In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Mateo Jaramillo, the co-founder and CEO of Form Energy.

Form is working on a new kind of long-duration battery that could change the power sector. 

In the early 2000s, Mateo deployed some of the first battery systems in New York for demand response — seeing the grid services potential well before anyone else did. He went on to start the storage unit at Tesla, launching and building the Powerwall business. 

This conversation was recorded in 2019 in front of a live audience at the Prelude Venture Low Carbon Forum in Sonoma, CA. 

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