Batteries for the Grid: Why Chemistry Matters

Battery energy storage is needed to support economical and reliable renewable energy, but are we just trading national dependence on dirty fossil fuels for a reliance on limited foreign minerals?

On Friday, March 29 at 12:00pm we invited Patrick Sullivan of Flux XII (one of our newest members), to talk about battery chemistry, what materials are being used in batteries today and frameworks to assess their societal impacts, such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In this webinar, Patrick walked through which battery asset features the chemistry impacts (spoiler, it’s almost everything!), shared some challenges for developing more sustainable grid-scale batteries, and how they are tackling those challenges for long-term global benefits.

See webinar recording.

Patrick Sullivan is co-founder and CEO of Flux XII Inc., headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. During his Chemistry PhD at University of Wisconsin-Madison, he led a brand academic new lab from concept to scale: publishing in high impact journals, co-inventing several patent filings, and testing kW battery prototypes. Motivated by application beyond the lab, Patrick also completed an Energy Analysis and Policy graduate certificate, trained for 2+ years in entrepreneurial programs, and conducted hundreds of stakeholder interviews. With knowledge from molecules to market, he is now building a team and partnerships for sustainable impact.