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43 Battery Storage Companies
To Watch
January 15th, 2015 by Zachary Shahan

As I wrote in my piece on cleantech trends from 2014 and expected cleantech trends in
2015, the battery storage market is really blossoming. There are now quite a number of
battery startups and battery departments within big corporations that seem to have
promising products arriving on the market or soon to arrive on the market. There are also
some that have been on the market for years but are now getting a lot more competitive.
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updated as new battery companies pop onto the radar or fall off of it. Im probably missing
a few too, so feel free to drop them in the comments below the article for me to add them.
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ABB (company site): One of the largest power and automation companies in the world, and
one largely focused on cleantech, ABB is of course in the battery storage space. It offers
distributed energy storage modules for grid storage purposes, such as peak shaving, load
shifting voltage regulation, renewable integration, and backup power.

AESC (company site): Automotive Energy Supply Corporation is one of three leaders in
the electric vehicle (EV) battery space, according to a Navigant Research report on the
market. Being in the EV battery space, it (naturally) produces lithium-ion batteries, using
lithium manganate as the cathode.

AES Energy Storage (company site): Although AES has been in the energy business for 30
years, this certainly doesnt mean that they arent worth keeping an eye on for the upcoming
year. This market leader has the largest fleet of grid batteries in commercial service and
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received a notable award in November 2014 of a 20-year contract with Southern California
Edison of 100 MW of interconnected battery energy storage. AES partners with industry-
leading utilities and power system operators on energy storage projects.

Alevo (company site): Alevo popped out of a long stealth mode in 2014 and is bringing the
first inorganic lithium battery to the commercial market. Its near the top of the list
here thanks to the alphabet and choice of name, but its also one of the most promising-
looking companies on the list, imho. It is targeted at the grid storage market.

Ambri (company site): Spun out of MIT, Ambri has been developing liquid metal battery
technology for the past few years. It has an initial factory in place, and Im sure well hear
more news from the company in 2015. The batteries are targeted for stationary storage
applications.

Amprius (company site): Not to be confused with the similarly named site above, Amprius
develops high-capacity lithium-ion batteries that originated at Stanford University. Amprius
definitely has the simplest website on this list, but it is still able to slip in the fact that
investors include Trident Capital, VantagePoint Capital Partners, IPV Capital, Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers, SAIF Partners, Chinergy Capital, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, and
Stanford University. Former Secretary of Energy Steven Chu sits on the board.

Aquion Energy (company site): With a handful of battery storage options now on the
table, Aquion Energys aqueous hybrid ion battery technology boasts long cycle life at 100%
depth of discharge for long duration (4 to 20 hour) applications.

Bosch (company site): It may not be Boschs signature product, but the technology giant is
offering energy storage and related technology and service solutions, particularly in
connection with solar and wind power installations.

Boston-Power (company site): A lithium-ion battery company aiming to produce batteries

at a large scale for super-affordable electric cars in China, Boston-Power is reportedly in the
process of scaling up its battery production capacity to the gigawatt scale.
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BYD (company site): A top producer of batteries used in mobile technologies, BYD has
moved into the grid storage market as well, and it produces several electric vehicles (cars
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CODA Energy (company site): Transformed from an electric car company, CODA Energy now
produces UL Certified behind-the-meter energy storage systems, and it has been landing a US Energy Storage Up, Coal Down,
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Electrovaya (company site): Electrovaya produces lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles
as well as grid storage. One strong selling point of Electrovayais its non-toxic manufacturing
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EnerVault (company site): One of a few companies on this list producing redox-flow
batteries, EnerVaults long-duration batteries are based around iron-chromium redox-flow
batteries. Naturally, being redox-flow technology, it is targeted at grid and
commercial/industrial applications, not electric vehicles.

Envia Systems (company site): After receiving a ton of attention for its promise, and then
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Eos Energy Storage (company site): Eos Energy Storage has been going quite a different
route with its zinc hybrid cathode battery technology. For a 1MW/4MWh storage system, Eos
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GE (company site): Yep, one of the largest corporations in the world is in the energy storage
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Green Charge Networks (company site): Green Charge Networks targets commercial and
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taking after the great success of $0 down solar service companies like SolarCity, Sunrun,
Sungevity, and Vivint Solar. Apart from commercial and industrial customers, the company
also goes after cities, schools, colleges, etc.

Greensmith (company site): Greensmith offers turn-key energy storage systems and seems
to work with many of the other companies on this list. Its core strength is the software
between an energy storage system and the grid. The good thing is that this allows
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Imergy Power Systems (company site): Imergy is another vanadium redox flow battery
company. Its offering is for stationary storage applications all the way down to the
residential level. It has landed a few notable deals lately, including with the US Navy.

JLM Energy (company site): JLM offers a portfolio of energy technology products designed
to be managed on a single cloud-based software platform. JLM Energy has residential,
commercial, and industrial advanced energy storage systems capable of demand shaving,
PV shouldering, net metering, and power outage backup. JLMs proprietary software,
Measurz, provides real-time energy management and reporting.

Johnson Controls (company site): Johnson Controls, long a leader in the car battery space,
offers various lithium-ion battery solutions for EVs as well as lead-acid batteries. It was
identified as one of three leaders in the EV battery market by Navigant Research in
2013.
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LG Chem (company site): LG Chem is another giant that is a player in this energy storage
market. LG Chem offers battery systems for stationary storage, but it is most notable as a
leader in the EV battery space, if not the leader. It produces lithium-ion polymer batteries.

OutBack Power (company site): Recently partnering with Sunrun for residential energy
storage, OutBack Power seems to be looking forward to a good year. It offers battery
solutions for essentially all stationary uses, as well as some mobile power needs, such as in
an RV or marine vessel.

Panasonic / Tesla / SolarCity (Panasonic site / Tesla site / SolarCity site): The hottest
company in the car world is Tesla, and probably the hottest solar company (at least in the
US) is SolarCity, and that has led to the TeslaPanasonicSolarCity partnership being one of
the hottest in the battery storage world. Tesla battery packs using Panasonic battery cells
are used in the Tesla Model S, but they are also used to some degree for grid, commercial,
and residential storage needs.

Pellion Technologies (company site): Pellion is reportedly developing next-gen batteries

that will leave lithium-ion batteries in the dust. Spun out of MIT research, the company Email Address
states that it has discovered a series of fundamental breakthroughs in materials,
chemistry, and cell design. It is targeting mobile technologies, but could potentially become
a big player in other storage fields, especially electric vehicle storage. Potentially.
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Primus Power (company site): Primus is installing zinc-bromine flow batteries with a single
tank and no flimsy membrane separator for a system that provides duration without
degradation. Backed by DBL, the same VCs behind SolarCity and Tesla, Primus Power
has signed up a couple utilities, Puget Sound Energy and Modesto Irrigation District, and a Tesla Model 3 Review by EVANNEX
Department of Defense microgrid in San Diego. For utility-scale or commercial/industrial
behind-the-meter storage, its modular systems claim a cycle life beyond 20,000 cycles, have
been tested by Sandia National Labs, and will soon be testing with PG&E.

QuantumScape (company site): QuantumScape has gotten a lot of attention of late, thanks
to Volkswagens investment in the company. It apparently uses lithium batteries, but its
big breakthrough is reportedly due to the use of perovskite.

RES Americas (company site): RES Americas is one of the only companies here that
develops renewable energy projects. Knowing how useful battery storage can be for those,
RES Americas also offers stationary energy storage solutions. The company states, We
currently have energy storage plants in regional transmission organizations ERCOT, PJM,
and IESO that are either completed or under construction, and have multiple projects in
late development. It uses various energy storage technologies, not just batteries. When it
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S&C Electric Company (company site): Building on its long experience in utility-grade
switching and protection products and smart grid solutions, S&C installed its first MW-scale
energy storage system in 2006 and has since connected over 150 MWh of storage to the grid
in the United States, Australia, Europe, and Canada. The company uses its proprietary
power conversion system (PCS) to integrate a wide variety of battery chemistries, catering to
each specific application. S&C recently completed the 6MW/10 MWh UK Power Network
installation, the largest energy storage system in Europe.

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Sakti3 (company site): Sakti3 is working on solid-state batteries, a category of batteries that
is assumed to eventually replace lithium-ion batteries. It aims to get the price of its battery
cells down to $100/kWh, and target both mobile applications and electric vehicles (starting
with the former). The startup spun out of the University of Michigan. Investors
include Khosla Ventures, General Motors Ventures, Beringea, and Itochu Technology
Ventures.

Samsung (company site): When I visited Younicos (see below) in Germany, it was using
Samsung lithium-ion batteries in its storage system, after thoroughly testing batteries from
a bunch of different companies. So, I assume they are pretty good. Its batteries are used in
a large variety of mobile devices, electric vehicles, and stationary applications.

Seeo (company site): Luckily, this startup comes right after Samsung a prominent new Tesla Model 3 Exclusive Pictures
investor in Seeo that we just noted knows a thing or two about batteries. Like Sakti3, it is
working on solid-state battery technology. Though, it already has some products on the
market. It states that it has developed a new generation of rechargeable lithium batteries
based on a proprietary, nanostructured non-flammable polymer electrolyte called
DryLyte. It is targeting use in electric vehicles, for grid storage, and as telecom backup.

Sharp (company site): Sharps SmartStorage is a unique energy storage solution that can
be used to cut utility demand charges for commercial and industrial buildings. It combines
cutting-edge hardware, with Sharps own intelligent software. The system employs
sophisticated, predictive controls to manage the release of this energy, resulting in high
performance, high system efficiency and world-class reliability. Also, it is backed by a 10-
year performance guarantee from Sharp if yearly demand charge savings are not met,
Sharp will pay the difference. It also comes with a 10-year O&M service agreement, which
includes 100% free maintenance and a 10-year warranty service supported by Sharps Tesla Model X Review #1 (Video)
nationwide service centers.

SK Continental E-motion (company site): SK Continental E-motion is another leading

producer of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. It is in both Germany and Korea, with
its headquarters in Berlin. Its R&D organization includes ~180 engineers.

Siemens (company site): Known much more for its big presence in several other industries
wind power, rail of all sorts, and a million other things Siemens is also in the energy
storage business. It is focused on the grid storage market, and states that it combines
cutting-edge power electronics for grid applications and high-performance Li-ion batteries.

Solar Grid Storage (company site): Solar Grid Storage develops battery storage systems co-
located with solar PV power systems. Solar Grid Storage typically installs, owns, and
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operates the system. However, it also offers an option for the solar project owner to own the
system.

Spider9 (company site): Spider9 offers lithium-ion energy storage systems featuring
patented cell-level optimization to increase system safety, life, and usable capacity for up to
40% lifetime cost savings. Spider9 gained momentum through the end of 2014 with
announcements of the certification to UL standards of its first commercial product, an
agreement to sublicense its core technology to Samsung for non-stationary applications,
and its selection to participate in the Hawaii-based Energy Excelerator program.

Stem (company site): Stem is another startup that has been getting quite a lot of attention
in the past year. It is keen to focus on the word intelligent when describing its energy
storage solutions, as its offering is not just about the batteries but the software surrounding
them and connecting them to other components of the electricity system. It offers an Tesla Model S Long-Term Review
integrated solution of cloud-based predictive software and advanced energy storage,
according to its website. The Stem system lowers your monthly energy bill by reducing
peak loads, predicting your energy usage patterns, and deploying stored energy at precise
timeswith no change to how your business operates. It is targeting business and utility
applications.

Sunverge (company site): Again focused on the term intelligent, Sunverge is focused on
utilization with distributed energy storage application (i.e., solar power). It combines
batteries, power electronics, and multiple energy inputs in a UL-certified appliance that is
remotely managed and controlled by software running in the cloud. Its target customers
include electricity consumers, electricity retailers, and utilities. It recently teamed up with
SunPower one of the largest solar power companies in the world for solar + storage
applications in the US and Australia. Nissan LEAF Long-Term Review

ViZn Energy (company site): ViZn uses a different flow battery technology than any of the
companies above a low-cost, non-acid, zinc-iron chemistry. To start with, at least, it is
targeting the microgrid market.

Younicos (company site): If you follow CleanTechnica closely, Im sure you know that I visited
Younicos headquarters in Berlin in September. As I noted above, it does not produce
batteries, and it has tested dozens of them to choose the best for its system. It actually
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combines lithium-ion batteries with sodium-sulfur batteries and vanadium redox flow
batteries in order to create something akin to a superbattery. But its biggest competitive
advantage is reportedly the software that optimizes these batteries for the best
performance and greatly extended lifespan in grid storage applications. Younicos has been
under development for ~8 years and has ~50 software engineers on staff.

Thats my current list. Let me know if youve got others I should add to this!

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Vensonata a year ago

Missed Balqon. They make lifepo4 battery banks for residential off grid and on, yachts
etc. They make commercial electric vehicles like cement trucks, dump trucks, Interview with Nick Sampson

California company. They use Winston lifepo4 from China. They deserve mention if
Outback storage deserves it. This residential battery market is going to be huge. I keep
thinking of Bill Gates of all people saying, "people don't need personal computers"!
Steve Jobs begged to differ. Residential lithium will be as common as refrigerators I
think.
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Michael G > Vensonata a year ago

That was Ken Olsen of DEC who said "people don't need personal
computers". DEC was bought by Compaq and shut down after a while. Olsen
said it was out of context and he meant a PC to control someone's home was Interview with Dipal Barua
unnecessary.

Gates worked on the very first DIY personal computers making TinyBasic to fit
in the 4K memories of the time.

Gates supposedly said "no one will ever need more than 640K memory" but he
denies it and there seems to be no record of it.

Gates' and Olsen's quotes real and false are discussed here:

http://www.computerworld.com/a...
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Vensonata > Michael G a year ago Interview with Jonathon Porritt

Ok, thanks. Lets try this one by Bill Gates: " when the internet came
along we had it 5th or 6th on our priority list.....It happened faster than
we expected"
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Marion Meads a year ago

Truly appreciated this list and has bookmarked it. It would be nicer if you can indicate
which companies are into off-grid or retail battery energy storage. Many applications.
I've only read Sunverge of Australia from your list.

The next revolution after residential solar PV would be residential battery storage.
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Offgridman Top Commenter > Marion Meads a year ago

From the descriptions you can already mostly tell the companies concentrating
on commercial applications (grid storage, EV's) or those doing residential
applications (private consumer sales).
There is no need to isolate out offgrid applications because they just fall under
the residential or micro grid uses. In the case of companies doing residential
they will certainly be willing to scale up there offerings to cover the needs of
offgrid. In the case of one's offering micro grid applications you will have to see
if what they offer is suitable for your offgrid needs or is to big.
Company contact info is provided, send a few of them an email describing your
capacity requirements and I bet you will get some responses as to price or lack
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of suitability for what you want.
Zach has been nice enough to round up this list of companies offering storage.
For those of us offgrid or wanting to go that way it is still up to us to determine
the most suitable and cost effective way because there are so many variances
to each individual situation.
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Marion Meads > Offgridman a year ago

My dream is to build an off-grid battery energy storage system from a
used EV, as it doesn't get cheaper than that. Was excited at one time
that the Volt battery replacement pack available from GM-auto parts
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was being sold at about $120-$160/kWh capacity. Perhaps, the
manufacturers of EV batteries themselves could sell packs that we can
assemble to form our own storage system. Companies in Germany
that are selling residential battery storage do not have palatable prices.
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Offgridman Top Commenter > Marion Meads a year ago

Yes I found the same thing when checking prices for Volt or Leaf
replacement batteries last year through a friend's auto parts
supply store. Two issues though are 1) you had to say that you
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were buying them for use in a car for the warranty to apply, and
2) these replacement batteries come with the assumption that
you will be using the protective case and charging control
circuitry and connectors from the old battery. Join The Solar Revolution!
Now for use in home energy storage the case isn't such a big
issue, but being sure that the pack(s) are being charged and
discharged correctly for best life scenario having the technical
know how or knowing someone that does does become a
priority.
This is why the storage packs from Balqon or Aquion seem
expensive by the Kwh, but they do include the needed charging
circuitry and software and sometimes the AC inverter too.
That's why my getting the sealed glass mat batteries originally
intended for a cell tower site at less than 100$/Kwh was good
luck but being able to charge them from my wind and solar
supplies can be done with regularly available charge controllers
was an additional plus.
Good fortune with your research, and let us know how it turns
out.
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Offgridman Top Commenter > Marion Meads a year ago

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Ms Meads,
Didn't have time the other day so here is an additional note on
using the EV battery packs for home or offgrid storage.
While buying the replacement packs (either new or used) is
relatively inexpensive the main issue that I ran into is that they
don't include the BMS (battery management system), as the
automotive manufacturers assume that you are getting them to
replace a pack in a vehicle, and expect you to transfer that from
the old pack to the new.
There is an article on InsideEV's titled "Electric Motorcycle
Primer" part 3, battery care and handling, that does a much
better job than I could of explaining the importance of these
systems when using lithium battery packs.
Hope that you find it to be helpful, and as before please keep us
updated as to your progress at going offgrid.
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Joe Viocoe a year ago

What, no EESTOR?

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Steven F a year ago

Ambri: "The batteries seem to be targeted for both grid storage and electric vehicle
(EV) storage eventually, at least."

I doubt you will ever see that Ambri battery in cars for two reasons.

1. The metals in the battery but stay in a molten state meaning you have to keep it hot
all the time.

2. The design requires one of the metal to be a heavy one such as lead. If you tried to
put a Ambri battery in Tesla it would probably damage the suspension without even
moving the car.

While the Ambri battery may not work for cars it is a very good battery for home or grid
energy storage. Currently the Ambri battery is being tested successfully using charge
and discharge cycles that would kill any solid battery currently on the market No one
currently knows how long these batteries will last. Current data indicates they should
last more than 20 years.with daily charging and discharging.
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last more than 20 years.with daily charging and discharging.
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Scott a year ago

I might add California Lithium Battery, Prieto Battery, Oxis Energy, and Store Dot.
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juxx0r a year ago

A123 Systems
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Joe Viocoe > juxx0r a year ago

You mean B456, right?
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Energy a year ago

PowerSys (www.PowerSys.gs)
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Pete in Oz a year ago

As I have mentioned on a couple of other posts the Australian Company Redflow
(www.Redflow.com.au) is another contended. They have pioneered and developed the
zinc-bromide flow battery have been in existence for some time now. It seems logical
to me at the moment that flow batteries might likely dominate player in the fixed
storage arena as they supposedly can sustain 100% DoD without degradation to the
battery. Lithium Ion and perhaps other variants on the other hand are supposedly
susceptible to significant degradation if 80% DoD is exceeded.
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John a year ago

Missed solid energy, japan power plus
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Joe Viocoe > John a year ago

Pretty sure they are vaporware.
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Bathbun a year ago

Zack,
Not sure how any list of battery companies can ignore thisTexas based company.
They have been in the market place for several decades.
Extract from their web page:
Valence customers are leading an energy revolution, introducing low-carbon
equipment with reduced weight designs and optimized EV systems utilizing U-
Charge lithium phosphate systems that set todays energy benchmark.
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Maarten Hulst a year ago

http://prietobattery.com/

Prieto battery Inc. 3d Lithium Ion technology

and

http://powerjapanplus.com/

Power Japan plus

best regard,
maarten
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anonymous a year ago

It seems you haven't consider any Japponese company that are very active like NEC
and Toshiba
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hljmesa a year ago

AES ??.......http://aes.com/
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lina a year ago

Missed Saft: the world's largest manufacturer of industrial batteries
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Missed Saft: the world's largest manufacturer of industrial batteries
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lina > lina a year ago

http://www.saftbatteries.com/m...
they have a range of on-grid and off-grid solutions
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Enf Martino a year ago

Dear Zach, I think you should add CalBattery. http://clbattery.com/
California Lithium Battery (CLB) addresses this fundamental challenge with a new
disruptive technology: a Silicon-Graphene (SiGr) composite anode material.

Best.
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Jouni Valkonen > Enf Martino a year ago

More than 99 % all tech-companies that are selling disruptive new technology
are actually selling vapor ware. For example, typical vapor ware company is
Sakti3, that has lured successfully venture capital by promising for over 1000
fold return for invested capital.

Therefore it is highly probable that also CalBattery is selling vapor ware.

Simple economics 101. As disruptive battery tech delivers more than 1000 fold
return for invested capital therefore 999 out of 1000 battery start-ups that are
selling disruptive battery tech, are actually selling vapor ware. Venture
capitalists are actually not fool when they are financing vapor ware companies,
because they can calculate probabilities. If they finance 100 start-up
companies and 99 of them fail, but one delivers 150 fold return for invested
capital, then they actually are making good profits. For most people however
probabilities are difficult and hard to understand, therefore these vapor ware
companies are getting more attention in media than they actually deserve.
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Nathan Lim a year ago

How about NGK Insulators. They have been making and shipping NAS batteries for
years.
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Peter Lageson a year ago

Hi, feel free to add Nilar, a provider of advanced industrial bi-polar NiMh batteries and
energy storage solutions. Nilar provides safe and environmentally-friendly industrial
batteries and energy storage solutions. These are based on a modular battery solution
that provides a flexible and powerful platform for high and low voltage application.
You find us on www.nilar.com
brgds
Peter
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(xiao du) a year ago

Winston? CALB?
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jstack6 a year ago

You need to add JuiceBox Energy and Enphase. They both have lithium packs in a
form that can be connected to add as much power as you want.
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JLM Energy, Inc a year ago

Hi Zach, Thanks for putting this together, however you missed JLM Energy: please
consider republishing with important additions...

JLM's Energizr is a plug n play home battery system shipping for almost a year....

Each Energizr inverter is 4.4kW of instantaneous power.

The associated LiFePO4 self-contained battery pack systems have 8.8kWh of run
time.

Energizr can be daisy-chained, connecting up to 4 units, which equals 17.6kW of

instantaneous power. Additional battery pack systems can easily be connected to the
self-contained unit. As such, the kWh run time capabilities are vast. tiny.cc/o729tx
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Solaroad Technologies a year ago

Hi Zachary, you missed us, Solaroad Technologies. We utilize Li-Po battery storage
technology in our thin film solar cells to create a all in one portable solar generator with
integrated storage. We also are working on SolarFilm, which has the ability to generate
and store electricity.
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Ken Muir 8 months ago

Hi Zach, Thanks for all you do in keeping us up to date on Clean Tech. I downloaded
this list to a word document and only counted 41. Maybe my inability to count? Here's
another one you can consider adding to your list. Best, Ken Muir, SunHarvest Solar,
Phoenix AZ.

Advanced Micro Solutions (advmicrogrid.com/): AMS installs advanced energy storage

systems in buildings to lower energy costs for consumers and provide clean, instant
load reduction to electric utilities. We're building a more efficient, more resilient electric
grid.
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Tom Breunig 8 months ago

UniEnergy Technologies in Mukilteo, WA, is another one that is moving fast here in the
Northwest with one of the largest flow battery installations being rolled out in Pullman
WA with Avista. They use vanadium. Also keep on eye on Energy Storage Systems of
Portland, OR, with a cost-effective all-iron flow battery that is under testing right now.
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Qinous 8 months ago

Our company Qinous is missing. We are a young Berlin based company building plug
& play energy storage systems based on Lithium ion batteries from Samsung SDI or
Aquion Energy batteries.
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Phil 7 months ago

Arbarr Energy Storage Technologies based in Northern Ireland, UK, specialise in
electrical energy storage and battery management systems. Our battery chemistry of
choice is Lithium Iron Phosphate but we have the capabilities to work with other
chemistries as well. Operating in the domestic, commercial, industrial and utility scale
markets, Arbarr offers portable, fixed and customised solutions to meet a variety of
needs. We offer a complete end-to-end solution, taking the customer through every
step from conception, design, manufacture, installation, after-sales support and
ongoing monitoring and data analysis. For more information visit www.arbarr.com or
call us today on +44 (0) 28 777 666 11.
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Ruth 3 months ago

One for your list: NEC Energy Solutions
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Susie 3 months ago

Where's Tesla? Duh.
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Batfaqs 2 months ago

Arotech Corporation subsidiary Electric Fuel Energy EFE. Iron flow battery.
http://electricfuelenergy.com/...
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