Frustrated by the limits of the federal government’s reach, US climate envoy John Kerry has already been working on a creative solution that would help lure risk-averse private capital to funding the construction of solar arrays and wind farms in developing countries….
B.C. ZINC AIR BATTERY MAKER ANNOUNCES FIRST MANUFACTURING PLANT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK
Vancouver-based Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc. has confirmed plans to build its first commercial manufacturing plant—not in Canada, but in the United States, motivated by production credits under the Biden administration’s newly-adopted climate action plan. “The company chose Ulster County in Upstate New York…
AMERICA’S LANDMARK INFLATION REDUCTION ACT ROLLS OUT RED CARPET TO CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATION
CEO Ron MacDonald has over 35 years of both public and private sector experience, ranging from international roles within the Parliament of Canada to serving on the boards of numerous publicly listed resource companies. From 1988 to 1997, he was the Member…
U.S. CLIMATE PACKAGE JUMP-STARTS EV, CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
U.S. President Joe Biden’s signing of the Infrastructure Reduction Act (IRA) on Aug. 16 unlocked hundreds of billions of dollars in climate-related investments. As a result, dozens of energy, automobile and clean technology companies have announced plans to move forward with…
SENATOR SCHUMER, AFTER SECURING LARGEST INVESTMENT IN CLEAN ENERGY IN HISTORY, ANNOUNCES ZINC8 SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT TO COME TO ULSTER’S FORMER TECH CITY CAMPUS
On the heels of passing the largest investment ever in clean energy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer today announced, that following his direct appeal, Zinc8, a leader in cutting-edge battery and energy storage technology has officially signed a letter of…
ZINC-AIR ENERGY STORAGE RACE JUST GOT HOTTER, TOO
What with all the excitement over solid-state batteries, it’s easy to forget that other hot new energy storage technologies are also coming to market. The Canadian battery maker Zinc8 Energy Solutions, for one, is determined to keep reminding people. Zinc8’s new…
NY SEN. SCHUMER CALLS ZINC8 WITH AN OFFER
Seeing a win-win-win situation that revitalizes an old Superfund site, creates jobs for New Yorkers, and supercharges a cutting-edge renewable energy storage technology, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, picked up the phone and called Zinc8 Energy Solutions CEO Ron MacDonald to…
ZINC8 ENERGY RECEIVES SUPPORT TO ESTABLISH BATTERY MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN NY
Zinc8 Energy Solutions, a developer of innovative zinc battery technology, has received support from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer to establish a commercial manufacturing facility in Ulster, New York at the former TechCity site location. Senator Schumer’s office said in…
BEST ENERGY STORAGE STOCKS TO WATCH: ZINC8 ENERGY SOLUTIONS, FLUENCE ENERGY, AND 3 MORE BATTERY STORAGE STOCKS
As the world transitions to intermittent renewables like wind and solar power, energy storage solutions will play an increasingly important role. Because demand for energy ebbs and flows throughout the day, battery storage technology is necessary to capture, store, and release…
ZINC8 ENERGY SOLUTIONS CEO ON ZINC, THE COMMODITY ON BNN BLOOMBERG
Ron MacDonald, President & CEO, Zinc8 Energy Solutions, is a guest on The Open hosted by Paul Bagnell, BNN Bloomberg on May 18th 2022. “Zinc is abundant and we can easily purchase this metal from geopolitically friendly regions including the United…
