25 | Mike Berger — Director of Product Engineering, Stryten Energy
🚀 “It’s not rocket science,” someone once told Mike Berger, Stryten Energy’s Director of Product Engineering. "Yes," he agreed. “It’s probably even a little more complicated than rocket science becau...
21 Apr 202425min
24 | Kieran Claffey — Senior Research Engineer, Southern Company
🏭 For the electric utilities, what is the most important metric for energy storage technology? What is the rule of 17%? What is dunkelflaute?! For answers, we turn to Kieran Claffey of Southern Compa...
27 Mar 202430min
23 | Cullen Quine — Postdoctoral Researcher at NREL & Co-founder of Activated Energy
🐝 What is >100X more energy dense (33 kWh/kg) than Li-ion batteries (0.3kW/kg), and why is it so hard to store it at room temperature? What is a naturally-occurring gas that can be uniquely compresse...
5 Mar 202421min
22 | Ben Bollinger — VP of Strategic Initiatives, Malta, Inc.
🌡 What's the difference between a heat pump and a heat engine? What is synchronous inertia? What are the four horses pulling the chariot of a startup company? Why does a technology need its own sandb...
9 Feb 202434min
21 | Matt Raiford & Alyssa McQuilling — Sr. Technical Manager & Research and Innovation Manager, Consortium for Battery Innovation
🚗 What is the most recycled product in the world, with 99.7% being collected into the recycling stream? Where does it get used beyond the starter / lighting / ignition functions in your car? Why does...
17 Jan 202431min
20 | Brendan Serapiglia & Jason Feldmar — Partners, Gates & Cooper LLP
💡 Can you trademark a sound? Why can you only patent "non-obvious" inventions? Who decides what is non-obvious? What is Enablement and how does the Supreme Court's ruling on it affect cleantech?! For...
5 Jan 202435min
19 | Matt Harper — Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer, Invinity Energy Systems
♾ That's right: Invinity, with a V for vanadium. How many square meters does it take to set up 1 MWh of vanadium flow batteries? For the answer, we turn to Matt Harper, CCO and Co-founder at Invinity,...
14 Des 202329min
18 | Matt Millard — Founder & CEO, CapyBara Energy
🐻 The capybara is nature's ultimate collaborator, existing peacefully in diverse global ecosystems. That harmonious disposition is exactly what CapyBara Energy seeks to bring to the energy storage ma...
1 Des 202321min
