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This week in nearly every corner of the country, energy storage projects are finding their

way onto the grid, getting bigger, cheaper, more diverse, and even a little bit

weirder. Most of all, they're just becoming normal. We are going to talk about the new normal

for power operations and they include a lot of batteries and maybe some air tanks, water pumps and cranes too.

We're starting with a roundup of the most topical projects that tell us something unique about where storage is headed. Then we'll look at one novel approach, a gravity-based

system from Energy Vault that just got a major injection of Japanese venture

dollars. And finally we'll look at all the other alternatives to lithium ion that are vying for traction in the market.

Catherine Hamilton of 38 North Solutions is my co-host. She's in the remote Adirondack

region of New York this week again. New Mike in hand after hers broke minutes before

recording last week. How are we doing Catherine? We're doing great. Thank you for

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