Zinc8’s technology has been developed around the utilization of zinc as the anode fuel, which is expected to offer advantages over other metals due to its high energy density, abundant availability, low cost, and ease of storage and handling. When the system is delivering power, the zinc particles are combined with oxygen drawn from the surrounding air. When the system is recharging, zinc particles are regenerated, and oxygen is returned to the surrounding air. The regenerative system does not require fuel replacement and offers scalable energy capacity through the simple introduction of additional fuel tanks.
Zinc8 first connected with New York State through the New York Power Authority’s Clean Energy Innovation Challenge in 2019 which sought new technologies and business models to solve for the state’s energy challenges. Zinc8 won the challenge and embarked upon deployment of…