Cleantech Meetup | How Can Next-Generation Batteries Transform Energy Storage and The Grid?
Over the past decade, advances in energy storage have moved from the lab to real-world deployment—reshaping how we think about grid reliability, customer energy management, and resilience. As batteries become a cornerstone of the modern grid, new technologies and business models are emerging that connect homes, utilities, and markets in powerful new ways.
Join CleanStart for an evening focused on next-generation batteries, energy storage, and home energy management systems, featuring innovators building and deploying solutions right here in the Central Valley and beyond. Located at Kora Power's office.
This meetup will bring together founders, utilities, researchers, investors, and public-sector partners for an open, practical conversation about where energy storage is headed next—and what it will take to scale.
Come Join a Discussion Around:
Emerging battery chemistries and manufacturing approaches
Home energy management systems and grid integration
Economics of storage, customer adoption, and utility participation
Lessons from international markets and real-world deployments
Fire safety and infrastructure needs for battery systems
Featured companies
Kora Power – Host of the meetup, sharing its approach to a full-featured, battery-based home energy management system designed to create value through utility services and power price arbitrage.
LiCAP Technologies – Discussing advanced manufacturing innovations and offering a broader look at future battery technologies.
Empower Energy – A Davis-based company sharing insights from deploying hundreds of home energy management systems in Australia, where utility compensation structures differ significantly from the U.S.
Elven Technologies –Introducing its lightweight, fire-safe containers for storage and transportation of the large damaged or end of life battery-based energy systems.
Whether you’re building technology, shaping policy, investing in climate solutions, or working to ensure long-term grid reliability, this meetup is an opportunity to hear directly from those doing the work—and to connect with others helping define the future of energy.
Food, drinks, and plenty of time for conversation included.
CleanStart Events are supported by SMUD, BlueTech Valley and Witan Law.