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.
