BWX Technologies traces its lineage back to Babcock, Wilcox & Co. which was founded in 1867. They were involved in the design of the first nuclear submarine (USS Nautilus) and the first commercial nuclear power plant (Shippingport). Today they divide their business units between government operations (reactors, service, and research for nuclear submarines and aircraft …
Rolls-Royce (RR.L) has entered the business of small modular reactors. They have experience designing powerplants for submarines. It is assumed the design is a traditional pressurized water reactor using enriched uranium fuel, although they don’t talk about their design details. Website
Gravity energy storage. Website
Solid state lithium ion battery development. Currently working with Volkswagen. Website
Solid-state lithium ion battery development. Currently working with BMW and Ford. Can be manufactured using machinery and processes currently used for standard lithium ion batteries. Website
Ricoh is a printer company that is expanding into industrial applications, including a solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell. Small cells suitable for portable devices. Website
Small Modular Reactor using traditional light water reactor technology and solid fuel rods of less than 5% enriched uranium. This traditional approach should help them from the regulatory perspective, but carries forward all the traditional risks and waste products of a pressurized water reactor using low enriched uranium. From their website: The Carbon Free Power …
Along the lines of heat, there is also thermal storage and there is a very early stage company in Israel called Brenmiller (BNRG). A recent find, still need to learn more. Website
Heliogen (HLGN) which makes solar concentrators also known as CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) – arrays of mirrors that concentrate sunlight. They can use the resulting heat directly for industrial process that require heat, or to generate electrical power, or to create green hydrogen for fuel. Website From the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) report Winter …
For stationary applications (mostly power shifting) the question is can Zinc-Bromine from EOS (EOSE) be good enough (ie do they work, can they be produced domestically from abundant materials)? The big negative with Zinc-Bromine seems to be the round trip efficiency is only ~80%, is this a deal breaker? EOS is so cheap it’s a …