A metal best known for galvanising steel is making the jump into a developing $30-billion energy-storage market for electrical grids that\u2019s increasingly seen as key to unleashing solar and wind power upon the world.<\/p>\n
Less than four months after Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to produce 100% of New York\u2019s electricity from clean sources by 2040, the state power authority launched an innovation challenge involving 60 companies in a quest to reach that goal. The winner: A Canada-based startup whose pitch can be wrapped up in two words: Think zinc.<\/p>\n
Battery systems built around zinc, they said, don\u2019t catch fire like lithium-ion systems. The longer they run, the less costly they are in comparison. And zinc is cheaper and more widely available. It\u2019s a pitch drawing interest not just in New York, which in January initiated a $2.55 million project with the winning startup. Canada and Indonesia are funding their own zinc-battery projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cStorage for utilities is an untapped market,\u201d said Ron MacDonald, the head of Zinc8 Energy Solutions, the company that won the state challenge. \u201cIt\u2019s a holy grail.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A metal best known for galvanising steel is making the jump into a developing $30-billion energy-storage market for electrical grids that\u2019s increasingly seen as key to unleashing solar and wind power upon the world.<\/p>\n
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