Battery Makers Tied to Power Grid Attract Big Investors
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Battery Makers Tied to Power Grid Attract Big Investors
Investment firms have committed hundreds of millions of dollars to startups developing so-called long-duration batteries
By Scott Patterson |
Photographs by Allison Dinner for The Wall Street Journal
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Sept. 9, 2021 7:00 am ET
Big investors are charging into startups touting experimental new battery technologies that would make it possible for renewable energy sources to produce most of the countrys electricity.
Deep-pocketed investment firms such as TPG, Apollo Global Management and Paulson & Co. in recent months have plowed hundreds of millions of dollars into the companies, which make what are called long-duration batteries.
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