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Form Energy, Inc.

Form Energy is an energy storage technology and manufacturing company that is developing and commercializing a pioneering iron-air battery capable of storing electricity for 100 hours at system costs competitive with legacy power plants.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Nicola Pesaresi (Head of Unit Competition)

7 May 2025 · Potential for long duration energy storage, particularly in Germany.

Meeting with Monika Zsigri (Head of Unit Energy)

6 May 2025 · Exchange on the results of a recent study by Open Energy Transition and on the potential for Germany to phase out natural gas cost-effectively

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Apr 2025 · Long duration storage of energy

Meeting with Nicolás González Casares (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Jan 2025 · Electrification

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

4 May 2023 · Clean energy investments in the EU and US

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Apr 2023 · Erneuerbare Energien Industrie

Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act

25 Nov 2022

Form Energy welcomes the European Commissions Critical Raw Materials (CRM) initiative, which comes at a key interval as the EU takes action to advance the energy transition, strengthen its strategic autonomy and ensure reliable, affordable energy supply. To reach the Fit for 55 goals with only existing technologies available at large commercial scale, EU demand for critical raw materials will increase fivefold by 2030 . We need to ensure a secure and sustainable supply of (critical) raw materials without increasing the EU's reliance on only a few third countries. Form Energy is commercializing and manufacturing a pioneering iron-air battery for the electric grid, capable of continuously discharging electricity for 100hrs at system costs competitive with legacy power plants. This new class of multi-day energy storage enables a reliable and fully renewable electric grid, year-round, by relying on super-abundant, low-cost materials not listed in the EUs 2020 Critical Raw Materials list : iron, water and air. Forms iron-air battery technology is scalable, relying on diverse existing steel supply chains to serve gigawatts (GW) of electricity demand by 2030, while other novel energy storage technologies face uncertain supply chain constraints. Our iron-air battery technology can help the EU achieve its Fit for 55 and REPowerEU goals while strengthening existing EU supply chains, supporting green steel, and building new EU battery manufacturing capacity. Form Energy submits the following actionable recommendations for the CRM initiative: 1. Prioritize materials, technologies and projects that reduce needs for CRMs, such as iron-air batteries in electric grid applications 2. Classify iron and iron ores as strategic materials, given their importance for long-duration energy storage and the production of green steel, and introduce mechanisms to support the expansion of an EU green steel supply chain 3. Support EU manufacturing of innovative long-duration energy storage systems that reduce reliance on CRMs and on fossil fuels 4. Support the development of supply chains to recover and recycle materials used in batteries in electric grid applications
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