15 companies · 11 sourced backers · 115 milestones on record
Grid-scale energy storage holds electricity for later use, helping networks balance generation and consumption. Companies are developing different battery materials and integrated systems to make storage dependable and commercially practical, including batteries intended to bridge several days of gaps in renewable generation.
Where the 15 companies stand today, from their profiles and 10-year milestones. Tap a phase to see who is there.
- ▸Scaling reliable, repeatable battery manufacturing
- ▸Integrating new materials and batteries into usable products
- ▸Delivering dependable storage over extended periods
- ▸Simplifying lithium extraction and battery production supply chains
Publicly listed: 10 companies (owned by public shareholders).
- ›Every sourced story on all frontiers, filterable by company and news type
- ›10-year milestone records for each company: demo vs shipped
- ›Explained: plain-words readiness diagrams for real breakthroughs
- ›Signal Trends of 39 frontiers covering 378 companies over time.
- ›The events calendar: launches, approvals and deadlines ahead
- Amprius Technologies
To make silicon-anode batteries a practical source of higher-energy storage.
Some users · publicly listed
- Enphase Energy
To make distributed solar generation and home battery storage work as a coordinated energy system.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Eos Energy Enterprises
To make zinc-based batteries a practical option for storing electricity for extended periods.
Some users · publicly listed
- ESS Inc.
To provide commercially useful grid-energy storage, reflecting the catalogue's recorded expansion from iron-flow systems into sodium-ion batteries.
Some users · publicly listed
- Factorial Energy
To bring solid-state batteries into practical vehicle applications.
Trials · publicly listed
- Fluence Energy
To make grid-scale battery storage easier to deploy and operate through integrated systems and software.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Form Energy
To store electricity for several days using iron-air batteries.
Some users
- Lyten (Lithium-Sulfur Batteries)
To make lithium-sulfur batteries a practical commercial energy-storage technology, using its graphene materials approach.
Some users · backed by Prime Movers Lab
- Microvast Holdings
To make fast-charging battery systems practical in commercial applications.
Everyone · publicly listed
- Peak Energy
Make sodium-ion the leading technology for grid-scale storage, meeting rising electricity demand from data centres and AI.
Trials · backed by GM Ventures
- Pure Lithium
To make lithium-metal batteries commercially practical through an integrated process linking lithium extraction and battery production.
Lab · backed by Oxy Low Carbon Ventures
- QuantumScape
To make solid-state lithium-metal batteries practical for commercial use.
Trials · publicly listed
- Sila Nanotechnologies
To make silicon-based anode materials practical for improving commercial batteries.
Some users
- Solid Power
To make solid-state battery technology practical for commercial products.
Trials · publicly listed
- Tesla (Energy)
To make battery storage a routine part of household and grid electricity systems.
Everyone · publicly listed
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