Antora batteries Mauritania

What is Antora thermal battery?

Antora's thermal battery turns cheap, clean energy into the standard that powers global industry. Charges with surplus clean electricity to deliver cost-effective, zero-emission energy at a predictable price. Multi-day storage delivers always-on heat and power for industrial operations where downtime is not an option.

Is Antora a lithium ion battery?

Antora's battery is 3x energy dense compared to lithium-ion batteries. Antora’s first commercial-scale thermal battery at Wellhead Electric Company in Fresno, California reached the highest temperature achieved to date for a thermal battery at full scale–1,800°C.

How will Antora's batteries impact the energy industry?

Traditionally, fossil fuels have been the cheapest way to power industry, making it the largest greenhouse gas-emitting sector in the country. With Antora’s batteries, factories could run on low-cost renewable energy 24/7 without relying on cost-prohibitive, critical material intensive lithium-ion batteries.

How does Antora energy decarbonize heavy industry?

Antora Energy developed a revolutionary way to decarbonize heavy industry using thermal batteries that are 3x more energy dense than lithium-ion batteries. Antora's battery stores energy in a stack of commercially available carbon blocks in an insulated box. These blocks are heated until they glow like a toaster.

When will Antora batteries be made?

Manufacturing will kick off in 2024, and large-scale deployment of Antora’s batteries will begin in 2025. Antora’s project has received $7.9 million in ARPA-E support and the company has raised a total of $230 million in funding from Decarbonization Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and other investors.

Is Antora launching a heat-only battery product?

Antora is currently developing major commercial projects for its first heat-only battery product as Antora’s combined heat and power battery product moves rapidly towards commercialization.