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We are expanding production and accelerating the deployment of largescale projects across the country
The company is also growing in terms of manufacturing, with two new facilities added to its California campus, which has almost doubled its operational footprint.“ We are also evaluating locations for a second US manufacturing hub,” Nehali reveals.“ We’ re thrilled to be working with leading investors like G2 Venture Partners and Eclipse, which co-led our recent $ 550-million investment round. With this funding, we are expanding production and accelerating the deployment of large-scale projects across the country.”
Designed for flexibility
Antora’ s supply chain is a key part of that build-out.“ We’ ve partnered with GrafTech to develop and supply carbon-based materials for our thermal batteries at GrafTech’ s St. Marys facility in Elk County, Pennsylvania,” Nehali shares.“ GrafTech has nearly 140 years of experience in carbon and synthetic graphite, and St. Marys itself has a long history of carbon manufacturing that we’ re proud to build on. The partnership is already creating jobs; furnaces are operational and new workers have been hired across plant operations, machining, and maintenance.”
Looking ahead, Nehali expects Big Stone to be the first of many.“ Big Stone is a template that we can repeat across different sectors and geographies, with a pipeline of signed agreements with hyperscalers and industrial leaders already in hand,” she elaborates.“ The same batteries can deliver firm energy to a chemicals plant, a food processing facility, a data center, or the grid.”
Nehali closes on the question she hears most often: will large new loads like Antora’ s drive up energy costs for everyone else?“ The answer is no,” she concludes.“ Our batteries charge when electricity is abundant and the grid has power to spare, and then deliver when it’ s needed most. New demand arrives without competing with consumers for power, and we make better use of infrastructure that’ s already built. We design our projects with utilities rather than around them to ensure our batteries deliver affordable energy while benefiting everyone on the grid.” ■
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