JB Straubel Says Batteries Can Make Gas Plants More Efficient
JB Straubel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Redwood Materials Inc.
Photographer: Bridget Bennett/BloombergBatteries can make natural gas power plants more efficient and economic, particularly when they’re powering data centers, Tesla Inc. co-founder JB Straubel said.
“I don’t think batteries are at odds with natural gas generation,” Straubel, who now runs battery recycling company Redwood Materials Inc., said Thursday at BloombergNEF’s Barrel of Tomorrow in the Age of AI summit in Houston.