28 | Arvin Ganesen — CEO, Fourth Power

About this episode

Arvin Ganesan discusses Fourth Power's innovative thermal battery technology and its implications for renewable energy.

🧗‍♂️ What is Fourth Power’s Guinness World record? Can we make renewables just as dispatchable as fossil fuels? And how is a battery like a carabiner?! For answers, tune into this episode where Arvin Ganesan , CEO of Fourth Power , sits down to discuss the company's groundbreaking thermal battery technology and its role in the future of renewable energy with host Nate Kirchhofer, CEO of BioZen Batteries. Fourth Power, spun out from MIT and Georgia Tech, has developed a system that uses liquid tin heated to over 2400°C to store energy and discharge for 5-500 hours. Arvin explains that this scalable and low-cost energy storage solution is critical for enabling a fully renewable grid, as it addresses the challenges of making renewable energy sources dispatchable and reliable, well-aligned with the global transition away from fossil fuels. The discussion moves to what utilities prioritize— reliability, safety, and cost —when considering new technologies. Fourth Power's thermal battery system is designed with these priorities in mind, ensuring it can offer renewable energy that is ultimately cheaper than fossil fuels and also available for dispatch like traditional fossil fuel power…

People in this episode

Host: Nate Kirchhofer

Guest: Arvin Ganesan

Topics covered

• thermal battery technology
• renewable energy
• energy storage
• dispatchable energy
• fossil fuels
• utilities

Keywords

• Fourth Power
• thermal battery
• renewable energy
• energy storage
• dispatchable
• liquid tin
• fossil fuels

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Fourth Power, MIT, Georgia Tech

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