Best of Earth911 Podcast: Amptricity CEO Damir Perge Introduces Solid-State Battery Storage for Home & Business

Best of Earth911 Podcast: Amptricity CEO Damir Perge Introduces Solid-State Battery Storage for Home & Business

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You could not see the proof daily, however the electrification of our financial system is nicely underway. In this episode, meet Damir Perge, CEO of Miami-based Amptricity, a maker of solid-state battery know-how, an digital storage system that gives sufficient energy for 8 hours of dwelling backup electrical energy.

Ampricity’s batteries may be recharged 11,000 instances — at one cost cycle a day, which is extra frequent than most houses would require, these batteries ought to work for at the least 30 years. Amptricity batteries are assured for 25 years with a 96% cost capability — that’s a few decade longer than the present technology of the Tesla Battery Wall. Amptricity is taking orders now and guarantees to ship sufficient capability for 400,000 houses within the subsequent two and a half years.

Damir Perge, co-founder and CEO of Amptricity
Damir Perge, co-founder and CEO of Amptricity, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

According to Bloomberg NEF, society has reached peak “world demand for each type of fossil gas” in 87 international locations. With the price of solar-generated electrical energy now firmly beneath the price of pure gasoline, householders and enterprise can confidently start their transition. The problem is easy methods to retailer that electrical energy, and battery know-how is the main focus of huge funding.

Battery know-how will maybe be extra ubiquitous than photo voltaic panels as we reorganize the electric grid to make it extra resilient. For instance, a house related to the normal grid might have a backup battery charged and prepared for a blackout, even when they don’t have dwelling photo voltaic.

You can be taught extra about Amptricity at amptricity.com.

Originally aired Aug 28, 2023