Energy for small scale stationary storage
Safe and reliable at a low-price
Aluminum-sulfur battery chemistry
The Avanti Battery delivers high energy, rapid charging, peak performance at small scale, extremely low cost and with no risk of fire (thermal runaway). In short, a game changer.
All this for less than $20 per kWh.
Created from aluminum metal, elemental sulfur, and common salt, the Avanti Battery achieves the goals of high energy, extremely low cost, rapid charging and fire resistance. Avanti is poised to become the stand-alone power solution for small-scale stationary energy storage to be paired with renewables for continuous, uninterruptible power output.
Containing low cost, earth abundant aluminum and sulfur, the Avanti battery demonstrates overlooked chemical possibilities and transforming them into practical energy storage concepts.
The Avanti battery meets the huge market for stationary storage at moderate scale, on the order of 100 kWh; this technology serves the single-family home or small-to-medium enterprise.
The aluminum–sulfur battery is a practical solution composed of earth-abundant elements that can be domestically sourced, operating at moderately elevated temperature--near the boiling point of water. This chemistry represents a radically new approach to a low-cost, fire-resistant, rechargeable, recyclable, battery.
The Avanti battery is a low-cost high-efficency solution offering 100% clean energy.
•The product can be deployed easily on the low voltage grid (distribution) as well as on the high voltage grid (bulk storage).
•The product is suitable for single-family home storage or solar-powered EV charger.
•The product operates as a true battery with no moving parts, and an efficient single-step reversible reaction, unlike a flow battery or metal air battery.
First deployments:
• Residential
• Solar and storage, such as EV charging stations
• Small commercial applications
For the small-grid operator:
• Operates effectively in the low voltage grid, known as the "grid edge."
• Alllows low-cost storage in tight areas.
• Offers long duration pricing to decentralized locations.
• System known as a "clean home generator”.
The mass manufacturing of the commercial cell allows customization. The advantages include:
• No moving parts.
• Two terminal-design at a specified voltage.
• Integrated power electronics.
• >70% AC:AC efficiency energy rating.
• $5 per kWh cell can be configured into products that discharge for 5 hours to 40 hours+.
• Duration determines total installed cost.
• Optimum performance between 1C and C/40.
Foundational research was conducted at MIT and published in Nature in 2022, arguably the premier scientific journal in the world.
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