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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
Form Energy Tailwinds
Iron-air battery manufacturer Form Energy’s technology is 85% domestically produced and stands to benefit from favorable U.S. tax policy. These are just some of the reasons why, Form’s co-founder and CEO Mateo Jaramillo explains, there’s ample opportunity for his company — alongside many other battery manufacturers — in the current political climate. Hear his take on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
Stryten Supports Trucking Transformation
Stryten Energy has entered a deal to provide its full line of advanced lead material handling batteries and charger solutions to KION North America’s 200-location dealer network. A leading provider of forklift trucks and warehouse equipment, KION North America is a member of the KION Group, an industrial truck and supply chain giant. Read the news in Modern Materials Handling and in the official press release.
Bumper YTD for Eos
Eos Energy Enterprises has reported 243% year-on-year revenue growth over 1H 2024. The zinc battery and energy storage system maker hit $15.2 million revenue in Q2 2025 – its top quarter to date, nearly equaling its entire $15.6 million revenue from all of last year. Details at Energy Storage News.
Water-Based Deep Dives
Zinc-Powered AI
Brandon Smith, Director of Product Management at nickel-zinc battery innovator ZincFive, sat down for a critical conversation on energy storage and electrical challenges in our AI-powered future. Watch the discussion.
Get the background: Check out an earlier 2025 report from ZincFive and Data Center Frontier on how the data center industry is evolving to meet AI power demands. Access the report.
Mark Your Calendars
Octet’s Chief Commercial Officer, Emily Dickens, will participate as co-chair of the Zinc Battery Committee at two upcoming NAATBatt International events:
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The committee’s next Virtual Meeting (August 20th). Submit Details for Info
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The fall’s Sodium-Zinc Battery Workshop (Nov 18-19). Details & Registration
Plus, don’t miss the Center for Energy Initiatives’ 7th Battery and Energy Storage Conference (September, 24-25 2025). Register here.
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