Base Power, co-founded by Zach Dell and JLopas, has emerged from stealth mode with a plan to revolutionize the Texas energy market by installing distributed battery storage systems in homes, potentially powering over 41,000 homes. This initiative aims to enhance grid reliability and facilitate the transition to clean energy by allowing homeowners to trade power, with a model involving a $2K installation fee and a subscription. The company has attracted engineers from top firms like SpaceX and Tesla, highlighting its potential impact. Concurrently, the broader U.S. energy landscape sees a significant shift towards large-scale battery storage solutions, including giant batteries, to address the intermittency issues of renewable energy sources, with California leading the installation of these systems since 2020.
Batteries are growing on the grid to handle evening power use surges when solar peters out. California hit 7GW out of 10GW capacity. It's for daily peak shaving now; longer gaps in solar/wind production are harder. #FusionEnergy could help with that. https://t.co/JILiTiw9ok
Renewables are clean and abundant but also variable and unreliable. Storage solutions are desperately needed. Battery storage will dominate as the preferred utility-scaled solution, but they won't be the only players needed to enable the energy transition. https://t.co/MM8Qbe5zRY https://t.co/Fy9BSTdwPe
Power companies across the U.S. are increasingly using giant batteries the size of shipping containers to address renewable energy’s biggest weakness: the fact that the wind and sun aren’t always available. https://t.co/KWyW8h7GxY
New energy storage startup — 20kWh battery installed in your home but owned by @basepowerco, which buys and sells power with it. You pay $2K for installation + subscription fee (< than power bill) and get protection against power outages. Installation slower if you have solar. https://t.co/qMW4ZZtHKK
Since 2020, California has installed more giant batteries than anywhere in the world apart from China. They can soak up excess solar power during the day and store it for use when it gets dark, partially replacing fossil fuels. https://t.co/P17jlImQXx https://t.co/IScAq4pa6z
An incredibly well executed launch for a really cool and ambitious startup Kudos to @basepowerco https://t.co/VlIrgf9BNp
this is the other energy storage co I am excited about =) this goes to there being 2 new ways to incentivize storage deployment -- and they aren't tied to solar or backup (although those are still bonuses): - take over as the power company (and batteries + meter become one) -… https://t.co/iqAKrTffZV https://t.co/P31KNDPziz
"Since 2020, California has installed more giant batteries than anywhere in the world apart from China. They can soak up excess solar power during the day and store it for use when it gets dark." https://t.co/EI8GRDdfSP
We are thrilled to partner with @ZachBDell, @JLopas, and the world-class @BasePowerCo team! They’re also hiring: https://t.co/NznNDQzvoG https://t.co/ATYjjtQMQ9
Like father like son - there's a new Dell in Texas trying to upend the way a massive business works. My scoop today on Zach Dell and Base Power https://t.co/od5K9GmGuW
This is the new hot company to join. Engineers from SpaceX, Anduril, Tesla, Apple tackling the energy grid in Texas (to start). https://t.co/PKK4qii5iC
A new kind of power company will put a battery in every home https://t.co/GmiHsKlfi6 via @BW
Exclusive today - Base Power aims to shake up the energy biz in Texas https://t.co/od5K9GmGuW
These are ten "make or break" large-scale clean electricity projects that could shape the future of the grid, @heatmap_news reports: https://t.co/GdZOIrBeDX
Base Power Company is coming out of stealth today. The plan: put batteries on Texans' homes. Make money trading power in the country's most volatile power market. Fix the grid. Unlock the clean energy future. That's as hard as it sounds, but Base pulled together a team from… https://t.co/5syJ1mRjN9
Excited to share @basepowerco today; built alongside my cofounder @ZachBDell and the rest of our killer team. We started Base Power to reinforce the US grid. It’s no secret that American infrastructure needs support, and the electric grid is central to that. Base is energy… https://t.co/D7DpFDB4WB
A new kind of power company will put a battery in every home https://t.co/cXqzBNDPMQ
I am excited to publicly launch @basepowerco with my co-founder @JLopas and the rest of our team. We started Base to make power more affordable and reliable, by building the foundation for the energy transition - starting with distributed battery storage…
The new data from @BerkeleyLabEMP shows new clean power and batteries could supplant fossil fuels to meet looming grid reliability needs across most of the U.S.— if only grid operators and utilities could clear the barriers to plugging them into the grid: https://t.co/ex0zqdZ3eo
Texas goes big on solar + storage that can power 41,000+ homes https://t.co/KlUCVGRaJD by @michelle0728