Beyond Lithium

💦 Battery immersion cooling! What does that mean? Today's episode brings James Werbe of Wayside Energy for a conversation with BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer. As Wayside puts it, they're "creating a future to look forward to" starting with their novel thermal control approach for sodium ion (Na-ion) cells and how it helps with safety, reliability, sustainability, and scaling. We dive into just what...

💤 Have you ever heard of "hibernation mode" for a battery? For this episode, BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer is joined by Mark Higgins of Redflow (ASX:RFX), a global company founded in Australia in 2005 (IPO 2010) that manufatures Zinc Bromine (Zn-Br) flow batteries. Tune in to learn from Mark just what Redflow's unique battery hibernation entails—not to mention their Zn-Br batteries' advantages in...

☀️ For this episode, Kristina "Kristy" Jansen joins the show with BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer. Kristy brings two decades of experiece to cleantech, having been in solar photovoltaic development in the early 2000's, followed by a stint in advocacy on the non-profit side, and recently returning to renewable energy with RAI Energy (pronounced "Ray") becasue there is so much work to be done. We discu...

🎙️ Cleantech expert and Clean Power Hour podcast guru Tim Montague joins (as always) BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer. The discussion ranges from the broad view of meta-trends in the cleantech space down to some actionable items for cleantech founders. Beyond the obvious "raise more money and grow," what are other features that up-and-coming clean energy storage technologies need to promote adoption?...

🧮 If US ratepayers spend an extra $25B/year towards buildout of 90% renewable generation in 2035, can you guess how many $Billions are saved in human and environmental health costs? (Hint: it's more than 10X the cost.) For this episode, Dr. Daniel Howard, co-founder and CEO of Quantum Energy Inc, joins BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer to discuss business and personal tradeoffs related to decarbonizat...

🏭 Russ and Nate continue the discussion, getting Russ' input the ongoing challenges in energy storage technology and deployment, the maturity of different scales and durations of energy storage technologies, and insights into the opportunities and surprises in bringing energy storage technology to market. Stick around for a forcast of what the energy storage mix will look like in 2035. Recorded 2...

💵 Wait, how many billions of dollars? Russ—who hails from Seattle and brings a decade of experience in the energy storage industry, including some flow batteries—sits down with BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer to discuss the implications of the recent US Inflation Reduction Act (or IRA) on energy storage development. Recorded 23 August 2022. [BioZen Batteries produces this show as part of the Clean P...

⚡ What's at the end of the transmission line? Craig sits down with BioZen's CEO Nate Kirchhofer to discuss community grid energy storage, and he shares more about the impetus behind his formation of the Clean Coalition, a little bit about how the grid works, why lithium-ion batteries are the "only" option right now, and his vision for what a fully renewable energy future will require from energy...