Top, “Charlie,” by COPPER; bottom, the Impulse Labs cooktop.Volts is “a newsletter, podcast, & community focused on the technology, politics, and policy of decarbonization.” In this podcast, host David Roberts interviews scientist Sam Calisch, co-founder and CEO of COPPER (Channing Street Copper Company), a Berkeley-based company that has recently introduced an induction stove with a built-in lithium-ion battery, and Wyatt Merrill of the Department of Energy, who helped secure funding for the project.
COPPER is one of two Bay Area companies developing energy-storage equipped (ESE) appliances.The other, Impulse Labs, is headquartered in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.
The incorporation of a battery enables these stoves to plug into existing 110 volt outlets, saving the cost and avoiding the capacity issues of wiring for 22o/240 volts. They can be used during a blackout, and the COPPER stove comes with an outlet, to allow homeowners to plug in, for example, their refrigerator if the power goes out.
Listen to the interview here.
From arcCA DIGEST Season 18, “Building Decarbonization.”
