We are excited to announce our investment in Atlas Power, through the Decarbon8 partnership with E8 Angels. Atlas Power manufactures supercapacitors for use in energy storage applications where power is required in short duration intervals. For context, as the fraction of power generated by renewables has increased, the ability of the electric grid to respond to supply-demand imbalances has diminished, resulting in increased system instability and the need for fast frequency response. Atlas’ supercapacitors not only address this problem, but their manufacturing process also utilizes dry-electrode production that could significantly reduce the manufacturing cost and increase the performance compared to competitors by about20%. Atlas Power contributes to a global reduction in CO2 emissions, as their products aid in faster and wider renewable energy generation.
