Battery + Storage Podcast

In this episode, Bill Derasmo sits down with Shane McBee, vice president of business development at Invinity Energy Systems, to unpack why vanadium may hold the key to solving one of the grid's most persistent challenges. Invinity's vanadium flow batteries (VFB) store energy in liquid electrolyte rather than solid electrodes, delivering virtually unlimited charge cycles, zero fire risk, and a lower lifetime cost than lithium-ion. McBee discusses how VFBs differ from competing chemistries through the real-world performance of some of Invinity's projects, and what the growing appetite for long-duration storage means for the future of the grid. Listen in to learn how Invinity is making a compelling case that lithium-ion can't go it alone as renewable capacity surges worldwide.

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Join host Vaughn Morrison for a conversation with Giovanni Damato, president of CMBlu Energy U.S., as they dig into the company's long‑duration, water‑based battery technology. They discuss how CMBlu's solid‑flow design delivers multihour energy storage using nonflammable, nonlithium materials, opening the door to more flexible project siting than traditional lithium‑ion systems. The episode also takes a closer look at CMBlu's evolving supply chain strategy, from its current manufacturing base in Europe to plans for future U.S. facilities, and how the company is positioning itself to benefit from domestic content requirements and clean energy tax incentives.

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Host Bill Derasmo sits down with Jonathan Tan, CEO and co‑founder of Coreshell, for a deep dive into how U.S.-made silicon anodes could reshape the global battery industry. Their conversation unpacks Coreshell's approach to producing low‑cost, domestically sourced silicon anodes designed to replace Chinese‑sourced graphite — an innovation with major implications for supply chain security, national competitiveness, and the future of electrification. For anyone tracking the next wave of battery technology or the geopolitics of energy storage, this episode offers insight you won't want to miss.

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Host Vaughn Morrison sits down with Darin Green of Array Technologies to explore how "engineered simplicity" in solar trackers is reshaping the economics of utility‑scale solar and storage. They discuss how smarter tracking hardware and controls can make repowering older projects faster and more cost‑effective, the growing trend of pairing batteries with solar in the repowering context, and what developers should know about domestic content, FEOC, and IRA incentives as they plan their next generation of projects.

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Host Bill Derasmo is joined by Chris McKissack, CEO of Fullmark Energy, to unpack the rise of standalone storage and the complexities of energy storage projects. From AI data centers to grid reliability, McKissack explains how batteries are quietly running the show. Hit play and get charged up on how storage is reshaping today's power markets.

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