept 8, 2020. The White House. Fossil Fuels David Jordan. Oct 6, 2022. “Interior moves forward with oil and gas drill site leasing.” Roll Call. “Inflation Reduction Act Fossil Fuel Provisions.” Aug 18, 2022. Enersection. 30 U.S. Code § 226 - Lease of oil and gas lands. Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute. The Associated Press. Apr 16, 2022. “Biden increases oil royalty rate and scales back lease sales on federal lands.” NPR. Taxes Kelley R. Taylor. Oct 10, 2022. “The Inflation Reduction Act and Taxes: What You Should Know.” Kiplinger. “Inflation Reduction Act includes 15% corporate minimum tax on book income.” August 16, 2022. EY. Jacob Bogage. Aug 12, 2022. “The new Wall Street tax key to Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act.” The Washington Post. Peter Warren. Aug 11, 2022. “‘Inflation Reduction Act' Holds the SALT.” Empire Center. “Lobbying: Intuit Inc.” Open Secrets. “CBO Cost Estimate: H.R. 1 - the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.” November 13, 2017. Congressional Budget Office. The Law H.R.5376 - Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 “Summary: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” Revised August 5, 2022. Congressional Budget Office. Audio Sources Full Committee Hearing On Opportunities and Challenges in Deploying Innovative Battery and Non-Battery Technologies for Energy Storage September 22, 2022 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Witnesses: Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director for Renewable Energy Development, PacifiCorp Spencer Nelson, Managing Director, Research and New Initiatives, ClearPath Ted Wiley, President and Chief Operating Officer, Form Energy 19:19 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): When it comes to storage, there has rightly been a focus on the supply chain, particularly for lithium ion batteries that power electric vehicles and phones in our pockets and many other modern technologies. While we have benefited from the use of this important battery chemistry, the fact that China is responsible for 75% of global lithium ion battery production, including 60% of the world's cathode production and 80% of the world's anode production, should give everyone pause. That is why I was proud to champion Inflation Reduction Act which incentivized the onshoring of the entire battery supply chain, from the production and processing of raw materials, to the battery pack assembly and everything in between. Full Committee Hearing On Domestic Critical Mineral Supply Chains March 31, 2022 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Witnesses: Dr. Steve Fortier, Director, USGS National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Department of the Interior Scott Melbye, President, Uranium Producers of America Julie Padilla, Chief Regulatory Officer, Twin Metals Minnesota Abigail Wulf, Vice President, Critical Minerals Strategy and Director of the Center for Critical Minerals Strategy, Securing America's Future Energy Dr. Paul Ziemkiewicz, Director, West Virginia Water Research Institute, West Virginia University 24:14 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): It makes no sense to remain beholden to bad actors when we have abundant resources in manufacturing know-how here in the United States. And make no mistake, we are beholden, particularly when it comes to many of the minerals that go into clean energy technologies. That is why I've sounded the alarm about going down the path of EVs alone and advocated for equal treatment for hydrogen 45:08 Abigail Wulf: As things stand, without some significant course corrections on America's critical minerals enterprise, the leading automobile power won't be the United States. It will be China. Not because of superior design or technology, but because of their massive head start and established market power, if not utter dominance, in all aspects of the supply chain that powers these [electric] vehicles. But simply mining alone does not begin to address the fundamentals of America's mineral supply chain challenge. Where we are most lacking and where China is most dominant is in that crucial but largely hidden processing phase and midstream component production. We simply can't dig up a rock and stick it in a Tesla. You have to crush it, smelt it, and refine it into precursor material that has been sold to somebody else to turn it into battery guts, namely cathodes, anodes and electrolytes. Today, the United States has less than 4% of all minerals processing capacity and makes 0% of the world's cathodes and anodes. By contrast, China is the world's largest processor of copper, nickel, cobalt, lithium and rare earth elements, and they control 60% of anode production and 40% of global cathode production. Consider that in 2019, about 70% of the world's cobalt supply was mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but more than 70% of that cobalt was refined in or controlled by China. Full Committee Hearing On Clean Hydrogen February 2, 2022 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Witnesses Dr. Sunita Satyapal, Director, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office, Hydrogen Program Coordinator, U.S. Department of Energy Dr. Glen Richard Murrell, Executive Director, Wyoming Energy Authority Jonathan Lewis, Senior Counsel and Director of Transportation Decarbonization, Clean Air Task Force Michael J. Graff, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Air Liquide Holdings, Inc. Brian Hlavinka, Vice President, New Energy Ventures, Corporate Strategic Development, Williams 21:07 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): However, we have some challenges to tackle in order to build a clean hydrogen economy. Producing hydrogen without emissions is two to six times the cost of current production methods. Also, retrofitting end-use applications to use hydrogen as a feedstock, from chemical plants to cars and trucks, will take huge investments from both public and private sectors. This is the demand that we need to develop hydrogen markets that can sustain themselves. The other big challenge is the safe and efficient transport and storage of large volumes of hydrogen, given its physical properties. There's a lot of promising work being done in this space and will allow us to leverage our vast natural gas pipeline network to transport hydrogen to market. 22:00 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV): That is why I made research, development, and demonstration of these technologies a central part of the Energy Infrastructure Act, which this committee reported with bipartisan support last year, and which was subsequently included in the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In that bill, we fund $9.5 billion in research, development and demonstration of clean hydrogen, and we tasked the Department of Energy to develop a national strategy and a roadmap to get us to a clean hydrogen economy. 27:25 Sen. James Lankford (R-OK): I'm concerned that the conversation around green versus blue hydrogen will pit technologies against each other rather than working together to establish a robust hydrogen marketplace. The simple truth right now is that 95% of hydrogen produced in the United States is made from natural gas. 1:42:00 Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): Can you share what the administration's policy is with regards to converting natural gas to hydrogen? We recognize that there are some within the [Biden] administration, certainly some groups that may have influence on the administration, who are very firm about not using fuel sources like natural gas. So the question is, is there a role for conversion to play? And what might we anticipate with regards to support and funding that might come with it? Dr. Sunita Satyapal: Thank you again for the question. And as mentioned, with hydrogen shot, we're really looking at all of the pathways. It's really about clean hydrogen. So whether it's natural gas, carbon feedstocks, nuclear renewables, you know, any pathway to get to the low carbon intensity, we're really pivoting away from the colors. There's a lot of complexity: green, blue, purple, turquoise….Pyrolysis is another approach. In fact, our loan program office just announced financing of $1 billion solid carbon, which is another value added product, no need for the CCS portion. So definitely an all-of-the-above strategy needed to meet all of our goals. Full Committee Hearing to Examine Development and Deployment of Large-Scale Carbon Dioxide Management Technologies July 28, 2020 Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Witnesses: Steven Winberg, (Former) Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy at the US Department of Energy Shannon Angielski, Executive Director of the Carbon Utilization Research Council Dr. Julio Friedmann, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University 25:06 Dr. Julio Friedmann: Net zero means that any residual emissions must be balanced by removal, as Secretary Moniz said. It means that reduction of co2 emissions and removal of co2 emissions are complementary but distinct actions and that both are necessary. The National Academies and the IPCC find that this must be done at enormous scale exceeding the size of the global oil and gas industry today. We are not where we need to be to make this real. 48:35 Shannon Angielski: In addition, the International Energy Agency modelled the contributions of different technologies to meet that mid-century 2 degree scenario. And it shows that CCUS accounts for approximately 100 Giga tons of needed global co2 emissions reductions by 2060. To put this into perspective, this would be achieved by the operation of 1100 carbon capture systems on the equivalent of 500 megawatt coal fired units, or 3200 natural gas combined cycle units, which would need to be operating for the next 30 years. 1:59:00 Steven Winberg: The rest of the world is going to continue using fossil energy, whether it's coal or oil or natural gas. And that's why we have moved forward quickly on the coal first program, because it offers the opportunity for what I think of as 21st century coal. Right now the Chinese own the space in power generation — coal fired power generation. We have an opportunity to take technology and springboard over what the Chinese are building, which is basically 1970s vintage technology that we built, and they now have improved slightly, but they're selling it around the world, to countries that have coal under their feet, and they're going to continue using that coal. But with the coal first program, we can move into power generation, and we can move into hydrogen production, because these countries also, as they build out their transport sector, may not do it the same way that developed countries, they may move more swiftly into hydrogen. And so there's an opportunity there to take our technology using their natural resources that are under their feet, and produce zero emitting power generation and zero emitting hydrogen and perhaps even net negative hydrogen and net negative electricity and they can use that hydrogen in the transportation sector as well as the industrial sector. 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If you're listening to this podcast, you have probably heard of Shayle Kann. Shayle has been at the frontier of climatetech research, media, and investing for over 15 years. Now a partner with the venture capital firm Energy Impact Partners (EIP), Shayle leads EIP's Frontier Fund, which invests in revolutionary technologies to enable deep decarbonization. Of course, he's also the host of the popular climate tech podcast from Canary Media, Catalyst with Shayle Kann.In this episode, Chad Reed and Gil Jenkins walk through Shayle's diverse and impactful career path and dive deep into several of the Frontier Fund's portfolio companies along with other emerging issues, including rebuilding trust in carbon markets; climatetech vs. cleantech 1.0; and the promise of the Inflation Reduction Act. Links: Shayle on TwitterShayle on LinkedInEnergy Impact Partners WebsiteEnergy Impact Partners Frontier FundCatalyst PodcastPodcast Ep: What the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would mean for climatetech (Canary Media, August 5, 2022)TV: Alone (Netflix) Episode recorded: September 29, 2022Email your feedback to Chad, Gil, and Hilary at climatepositive@hannonarmstrong.com or tweet them to @ClimatePosiPod.

Mateo Jaramillo, co-founder and CEO of Form Energy, on the importance of long-term energy storage:“Lithium Ion will continue to have a very important role to play, but there remains a key function which needs to be replaced on the grid, and that is a function that is currently being provided by coal and natural gas. That is the energy demand when you don't have wind or solar. So, that's the kind of moment we have to solve for from an energy storage perspective.”  - Mateo Jaramillo on Scalable Multi-Day Storage SolutionsMateo Jaramillo earned his AB in Economics from Harvard, and then earned a Master's in Theology from Yale Divinity School.Realizing he was more into solving scientific problems than vocational ministry, Mateo became COO and part of the founding team at Gaia Power Technologies, an energy storage firm.In 2009, Mateo joined Telsa and oversaw product lines, business model definition, global policy and business development.Mateo then co-founded Form Energy, whose mission is grid decarbonization through multi-day storage.I'm happy to say that Mateo also serves on the board for the American Clean Power Association, the leading federation of renewable energy companies, where they spend their time expediting the advancement of clean energy as the dominant power source in America.

Every Sunday, Gerard and Laurent discuss the main news in the Energy Transition. This week:- Energy markets continue to be upside down- RWE 7bnUSD US acquisition of ConEd renewables is the deal of the year- Super innovations in the storage sector (Form Energy, Vanadium flows)- World Nuclear Industry Report Status is outhttps://www.worldnuclearreport.org/World-Nuclear-Industry-Status-Report-2022-870.html

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Daniel Wild, Gründer und Aufsichtsrat von Mountain Alliance. Daniel hat die Finanzierungsrunde von Patronus und Form Energy analysiert: Das Pflege-Startup Patronus hat mit 27 Millionen Euro die größte Serie-A-Finanzierung in diesem Sektor erhalten. Das in Berlin ansässige Team hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, Senioren dabei zu unterstützen, ihren Alltag selbstständig zu bewältigen und so Pflegekräfte und Angehörige zu entlasten. Die überzeichnete Runde wurde von den in Paris ansässigen Investoren Singular und Adjacent mit Sitz in New York geleitet, mit Beteiligung von Burda Principal Investments (BPI) sowie den bestehenden Investoren Cavalry Ventures und UVC Partners. Das in Boston ansässige Startup Form Energy hat in einer neuen Series-E-Finanzierungsrunde 450 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten. Form Energy hat “ multi-day iron-air” Batterien entwickelt. Nach Angaben des Unternehmens können die Batterien Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien 100 Stunden lang speichern, und das zu Systemkosten, die mit denen konventioneller Kraftwerke konkurrieren können. Die Finanzierungsrunde baut auf der letztjährigen Series-D-Finanzierung in Höhe von 200 Millionen US-Dollar auf. Diese Runde wurde von 25 Millionen US-Dollar aus dem XCarb-Innovationsfonds von ArcelorMittal angeführt.

In a recent op-ed that caused a stir in the financial industry, Tariq Fancy, the former Chief Investment Officer for sustainable investing at BlackRock, claimed that ESG funds are mainly making money for Wall Street and doing little for the social and environmental causes that they are supposed to support. On the other hand, demand for these funds is soaring, and investors are increasingly aware of the power they have to make impact with their wealth. So, what's the real deal? Guests: Katie Rae, CEO and Managing Partner of The Engine; Mateo Jaramillo, CEO of Form Energy; Florian Heeb, University of Zurich; James Gifford, Head of Impact Investing at Credit Suisse. Host: Brian Blackstone Read more: The Double Delta of Impact Investing

Matt and Sean talk about iron air, rust batteries and how to effectively compare new technologies with old.Watch the Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode, “Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy - Iron Air Battery Technology”: https://youtu.be/Ui6wWzxCrQ8YouTube version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/cuk-Yh4XoMEGet in touch: https://undecidedmf.com/podcast-feedbackSupport the show: https://pod.fan/still-to-be-determinedFollow us on Twitter: @stilltbdfm @byseanferrell @mattferrell or @undecidedmfUndecided with Matt Ferrell: https://www.youtube.com/undecidedmf★ Support this podcast ★

This week: the Queen on green, iron in batteries, how do you solve a problem like Facebook, and dismantling Apple's beautiful walled App Store. After our non-sponsor, we talk This Week in Crypto, including SEC-approved Bitcoin ETFs, BoE on crypto systemic risk, Jonathan votes in a DAO, and the metaverse of the commons. Then in This Week in NFTs: Coinbase vs OpenSea, Shiboshi gas panic, turning down $9.5M for a CryptoPunk, NFT logins, Proof of Attendance; and we close out with CryptoPunk or CryptoFunk. Links we mentioned: Form Energy making multi-day energy storage using cheap, abundant, rusting iron: https://formenergy.com/ The CEO of Form explains how they went about filling a very specific market need (July ‘21): https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-interchange/id1221460035?i=1000530458550 Alternative Form podcast link: Form Energy's Iron-Air Battery for Multi-Day Storage ESS Iron Flow batteries backed by Gates and SoftBank, which SPAC'd last week: https://essinc.com/ Affordable and authentic Japanese meals delivered in the London area (with £3 off using code 63214b): https://www.waso.tokyo/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smalltimebets/support

“The Universal Love Force Energy is all things. This energy is the healer, love is the energy that heals, and the heart is where we discover it.” The heart is the bridge, between the body and mind, between spirit and matter. We discover a life full of joy when the heart is restored, rebalanced, and recreated. By leading with the heart from the inside, we can create an abundant mindset full of happiness, prosperity, and love in our world on the outside. In this episode, Joyan sits down with Dawna, who is best known as The Mind Whisperer and she helps us understand how through our mind thoughts, we produce feelings and emotions that create our life experiences. What we talk about: What is energy healing Tapping into the subconscious Love is the highest form of healing Shifting to a higher frequency From corporate to energy healing The happiness journal Episode Resources: Dawna Website Dawna Facebook Dawna Instagram Dawna Youtube Like this show? Please leave us a review here - Even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag us @findjoywithjoyan_podcast so we can thank you personally! For coaching with Joyan, visit joyanchan.com Join my Self-Image Empowerment Club for women for free HERE Join my 7-Day Confidence Building Challenge HERE Subscribe to YouTube channel Follow me on Instagram and Facebook ABOUT: Joyan is an outward-looking lady with a strong inward sense of empowerment. She is known for being a Self-image Empowerment Coach passionate about helping people to build a positive, confident and empowered self-image, looking inward to shining outward. She was working in the fashion industry for years but later found herself struggling with Depression and she became suicidal. She turned her depression into empowerment when she followed her higher-self guidance that led her down the path of coaching to help empower others to shine through their own identity and story. Her life experiences over the last decade have transformed her in such a way that allows her to guide people through a journey of discovering their true authentic self and empower them with clarity in how they choose to show up everyday. Her stories have touched many lives and inspired many people from all over the world and help them understand that only when we start to take ownership of our life, own our struggles and be fully responsible for ourselves and our circumstances, we grow in confidence and become empowered to create a life filled with joy, passion, purpose, and success in our own style, on our own terms. Meet me at joyanchan.com

Show #1191. If you get any value from this podcast please consider supporting my work on Patreon. Plus all Patreon supporters get their own unique ad-free podcast feed. Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Thursday 26th August. It's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they've built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It's a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too. TESLA NOW AIMS FOR FULL SELF-DRIVING BETA PUBLIC RELEASE IN '~4 WEEKS' - Elon Musk is now saying that Tesla is aiming for the wider public release of its Full Self-Driving Beta in about four weeks. - Musk says that the plan has apparently changed and Tesla now aims to push FSD Beta v10 to the early access fleet next week. - “We should be there with Beta 10, which goes out a week from Friday (no point release this week). It will have a completely retrained NN, so will need another few weeks after that for tuning & bug fixes. Best guess is a public beta button in ~4 weeks.” - keep in mind that this is only for the US market. Original Source : https://electrek.co/2021/08/25/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-public-release-4-weeks/ TESLA'S REDESIGNED IPHONE APP FEATURES TWO NEW HOME SCREEN WIDGETS - Tesla is rolling out a major update for its iOS smartphone app with new controls, improved management and cool visuals. - In terms of controls, you can send commands to your car immediately upon opening the app, instead of waiting for the vehicle to wake up. There's also enhanced phone key support that essentially lets you unlock multiple Teslas. - There are also new animations when you charge your car and in the climate and controls sections. Design-wise, Tesla has ditched the charging section and now displays that info when your car is plugged in. You can also view Supercharging history from within the app. While the speed limit, valet mode and sentry mode settings have been moved to a new category titled Security, which includes tips on how to use the Bluetooth, phone key and location services. · Original Source : https://www.engadget.com/tesla-iphone-app-widget-114659360.html TESLA MODEL S PLAID LOSES CONTROL, CRASHES AT NURBURGRING RACE TRACK DURING TESTING - A Tesla Model S Plaid crashed at the Nurburgring raceway in Germany while several vehicles were on track attempting to set time records on the 12.94-mile course, the media reported. - The Model S went out of control in the Klostertalkurve in kilometre 14, which comprises a series of sharp, paper clip-like turns before extending into a straightaway. - Tesla has been at the Nurburgring on and off for the past two years, first making an appearance in October 2019 at the track with the Model S Plaid. Original Source : https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/news/tesla-model-s-plaid-loses-control-crashes-at-nurburgring-race-track-during-testing/ar-AANTcTe TESLA COUNTERS MODEL 3 SR+ DELAYS WITH LFP PACKS IN NORTH AMERICA - Tesla is countering Model 3 Standard Range+ delays by offering some potential owners the option to switch to the LFP, or lithium iron phosphate, battery packs that are available in Asia and Europe. - Forced to push back delivery dates for the SR+ Model 3, the company's most affordable vehicle available online, to January 2022, Tesla is attempting to get Model 3s to their owners by offering the LFP packs that come standard in European and Chinese versions of the car. - Tesla utilizes Nickel-Cobalt-Aluminum batteries for its 2170 cells in the Model 3. In Asia and Europe, Tesla has used the LFP cells, which are more restrictive due to their sensitivity to temperatures and offer less range. Due to the wide availability of nickel and Tesla's decision to steer away from cobalt in its batteries, it has used LFP cells since the Model 3 was produced in China in early 2020. Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-standard-range-plus-lfp-packs-north-america ELON MUSK WANTS TO SELL TEXANS ELECTRICITY - new subsidiary of Tesla, called Tesla Energy Ventures, that filed in mid-August with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to sell electricity on the retail market. - if the filing is approved this November, people involved with the state's power market say that the new Tesla Energy Ventures could stand out in a crowded, deregulated retail market where 120 other companies are already hawking kilowatts. - Tesla also told the state's grid operator that it wants to build two giant utility-scale batteries that will serve wholesale power companies in the state. A 250-megawatt battery would be located near its under-construction Gigafactory outside Austin, where it plans to build Cybertrucks and Model Y SUVs. Another massive battery would be located outside Houston, according to Bloomberg. Original Source : https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/elon-musk-tesla-electricity-provider/ PORSCHE EXPANDS ONLINE MARKETPLACE TO INCLUDE US INVENTORY OF NEW CARS - Porsche Cars North America has added its entire U.S. inventory of new cars to its online marketplace as the company seeks to keep up with customer demands and the industry's shift to digital commerce. - As customers shift their shopping to online — a trend that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic — digital platforms have become a critical tool for companies. Established automakers like Porsche, however, have had to balance the demand of its customers and dealership network - While all 193 dealers are participating in the Porsche Finder tool, Gruner acknowledged that this large group includes those who have been more cautious about the move toward digital commerce. Original Source : https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/26/porsche-expands-online-marketplace-to-include-us-inventory-of-new-cars/ FORM ENERGY RAISES $240 MILLION ON IRON-AIR BATTERY PROMISE - A secretive start-up called Form Energy says it's developing and scaling the production of a new type of rechargeable battery that can store electricity for 100 hours. - the company has lined up more than $360 million in funding, including a new $240 million round that closed Tuesday, and partners and outside experts are optimistic about its potential. - Form Energy's core technology is based on three cheap and readily available materials: Iron, air, and water. The battery works with a process the company calls “reversible rusting,” in which the battery charges and discharges by converting iron back and forth into rust. - To charge, an electric current converts rust back to iron and the battery breathes out oxygen. To discharge, the battery takes in oxygen from the air and converts the iron to rust. - Each battery is filled with a non-flammable electrolyte liquid, similar to the electrolyte used in AA batteries, and is about the size of a washing machine, Form Energy says. Thousands of the washing machine-size battery modules are clumped together in power blocks and depending on what is needed, tens to hundreds of power blocks can be connected to the electricity grid. · Original Source : https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/form-energy-raises-240-million-on-iron-air-battery-promise.html US: 2022 HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC GETS LOWER PRICE - The 2022 model year Hyundai Kona Electric in the U.S. has an MSRP price of $34,000, which is $3,390 less (or almost 10%)  than in the case of the 2021 model year. - The new MSRP is close to the MSRP of the Chevrolet Bolt EV/Chevrolet Bolt EUV duo, but the Kona Electric is still eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. - It makes the car probably the cheapest in terms of price (MSRP + DST) per mile of EPA range, at $136/mile. After deducting the federal tax credit, it starts at $107/mile. · Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/528893/2022-hyundai-kona-electric-price ELECTRIFY AMERICA MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO FIND EV CHARGERS WHILE YOU DRIVE - Electrify America is adding Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support, the company announced Thursday in a press release. That should allow EV drivers to find charging stations much more easily on the go. - Previously, in some vehicles, drivers had to pull up the app separately on their devices, which involves pulling over and closing any apps already in use through Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. - In addition to locating charging stations, Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity will let drivers remotely start and stop a charging session, as well as view details of charging plans, including any free charging that might be included with the purchase of a vehicle, according to Electrify America. · Original Source : https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1133369_electrify-america-makes-it-a-lot-easier-to-find-ev-chargers-while-you-drive LIME UNLEASHES 1,000 KICK SCOOTERS IN NEW YORK CITY - Lime has launched 1,000 electric scooters in New York City to kick off the Department of Transportation's East Bronx scooter-sharing pilot. New York will become just the second city in the United States to launch Lime's latest generation scooter, the Gen4. - Lime says it builds on some positive history in New York as it previously provided shared electric bicycles as part of NYC DOT's dockless bike-share pilot.  Still, to get New York to grant a kick scooter permit, Lime says it worked with advocates, legislators, and community partners to legalize electric scooters over the last three years, leading to state legislation in 2020, followed by the introduction of a pilot program at the NYC Council. · Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2021/08/26/lime-unleashes-1000-kick-scooters-in-new-york-city QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM It's back next week after a short break! Email me your thoughts and I'll read them out on Sunday – hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. 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(0:54) - Only $4.7 billion of the nearly $47 billion set aside for COVID-19 rental assistance had been distributed through the end of July. What is delaying congress in giving out this financial aid?(14:11) - Many Chinese companies, who have taken note of the way the Chinese government has treated the likes of DiDi, are trying to curry favor in Beijing and avoid restrictions that ultimately could cause the business to fail.(22:37) - Startup battery company Form Energy, which is backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, announced it has closed a $240 million Series D funding round. The company has been tight-lipped in regards to what exactly it's working on.(33:51) - Stack roulette.

This episode originally aired on The Interchange.Back in 2016, Mateo Jaramillo left Tesla, where he was leading the stationary energy storage business, and started looking for a new challenge to tackle. He took on long-duration energy storage -- not long duration like 8 hours or 12 hours, but days or weeks or more. In 2017 he came on the show to talk about it. He formed a company, now Form Energy, that has been toiling on this problem in stealth mode. Apart from saying they were building a "metal air" battery, his team held the technology close to the vest.That is, until last week. The company announced a $200M Series D financing led by ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, and in the process finally made public the technology, which is an iron air chemistry. Full disclosure: Shayle led Energy Impact Partners' investment in Form.Shayle and Mateo discuss the technology itself and the counterintuitive economics that Mateo believes will make it work. They also examine how it beat out the alternatives and how it might complement more efficient, but more expensive lithium-ion. It turns out financial modeling was far more important than spec sheets in understanding the tradeoffs.They tackle the critical question: Where exactly are the profitable applications of this technology before we hit very high 80% renewables? They also talk about the semantics of long-duration storage vs. multi-day storage, why Mateo hates holy grails, and potential partnerships with tofu companies.The Energy Gang is brought to you by Sungrow. As a leading provider of PV inverter solutions across the world, Sungrow has delivered more than 10 gigawatts of inverters to the Americas alone and 154 gigawatts in total across the globe. Email them to learn more.The Energy Gang is brought to you by S&C Electric Company. Today, non-wires alternatives such as microgrids can provide more sustainable, resilient and economical ways to deliver reliable power. S&C helps utilities and commercial customers find the best solutions to meet their energy needs. Learn more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this show, we will be discussing Mercedes-Benz going all-electric, Form Energy battery technology, Tesla Q2 Results, how can the US meet battery demand, DHL to deploy 12 electric planes, Ford to spend more on EVs than ICE vehicles, Bosch EV transmission, gas station EV charging adoption, and Google's Tensor chip in the upcoming Pixel 6. Source Links: Stardust Shirt - https://amzn.to/3xLinwv mbusa.com - Mercedes-Benz prepares to go all-electric - https://bit.ly/3wXMnF7 formenergy.com - Battery Technology - https://bit.ly/3x0zEBD tesla.com - Tesla Q2 2021 Update - https://bit.ly/3eZJmhg insideevs.com - Ford Vows To Spend More On EVs Than ICE Vehicles From 2023 - https://bit.ly/37zFOOK electrek.co - DHL to deploy 12 redesigned Alice ePlanes from Eviation - https://bit.ly/3s6lNso electrek.co - Here's what the US needs to do to meet battery demand - https://bit.ly/3s6lBJG insideevs.com - Bosch CVT Transmission For EVs Improves Performance And Efficiency - https://bit.ly/2VKTMeu wsj.com - Gas Stations Face Tough, Costly Choice on EV Chargers - https://on.wsj.com/2VRBUyj theverge.com - Google's Tensor chip is only the first step toward truly great Pixel phones - https://bit.ly/2Xjd3nv

Form energy, as known as ubiquitous energy, is considered to be revolution, as it has the ability to store and discharge energy is a considerable way. 

Vous le savez, on vous parle régulièrement des innovations en matière de batterie dans Choses à Savoir Tech Verte. Aujourd'hui encore, place à une batterie d'un nouveau genre, à priori bien plus verte et beaucoup moins couteuse que les batteries classiques, développée dans le plus grand secret par la start-up américaine Form Energy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's episode of Minds Over Money, I go over 3 headlines from last week that directly impact the economy and potentially your investment portfolio. I also examine how systems achieve goals, and how the success of your financial goals will be determined by the systems you put in place. The first headline, “Import Surge”, is an article that explores how the current surge in imports at our busiest ports - Los Angeles and New York City – are increasingly crowded with shipping containers, and thus increasing the cost of warehousing. The second headline, “Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries”, discusses how startup company, Form Energy, has had a breakthrough in their creation of a long-duration battery which will greatly help with the viability of a carbon neutral grid in the future. Our final headline, “Artificial Intelligence Isn't Intelligent”, is a deep dive into the limitations of current applications for AI and how a replacement for human intelligence is a long way off. Hope you enjoy it!

The energy world is excited about Form Energy, which has debuted a genuinely cheap ($20/kWh) battery that can discharge for more than 150 hours. But is there a market for long-duration storage yet? Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

Rosemary Barnes, wind turbine blade and renewables expert, is back on the show as a permanent host, bring a fresh new perspective to the mix. Form Energy, a startup backed by Jeff Bezos, is betting that their iron-air battery technology can transform the power grid. Can it? Plus, we discuss GE's plans for automated blade finishing, a distressed jackup vessel at sea, and more. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  Transcript - EP72 - Rosemary Barnes Joins to Talk Iron-Air Battery Tech, Automated Blade Finishing & More This episode is brought to you by weather guard lightning tech at Weather Guard. We make lightning protection easy. If you're wind turbines or do for maintenance or repairs, install our strike tape retrofit LPS upgrade. At the same time, a strike tape installation is the quick, easy solution that provides a dramatic, long lasting boost to the factory lightning protection system. Forward thinking wind site owners install strike tape today to increase uptime tomorrow. Learn more in the show notes of today's podcast. Welcome back. I'm Dan Blewett. I'm Allen Hall. And I'm Rosemary Barnes And this is the uptime podcast bringing you the latest in wind energy, tech news and policy. All right, welcome back to the Uptime Podcast. I'm your co-host, Dan Blewett On today's episode, we've got some exciting news. Number one, Rosemary Barnes will be joining us here today, as are our new co-host. So, Allen, Allen is it, what do we have to do? Tri-hosts now? What happens here? I don't know. I don't know how that works. All right. Three new territory. Yeah, it's going to be great. So we'll hear from her in a second. Today's episode is going to be pretty exciting grants. I was battery tech. We're going to talk about this, really this terrible Chinese offshore installer vessel that has capsized. We'll talk about the implications of that. I mean, so much offshore wind is is getting going now where, you know, there's going to be accidents like this or talk about the implications there. Some projections and some ideas about engineering as we add offshore wind turbines. A really interesting case study of an Oklahoma wind farm that's had a lot of problems with safety and damage. And we'll talk about an SCHUTZE investing in a Wyoming wind farm, which is pretty interesting that more and more of these fossil fuel companies are getting into renewable energy. And lastly, we'll talk about ion air batteries, which is a really exciting development and potentially has major implications for the grid. Before we get going, I want to remind you that we need to get you signed up for uptime tech news. So if you're interested in the podcast, if you've been a long time listener, it's time to sign up in the show notes. You'll find a link. You just get a weekly email from us as, hey, we got a new podcast. Here's what it's about. Here's some other great news from around the Web. So definitely sign up for that today in the show notes wherever you listen. So here are my co-hosts. First, let's introduce Rosemary Barnes. Is your first episode back since you were a guest? Way back when. So, Rosemary, a welcome back to the show. We're excited to have you. Can you give our guests who maybe haven't called your episode or obviously it's been a couple of months, could just kind of give us a quick rundown of your background. And, you know, part of the reason we wanted to have you on the show is your expertize in wind energy and renewable energy. So what do our guests need to know about you and the expertize you bring to the show?

En este "A riesgo de demanda" (ARDD):  Las baterías de Form Energy podrían revolucionar el almacenaje de electricidad.  Los datos incómodos de Facebook sobre la desinformación   "Tenemos el derecho a permanecer ignorantes, todo lo que no sepamos puede y será utilizado en nuestra contra, muy probablemente para beneficio de otros." Fuentes usadas en este podcast: Articulo de Sheera Frenkel Articulo de Russell Gold  

Back in 2016, Mateo Jaramillo left Tesla, where he was leading the stationary energy storage business, and started looking for a new challenge to tackle. He took on long-duration energy storage -- not long duration like 8 hours or 12 hours, but days or weeks or more. In 2017 he came on the show to talk about it. He formed a company, now Form Energy, that has been toiling on this problem in stealth mode. Apart from saying they were building a "metal air" battery, his team held the technology close to the vest.That is, until last week. The company announced a $200M Series D financing led by ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaker, and in the process finally made public the technology, which is an iron air chemistry. Full disclosure: Shayle led Energy Impact Partners' investment in Form.Shayle and Mateo discuss the technology itself and the counterintuitive economics that Mateo believes will make it work. They also examine how it beat out the alternatives and how it might complement more efficient, but more expensive lithium-ion. It turns out financial modeling was far more important than spec sheets in understanding the tradeoffs.They tackle the critical question: Where exactly are the profitable applications of this technology before we hit very high 80% renewables? They also talk about the semantics of long-duration storage vs. multi-day storage, why Mateo hates holy grails, and potential partnerships with tofu companies.The Interchange is brought to you by Hitachi ABB Power Grids. Are you building a renewable plant? Looking for a battery energy storage system? Thinking about how to integrate renewables to your grid? Hitachi ABB Power Grids is your choice. The Interchange is brought to you by LONGi Solar, the world's leading solar technology company. A global market leader, LONGi has unmatched bankability, quality and performance validated by third-party laboratories, and has breakthrough innovation at both the wafer and module level.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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In this episode: Emily's conversation with Mateo Jaramillo, the co-founder and CEO of Form Energy.Form is working on a new kind of long-duration battery that could change the power sector. In the early 2000s, Mateo deployed some of the first battery systems in New York for demand response — seeing the grid services potential well before anyone else did. He went on to start the storage unit at Tesla, launching and building the Powerwall business. This conversation was recorded in 2019 in front of a live audience at the Prelude Venture Low Carbon Forum in Sonoma, CA. This podcast is brought to you by DLA Piper, a full-service global law firm that works with leading technology companies and their investors to meet all their legal needs. It's also brought to you by AES, a fortune-500 company helping organizations transition to new, smarter and cleaner solutions. AES is working toward a world that is 100% carbon-free.Powerhouse partners with leading corporations and investors to help them lead the next century of clean technology innovation. Our fund, Powerhouse Ventures, invests in founding teams building innovative software to rapidly transform our global energy and mobility systems. You can learn more about Powerhouse at https://www.powerhouse.fund/

Mateo Jaramillo is the co-founder and CEO of Form Energy which develops and commercializes a low-cost battery system that can store wind and solar energy for a long duration. The company has raised $125 million from top-tier investors, including Temasek Holdings, Coatue, Prelude Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Macquarie Capital, and Energy Impact Partners to name a few.

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For break-out information on this news update, please listen to the podcast.Technology News1. Apple hit with two privacy complaints in Europe over its mobile tracking tool for advertisers2. SpaceX launches four astronauts into orbit in NASA mission3. Jeff Bezos names first recipients of his $10B Earth Fund for combating climate change4. HBO Max ends Amazon standoff, reaches deal for Fire TV devices5. Qualcomm receives U.S. permission to sell 4G chips to Huawei in exception to ban6. CVS becomes first national retailer to offer support for PayPal and Venmo QR codes7. The DOJ has approved Mastercard's acquisition of Finicity Funding News8. Sales readiness platform MindTickle raises $100M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 29. Advanced battery startup Form Energy raises $70M Series C10. Zilliz raises $43M for its open source software11. Harbr raises $38.5M to help enterprises exchange and share big data troves securely12. Getaround raises additional $25M in debt financing13. Computer vision startup Chooch.ai raises $20M Series A14. Gretel raises $12M Series A led by Greylock15. Undock raises $1.6M to help solve your group scheduling issuesSee you tomorrow! Have a great day!A. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit techdelivered.substack.com

Avance gigante en baterías / Pi-Hole 5 / Intel + Tile / Modo oscuro reduce comprensión lectora / El tribunal supremo de Facebook  La promesa de las 150 horas más cerca. Form Energy, la startup de Mateo Jaramillo (antiguo director de Tesla Energy) y con financiación de Bill Gates, anuncia un acuerdo para instalar su novedoso sistema de baterías con hasta 150 horas de almacenamiento.  Se basa en “aire acuoso (LiOH.H2O)”, y no hay muchos detalles de momento. Funciona en piezas de 1 MW de potencia que pueden funcionar durante 150 horas (es decir, aportar 150 MWh de energía).  Las tradicionales solo llegan a unas 4-6 horas. Por ejemplo: Tesla promete con sus Megapack aportar hasta 1 GWh de energía con 250 MW de potencia. La planta Hornsdale en Australia unas 3 normalmente funciona ofreciendo 30 MW de potencia durante 3 horas (90 MWh).  Ya está disponible Pi-Hole 5.0. El sistema de bloqueo inteligente de conexiones más popular añade, entre otras capacidades chulas, los esperados filtros específicos por dispositivo o por grupos de dispositivos.  Si sois nuevos en esto, en Naseros tienes tutoriales muy chulos y seguro que comenta la nueva versión en breve.  Intel integrará la tecnología Tile en los portátiles. Algunos HP ya están integrados con este sistema de detección/ubicación por Bluetooth, pero en unos meses estarán integrados desde la placa. De momento no hay muchos más detalles.  ¿Leemos peor en modo oscuro? No hay mucha investigación al respecto, pero es la conclusión de un estudio sobre comprensión lectora que medía varios aspectos, entre ellos fondo oscuro con texto claro.  Hay factores mentales y otros más ópticos como el brillo. El modo oscuro ayuda a “leer más”: “Twitter descubrió que los usuarios pasaban más tiempo cuando activaban el modo oscuro”.  Facebook presentó su “Tribunal Supremo”. Una lista de expertos de todo el mundo que decidirán “qué contenido eliminar, cuál conservar y por qué”, tanto en líneas generales a nivel ético, como analizando casos particulares.  Box añade anti-virus a su almacenamiento en la nube. Usuarios personales y empresariales del sistema de archivos tienen activo “Box Shield”, una herramienta que comprobará si hay malware entre lo alojado, y enviará alertas o restringirá descargas si lo detecta.  Más comparativas de Flight Simulator 2020 y ciudades reales. La versión alfa del espectacular y muy esperado simulador de vuelo de Microsoft sigue avanzando, y los afortunados pocos jugadores están compartiendo más y más imágenes increíbles.  Microsoft añade protección contra las “tormentas” de Responder-a-Todos. Los servidores de Exchange y Office 365 podrán desactivar esta opción si detectan que está iniciándose la típica cadena de correos con “todo el mundo” en copia.  Empezará con condiciones laxas (10 respuestas masivas a 5.000 cuentas en menos de una hora) y a partir de ahí desactivará el botón “Responder a todos” en esos correos.  Android Automotive tendrá soporte para Apple CarPlay. El sistema informático completo para coches de Google (no confundir con Android Auto) podrá conectarse con los iPhone con el tradicional CarPlay. — Llegará en breve con los Volvo Polestar 2, y otros de General Motors.  Android Automotive no será igual en todos los coches. Las marcas podrán modificarlo ligeramente como hacen los fabricantes de móviles con Android. Assorties  Una ilustradora digital crea una escena de Animal Crossing (vídeo) usando solo HTML y CSS.  Menéame tiene una app móvil oficial para iPhone y Android.  Diagram.codes es una sencilla app que permite crear diferentes tipos de diagramas con una sencilla sintaxis de texto.  Google pondrá a un único ejecutivo a controlar el desarrollo de todas sus apps de mensajería.  Carbon es una simple web que te permite compartir imágenes de tu código fuente de forma rápida y bonita.  Vídeo que muestra varios “patrones” para echar pasta térmica entre procesador y disipador.  Un escape de gas de una planta desatendida por el confinamiento en la India dejó 11 muertos y más de 1.000 hospitalizados, muchos de ellos niños.  Un hacker afirma haber obtenido 500 GB de documentos y código fuente interno de Microsoft.  Los seis grandes centros de distribución de Amazon Francia seguirán cerrados hasta el 13 de mayo (por ahora), alcanzando casi un mes en total. ¿Quieres colaborar con el programa? Colabora en Patreon Colabora en Ko-Fi (PayPal) ---- Ahora también tenemos un grupo de Telegram para oyentes: https://t.me/joinchat/AF0lVBd8RkeEM4DL-8qYfw ---- Sigue la publicación en: Newsletter diaria: http://newsletter.mixx.io Twitter: http://twitter.com/mixx_io o sigue a Álex directamente en: http://twitter.com/somospostpc Envíame un email: alex@barredo.es Telegram: https://t.me/mixx_io Web: https://mixx.io

Henry skypes in from Los Angeles to give us updates on the Black Dahlia murder and to teach us about Tulpae, the imaginary ghost friends you can create in your spare time for fun and profit.