Zinc Air Inc Brochure
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MontanaMontana remains one of the most majestic and pristine
places on earth. Conservation is not a political statement but
a way of life. We care deeply about our precious resources
because so many of us make our living off the land.
Wasting anything is not permissable – and we especially cannot
tolerate that 57% of the world’s energy produced goes unused.
The Flathead Valley provides an atmosphere that promotes
a lifestyle conducive to attracting and retaining quality talent
that is dedicated to our mission of completely changing the
world of energy into one that is reflective of the way we
live every day. Our storage technology not only delivers on
that promise but it is a platform to rethink grid stability and
energy delivery. And, in Montana, this is what we are about.
Zinc Air Incorporated (ZAI)ZAI exists to fulfill Edison’s vision of providing reliable and
plentiful storage to the world. We have leveraged simple, clean
and efficient energy storage technology which was developed
under corporate and the Department of Energy sponsorship.
We are bringing our battery to market to fundamentally and
permanently change the reliability, stability and efficiency of the
existing electrical grid. We are located in the Flathead Valley of
Montana, just miles from the entrance to Glacier National Park.
We have brought together a world-class team of scientists,
engineers and business professionals to change the paradigm of
how we currently generate, distribute and consume energy. Through
cost-effective battery storage, we can facilitate the integration
of renewable energy and increase the efficiency of existing
infrastructure, improving the quality of life for seven billion people.
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONTANA
“When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves.” Thomas Edison, 1910
Storing and Delivering Tomorrow’s Energy
Technology Commercialization
We have spent three years refining an exceptional technology and
making it a viable, commercial product ready for deployment. We
have been able to rapidly develop a commercial-grade solution
by partnering with leaders in adjacent industries, and leveraging
existing technologies, materials and components.
ZAI is working with some of the most established and respected
corporations and industry professionals to ensure the highest
quality and most reliable delivery. This includes our contract
manufacturer, Celestica, which is a $7 billion/year, tier-one
player providing world class technical expertise supporting our
quality standards and projected growth. This positions us well to
compete in the short term as well as meet the rapid growth in
the coming years.
Ready For Deployment
We have met with hundreds of prospective renewables clients
in addition to utilities, transmission developers and corporate
clientele. Our extensive research has provided us a clear view
of the market trends, needs, and concerns. Our go-to-market
strategy focuses on early adopters where battery storage provides
a clear and defined economic benefit. With many states facing
renewable energy portfolio standards, we have found many wind
and solar developers looking to storage as a solution to provide
firmed renewable energy to the grid and distributed communities.
Corporations are also instituting green initiatives in which battery
storage can play a key role through peak demand reduction,
improved power quality and integration of distributed renewables.
Finally, utilities are facing closures of many dated and inefficient
power plants. Many utilities see battery storage as a key asset in
their future portfolios.
Battery Storage
Renewables are challenged to work on a stand-alone basis,
we have an aging grid that looms as a potential devastating
financial catastrophe and we currently waste more than 50% of
all the energy produced. Battery storage stands as a solution to
improve the performance of existing utility assets and renewable
energy installations, and this will facilitate global infrastructure
development towards a more sustainable energy future.
Through cost effective storage, we can dramatically improve
the imbalance of supply vs. demand and remove the direct
link between generation and demand that exists today. By
making better use of the energy generated today, we can lower
greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the need for inefficient natural
gas peaker plants, and seamlessly integrate renewable energy.
Zinc Redox – R & D
Our Zinc Redox technology was originally developed under DOE
and corporate sponsorship. The technology underwent ten years
of foundational research and development, which provided key
insights to electrochemical performance, material compatibility,
and design improvements for manufacturability. More than $10
million was spent establishing the scientific and economic merits
of our Zinc Redox technology.
The key differentiators of this technology lie in its safety,
abundance of its core raw materials, simplicity of design, and
the robust nature of our chemistry. The combination of these
factors allows ZAI to manufacture the battery using low cost and
readily available construction materials. The Zinc Redox battery
is designed to last 20+ years and provide the lowest life cycle
cost for any storage technology.
Storing and Delivering Tomorrow’s Energy
Power Quality
Backup Power
Firming
Black Start
Islanding
VAR Support
Load Shifting
Asset Utilization
Demand Response
Demand Reduction
Ramp Control
Deferment of Transmission
Peak Shaving
Arbitrage
Ancillary Services
Load Shifting
The Markets We Serve
UTILITIES
The US wholesale power market has a number of immense
challenges before it; efficiency, reliability, and the security of
the electric power industry are areas of particular concern. To
expand the flexibility and capability of existing generation and
transmission assets, there has been a renewed emphasis on
energy storage. Energy storage technologies can act as “shock
absorbers” for the grid to improve efficiency and reliability.
We live in an on-demand energy world – electricity must be
produced when it is needed and used once it is produced.
Energy storage breaks this linkage by allowing for operators to
produce and store electricity for later use—as one would in other
commodity markets. This strategy has already been proven to be
successful in the natural gas industry. By optimizing the existing
generation assets, less capital is needed to provide a higher level
of service. By deploying batteries with existing generation assets,
you can increase utilization, efficiency, and economic returns.
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
The global economy makes commercial and industrial resource
efficiency more important than ever. Today, industry uses batteries
for many applications to increase their competitiveness including
plant startup, emergency backup and power conditioning. With
large-scale storage, we can meet these needs in addition to
providing demand reduction, load shifting, backup generation,
and integration of distributed generation from renewables.
Many corporations in the United States and abroad are exploring
options to stabilize power consumption and reduce cost while
maintaining the reliability and quality of the power coming into
the plant. Target industries for battery storage include mining,
manufacturing, cold storage, warehousing and a rapidly growing
number of server farms supporting cloud Internet services.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Renewables will be a key ingredient in moving our
dependence from carbon-emitting energy production
to clean energy. For the majority of nations without
endless petroleum reserves, energy storage is also
a matter of national security. While cost is the single
largest hurdle facing renewable energy, variability
and unpredictability also limit widespread adoption.
To the extent that demand for power does not coincide
with the renewable energy generation, storage can be
used to stabilize and balance the system. The
combination of renewables and storage is a winning
combination for residential, commercial, and utility
applications. In addition to matching demand
versus supply, batteries can be used to reduce the
size, scope and cost of renewable installations.
Some renewable projects are built to meet specific
power needs of a business or community. By
supplementing peak power requirements with
power from a battery, the project can be right-sized
to provide sufficient power with greater reliability.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Zinc Air has established an impressive intellectual property
portfolio with 17 patents pending and six international PTC
applications. Recently, the company received notice that its first
patent application was allowed, which was critical to our planned
cost reductions in the near future. In addition to the filed patents,
the company continues to innovate with several additional patent
applications in process.
The company’s fundamental
patent filings cover all areas
including core chemistry, system
design and battery operation.
Several of our patent applications
are inter-locking providing
additional security of our entire
patent portfolio. The company’s
patent strategy is being led by its CTO, Ron Brost, PhD, who
headed up Ford’s Fuel Cell Patent Committee for eight years.
Ron is working closely with our patent counsel, Brooks Kushman,
P.C., to ensure the proper execution of our patent strategy and
intellectual property development.
FULL SIMULATION CAPABILITIES
1. Fluid Flow Simulations 4. Electrode model
2. Electrical / Thermal 5. Structural Models
3. Shunt current Modeling 6. Manufacturing
public safety and developmental setbacks have limited their
success and appeal. Another flow battery technology using Va-
nadium has seen limited success, due to the cost of the raw
material being rare and used in the production of steel. To meet
the requirements for widespread adoption, a battery must be:
• Low cost – Zinc Redox meets the critical price-to-
performance threshold
• Safe – Zinc Redox is the greenest battery solution with all
reactants being “sewerable.” The system operates at
ambient temperatures and is non-pressurized, non-toxic
and non-explosive.
• Scalable – Zinc Redox can be scaled up to 100’s of
Megawatts.
• Durable–ZincRedoxsystemexpectedlifespanis20years
with scheduled maintenance.
• Sustainable – Zinc Redox uses widely abundant and low
cost materials.
COMPETITION
Today, the most widely deployed storage technology is
pumped hydro. While pumped hydro is a proven and
low cost storage solution, its effectiveness is limited by
geography, transmission constraints and public opinion.
Even in the best case, this solution only represents a small
percentage of the storage market where hydro is possible.
Grid scale battery storage is coming to the forefront with many
companies entering the market to reach for the brass ring. Mature
technologies like lead acid, lithium and nickel metal hydride all
have a place in their respective areas of consumer electronics
and electric vehicles, but they do not translate to grid storage
due to their high cost, safety concerns and chemistry limitations.
For grid-scale applications, flow batteries are widely accepted as
the best solution based upon their ability to store large amounts
of energy decoupled from the amount of power they can produce.
With flow batteries, you can simply store more energy by building
larger storage tanks and pouring in more chemistry. There are
several competitors in the flow-battery field, but most of them
have failed to make their mark due to cost and the toxic/corrosive
nature of their chemistry. Zinc/Bromine, Zinc/Chlorine, and
Zinc/Cerium are currently being developed, but concerns for the
Batteries and The Impact To The Current Power Structure
OUR TEAM
Dave Wilkins – CEO
25 years of proven management experience in
technology and manufacturing startup environments.
Peter Walters – PhD, COO
30+ years experience of bringing new technologies to market
with HP, Rockwell and Gigoptix, Philips and Wavetronix.
Ron Brost – PhD, CTO
Leader in battery and fuel cell development for Ford, CODA
Automotive and Delphi Automotive. Authored over 30
patents and conference papers.
John Lowell – VP Manufacturing and Product Development
Previously the General Manager of North America for Celestica.
25 years of experience putting new products in the market.
Craig Wilkins – Executive Vice President
25 years proven performance in the development and growth of
startup businesses in the communications and finance sectors.
Kevin Waldher – VP Business Development
25 years of financial expertise in the areas of real estate
acquisition/development and consumer finance.
Kirk Plautz – VP Sales
Sales and sales management professional with proven national
account experience in business to business transactions.
Greg Hayes – Marketing
25 years success track record in strategic communications,
public affairs and clean technology start-ups.
Jim Woolsey
Former CIA Director
Jigar Shah
Former CEO of SunEdison and The
Carbon War Room.
Neil Livingstone
CEO Executive Action
Roger Ballentine
Former senior member of Clinton’s White House
Climate Change Task Force.
David Green
30 years experience. Former Chief Marketing Officer
for McDonalds.
Matt Cheney
Director of CleanPath Ventures and former CEO of
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures.
Jim Mayer
Former Vice President of Citigroup Global Markets
Jim Aivalis
Former CEO of ThruBit and 28 years experience in the
upstream oil and gas industry.
Roger Hollandsworth, PhD
Original engineer on Zinc Redox development team.
40 years with Lockheed Martin.
Robert Selman, PhD
Original engineer on Zinc Redox development team.
25+ years at Illinois Institute of Technology.
John Cooper, PhD
30+ years with Lawrence Livermore and expert on zinc morphology.
Jacob Jorne, PhD
Professor of ChemE at University of Rochester.
Considered a pioneer of flow batteries.
Ken Huber
Former consultant at PJM Interconnections applying
storage to smart grid.
Joseph Monkowski PhD
CEO of Pivotal Systems which builds advanced plating
measurement devices.
Jerry Elwood PhD
Former Director of Climate Change Research Division of
DOE and 23+ years with Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Vern DeWitt
40+ years of plastics expertise. Former President of
Webster Plastics.
The Company has assembled a world-class Board of Advisors including the scientists with extensive experience in zinc chemistry,
electrochemistry and innovative engineering solutions. The Business Advisory Board is comprised of proven leaders in the renewable,
manufacturing, military and utility sectors.
ZAI TEAM
TECHNICAL ADVISORY BOARDBUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
5314 US Highway 2 WestColumbia Falls, MT 59912
TEL: (406) 755-ZINC (9462)www.zincairinc.com
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