Dutch energy start-up Exergy Storage is one of the 40 SMEs in the STEPS business support programme receiving support to bring their product to the market and increase their competitiveness. Exergy Storage is developing a new battery technology based on abundant, ultra-low-cost materials, such as rock salt, (recycled) aluminium and iron. The advantage of this technology compared to current battery technologies like lithium-ion is that it is based on abundant raw materials, is intrinsically safe and has a minimal impact on the environment, without compromising the energy density of the system. The technology is easily scalable, fully recyclable and can be applied to large-scale utility and residential storage systems. What makes the batteries even more special is that they can be used in a circular way, as they are refillable and reusable.
Via the STEPS business support programme, Exergy Storage received support from the University of Twente (NL) and the Faraday Institution (UK). In an interview, founder Dr. Gert Jan Jongerden explains how this support has contributed to the scientific challenge of obtaining detailed information about Exergy's battery cells: “The insights are very valuable because they help to learn more about the dynamics and time-dependent behaviour of our battery cells and what the implications are for application of Exergy's Cells.”
Read the full interview with Dr. Gert Jan Jongerden from Exergy Storage about their participation in STEPS and their plans for the future below.
