New Energy Today Issue 106 - 2026 | Page 97

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Energy
“ For POET, that means lower costs and expanded energy supply at the plant, enabling it to increase production. But the significance of Big Stone goes beyond this one project: the same thermal batteries we’ ve deployed there can deliver firm energy to industry and data centers across the US and around the world. Big Stone shows that it can be done – and done quickly.”
Speed is clearly a recurring theme, and Nehali traces it to modularity, as every battery is a standardized module built in the factory and shipped to site.“ Once each row is in place, we can commission those batteries and start delivering energy while the rest of the system goes in behind it,” she says.“ Modularity also changes what we can offer customers. We can size a project to what they need today and add modules as their load grows. A standardized, factory-built product can go almost anywhere, and it gets large new loads online on timelines that most options today simply can’ t meet.”
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