WattJoule

WattJoule stores electrical energy in a liquid, to serve a huge global market for cost effective stationary energy storage.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Industrial/Energy
  • Location Devens, MA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2012
  • Employees 4
  • Website wattjoule.com

Company Summary

WattJoule is addressing a huge market in stationary energy storage that will be $10B by 2017. Our product is a next generation, low cost, DC electrical energy storage system based on a safe water-based liquid. Our system is based on recent breakthrough technologies yielding $150/kWh. We have an OEM business model and we have now received early validation by having two OEM customers become early investors after significant due diligence.

Team

  • Greg Cipriano
    Founder & VP Business Development

    35 years experience in product and business development in the high-tech field, last ten years in the energy industry, formerly Protonex VP Business Development, Internexsys President & Founder, BSEE WPI, MIT Sloan Exec. Ed.
    See detailed background at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregcipriano

  • Frank Gibbard
    Founder & CEO

    40 years experience in the energy storage field, formerly H-Power CEO, Altairnano CEO, Duracell VP of R&D, Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, MIT.
    See detailed background at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankgibbard

  • Patrick Hearn
    VP Product Development

    35 years experience in product development in the high-tech field, last ten years in the energy industry, formerly Ballard Director of Stack Engineering & Director Advanced Systems, BSME, UMass. See detailed background at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pathearn

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