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Meet Zinc, the Cheap Metal Gunning for Lithium’s Battery Crown

(Bloomberg) -- A metal best known for galvanizing steel is making the jump into a developing $30 billion energy-storage market for electrical grids that’s increasingly seen as key to unleashing solar and wind power upon the world.

Less than four months after Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to produce 100% of New York’s electricity from clean sources by 2040, the state power authority launched an innovation challenge involving 60 companies in a quest to reach that goal. The winner: A Canada-based startup whose pitch can be wrapped up in two words: Think zinc.

Battery systems built around zinc, they said, don’t catch fire like lithium-ion systems. The longer they run, the less costly they are in comparison. And zinc is cheaper and more widely available. It’s a pitch drawing interest not just in New York, which in January initiated a $2.55 million project with the winning startup. Canada and Indonesia are funding their own zinc-battery projects.

“Storage for utilities is an untapped market,” said Ron MacDonald, the head of Zinc8 Energy Solutions, the company that won the state challenge. “It’s a holy grail.”

To read the full article, visit:
www.bloombergquint.com/business/meet-zinc-the-cheap-metal-gunning-for-lithium-s-battery-crown

The Bloomberg article is also available in the following languages:

Spanish:
https://mineriaenlinea.com/2020/03/conozca-el-zinc-el-armamento-de-metal-barato-para-la-corona-de-la-bateria-de-litio/ 

Portuguese:
https://economia.uol.com.br/noticias/bloomberg/2020/03/06/mais-barato-zinco-busca-liderar-mercado-de-baterias-de-litio.htm 

Polish:
https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,25766897,akumulatory-cynkowe-czyli-swiat-ma-juz-pomysl-jak-tanio-budowac.html 

 

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Name: Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc. (dba) / MGX Renewables Inc.
Canada Symbol: MGXR
Germany Symbol / WKN: 0E9 / A2PNN3
Shares Issued & Outstanding: 75,711,374
Phone: +1 604 558 1406 (Extension 5)
Email: investors@zinc8energy.com (Patrick)
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