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866: Are Batteries the New Substations? | Wärtsilä’s Bold Vision for Grid-Scale Storage
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:25:17
Publish Date: 2025-10-21 14:45:00
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Storage Isn’t Backup—It’s Infrastructure

Wildfires, heat waves, and AI-fueled data centers are pushing our grid to the edge. The question is no longer whether we need storage—it's whether we're going to unlock its full potential.

In this live episode from RE+, Nico is joined by two global leaders from Wärtsilä Energy—Tamara de Gruyter, President of Energy Storage, and David Hebert, VP of Global Sales & Strategy. Together, we  unpack the evolution of batteries from “nice toys” to essential grid infrastructure.

Tamara brings her international lens to the US market, highlighting both the growing sophistication of customers and the urgent need for flexible, software-driven solutions. Meanwhile, Dave draws on a decade of global storage deployments—from Australia to Saudi Arabia—to explain how the U.S. can broaden focus on revenue models, regulation, and system design.

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