CleanTechies Podcast

The #1 Podcast for ClimateTech Entrepreneurs

We are CleanTechies, the #1 Podcast for ClimateTech Entrepreneurs. Whether you’re an active ClimateTech entrepreneur, an aspiring one, an investor, a service provider…anything that touches supporting early stage climate tech, this is the place for you. Each week, we publish two interviews with leading experts in the field telling their stories, insights, and advice to help ClimateTech Entrepreneurs like you be inspired by their successes and learn from their mistakes. cleantechies.substack.com

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CleanTechies Podcast

Episodes (278)

Wednesday #277 The Battery That Lost the EV Race but Could Save the Grid | Antonio Baclig (Inlyte Energy)
Wed Feb 4th #276 Digitizing The Paperwork Layer of the Energy Transition | Hudson Hollister (HData)
Jan 28th #275 Turning Idle Oil Wells into Gravity Batteries | Kemp Gregory (Renewell Energy)

CleanTechies Podcast

Feb 11, 2026
1 hours
58 MB

00:00 – Intro: Recording in-person at 9Zero in San Francisco. 02:45 – Antonio’s Background: From Stanford PhD to Flow Batteries. 06:00 – The History: What is the "Zebra Battery" and why did it fail in EVs? 10:15 – The Chemistry: How Sodium, Iron, and Salt work together. 12:30 – The Economics: Why $1/kWh material cost changes everything. 17:00 – Safety First: No thermal runaway and safer than Lithium-Ion. 22:00 – Manufacturing Strategy: Leveraging existing UK talent and factories. 28:00 – The "Bankability" Challenge: Proving a "new" old technology. 34:00 – Commercialization: Who buys these batteries? (Utilities vs Developers). 41:00 – The Grid Reality: Why...

CleanTechies Podcast

#277 The Battery That Lost the EV Race but Could Save the Grid | Antonio Baclig (Inlyte Energy)

The #1 Podcast for ClimateTech Entrepreneurs

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