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Geo2Watts

Geo2Watts™ is developing a thermal energy storage (TES) technology, named the Borehole Battery™, designed for long duration energy storage (LDES) applications.

Smart Labels and Wearables: Flexible Batteries Find Their Niche

Since the conception of flexible battery technologies, suppliers have searched for strong application markets for their products. In the last five years, niches have finally begun to materialize, though the specific use case depends on battery technology.

Key Drivers for Thermal Energy Storage Technologies in Industry

Industries have traditionally used fossil fuels to produce heat for their processes or to fuel power plants to generate electricity, including the use of natural gas, oil, and coal. Industrial heating processes are responsible for ~25% of global emissions, and therefore, great attention from governments and states is being seen to decarbonize this area of industry.

Application of MOFs in Chemical Separations and Purifications

Innovation map for application of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) in chemical separations and purifications.

LanzaJet

LanzaJet is a sustainable fuels technology company, spun out of LanzaTech in 2020. The company is commercializing its alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) technology for production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Ateios

Ateios is a California-based startup that focuses on the development of light-cured cathodes for rechargeable batteries. It was founded in 2017, moving from a focus on stretchable battery cells to generalist manufacturing process innovation. This interview, conducted with CEO Rajan Kumar, contains key information on their technology and business model.

Group14 Technologies

Group14 Technologies are a US-based silicon anode material manufacturer.

Cavern Energy Storage

Cavern Energy Storage was founded in 2022 and is developing a long duration energy storage (LDES) technology utilizing underground pumped hydro storage in salt domes.

Ensurge Micropower ASA

Ensurge Micropower ASA is a Norwegian startup with facilities in San Jose, California. It produces solid-state lithium microbatteries for use in IoT, wearables and healthcare. IDTechEx interviewed CEO Lars Eikland.

CMBlu Energy

CMBlu Energy is a Germany-based organic redox flow battery (ORFB) developer.

D-Wave

D-Wave is a quantum computing company developing systems based on superconducting quantum annealers. IDTechEx interviewed Vice President Murray Thom.

Tetramer: MOFs for Decontamination and Filtration

Tetramer is an advanced materials company that develops and transitions materials from the lab to the market or defense applications.

The Emerging Industrial Thermal Energy Storage Market

With ~90% of industrial heating processes using fossil fuels, this has led to approximately 25% of global energy pollution coming from heat produced for industrial processes. As such, demand for technologies to decarbonize industrial heating is expected to increase. One such technology that is able to store and supply heat to industrial processes is thermal energy storage (TES). TES for industrial applications currently only forms a minor percentage of global TES capacity, given that TES systems have been widely deployed in applications such as pairing with concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, district heating, cold chain, and space heating for buildings.

Montana Technologies: MOF-Based AWH and HVAC Technology

Montana Technologies is a US-based company that has developed AirJoule, its MOF-based atmospheric water harvesting and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) technology.