What will be needed for each of those Plans, and the overarching New York Goal of going Fully Renewable in the next 30 years, is the Ability to Store the Power produced by Wind and Solar for when Clean-Energy Production and Demand from the Grid don’t Align.
To that end, the City's Economic Development Corp. (EDC) and Newlab at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on Monday launched the Resilient Energy Studio, focused on providing Public and Private Resources to boost Energy-Storage Startups.
“The city has made big moves in the past year to invest in off-shore wind energy,” said Shaina Horowitz, Newlab’s Vice President of Products and Programs. “So if you are thinking at the moonshot level, how do you connect offshore wind development investments into storage capacity for neighborhoods?”
Companies would be given access to City Resources to Test the Concepts, through the Studio, with a Focus on Delivering Environmental Justice Communities, Ones with a Majority of Low-Income Residents and People of Color, that have experienced a Disproportionate Share of Poor Environmental Outcomes, as defined by the City Climate Office.
The Privately-run Newlab is a Membership-based Workspace for “frontier” Technology Startups, based out of an 84,000-square-foot Space, where U.S. Navy Ships were Built for World Wars I and II.
The City in 2016, invested $7.2 Million to Launch Urban Tech Hubs, to Support Young Companies, at Newlab and Grand Central Tech, now called Company. The Resilient Energy Studio is the latest Offshoot of the Urban Tech Hub concept.
Accepted Companies get Access to Newlab’s Workspace, as well as to Public Resources for Technology Pilots, that otherwise can be Difficult for Early-Stage Companies to Secure.
A 2020 Studio collaboration between the City and Newlab, Circular City, included a Company, Aclima, that Deployed Sensors throughout Brooklyn Tracking Air-Quality Block-by-Block.
Studios at Newlab’s Brooklyn Space include:
- A Partnership with Verizon for Companies developing Technologies based on 5G Connectivity. It included several Robotics Companies in its First Cohort.
- A “return to work” Studio, focused on ways to Safely operate In-Person Businesses, including a Collaboration with Strongarm Technologies. Strongarm developed a Sensor that reminds Workers in Industrial Settings to keep 6 feet Apart, and that Tracks Interactions for Contact Tracing.
Beyond just potential Battery Technology, Newlab said it hopes the Resilient Energy Studio, attracts New types of Software and Business Models for Energy Storage and Distribution.
Horowitz cited Fermata Energy, a Company that is part of Newlab’s 5G Studio, as one example. Fermata has Designed a Bidirectional Electric Vehicle Charger, allowing a Car to Discharge the Extra Energy, in its Battery, back into the Grid for Payment.
Applications are Open now. Horowitz said Startups should have a Product Ready to be Piloted.
Newlab and the EDC are in Discussions on potential Locations for Energy-Storage Pilot Programs.
The Organizations are accepting Applications for a Founder Fellowship, which offers, an Eight-to-12-month Membership, to Startup leaders who are from Groups Underrepresented in the Technology Industry.
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