I want Americans to win the energy transition. I am committing my life, single-mindedly, to that pursuit.
Cambridge, MA
Joined October 2025
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Elson Bankoff retweeted
We’re building infrastructure to meet the complexity of American industry and its history.
We can’t idly wait for top-down change. Build for humans and towns!
Countries like Poland are beating us at C&I battery adoption. In 2026.
What bullshit.
So, I spent 7 months w/ people who had an idea. Decided that I believe we can be better for #American #businesses. Spent the same 7 months activating market design in Texas to solve the #datacenter power problem. I refuse to solve only half of the problem.
Cofounders are my academic/professional mentees. They have followed all of my work since 2024. Consumed all of my shared change agent IP. They're using it.
I'm an Angel.
They are #Powertown.
Together the end game is to put more damn batteries on the ground in America.
#powerAmerica
#buildAmerica
#buildhumanity
#buildabundance
#terranaut
Energy storage is a communication device between and a facility and the mess outside. It is a financially astounding opportunity, and so damn poetic. Bringing Powertown to life is the truest form of civic engagement I’ve ever felt 🇺🇸
Countries like Poland are beating us at C&I battery adoption. In 2026.
What bullshit.
So, I spent 7 months w/ people who had an idea. Decided that I believe we can be better for #American #businesses. Spent the same 7 months activating market design in Texas to solve the #datacenter power problem. I refuse to solve only half of the problem.
Cofounders are my academic/professional mentees. They have followed all of my work since 2024. Consumed all of my shared change agent IP. They're using it.
I'm an Angel.
They are #Powertown.
Together the end game is to put more damn batteries on the ground in America.
#powerAmerica
#buildAmerica
#buildhumanity
#buildabundance
#terranaut
Elson Bankoff retweeted
Countries like Poland are beating us at C&I battery adoption. In 2026.
What bullshit.
So, I spent 7 months w/ people who had an idea. Decided that I believe we can be better for #American #businesses. Spent the same 7 months activating market design in Texas to solve the #datacenter power problem. I refuse to solve only half of the problem.
Cofounders are my academic/professional mentees. They have followed all of my work since 2024. Consumed all of my shared change agent IP. They're using it.
I'm an Angel.
They are #Powertown.
Together the end game is to put more damn batteries on the ground in America.
#powerAmerica
#buildAmerica
#buildhumanity
#buildabundance
#terranaut
Elson Bankoff retweeted
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Elson Bankoff retweeted
Winning the intelligence layer was never going to be enough: models without electrons are stranded assets that can’t percolate. You need the full stack: silicon, steel, and substations.
Elson Bankoff retweeted
How many of you read @a16z's Decentralizing the Electric Grid?
Great piece by my friend @rmcentush
Happy to have contributed to it pre-publish
Elson Bankoff retweeted
Batteries are the "lightbulb of the 21st century": their costs are down 50% v. 18 months ago, and 95%+ v. 2010
It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide
Another one of my charts of the year
Elson Bankoff retweeted
Sodium-ion isn’t a #lithium replacement — it’s market segmentation.
It targets use-cases where cost, safety & cold-weather performance matter more than energy density: entry-level EVs, fleets, battery swapping, some stationary storage. Those were never the core drivers of lithium demand.
Lithium still owns the heavy hitters: long-range BEVs, fast-charging platforms, large packs (75–100+ kWh), grid-scale BESS, and now AI/data-centre power. Physics hasn’t changed.
Even CATL frames this as a dual-track future: sodium alongside lithium, not instead of it.
Here’s the counter-intuitive bit markets miss: sodium can increase lithium demand. Cheaper entry EVs widen adoption, accelerate the S-curve, and expand total battery kWh deployed. Lithium demand is driven by energy, not unit count.
Sodium trims the edges. Lithium still owns the core.
carnewschina.com/2025/12/28/…
Elson Bankoff retweeted
I have a @nytimes op-ed today on managing power demand growth w/out driving up rates. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward pressure on rates, if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for.
WonDER Woman herself. The best Holiday Card.
My beautiful 🌍- changing DERVOS guides, mentees, pride and joy. 🔋⚡🌍✨
Oct. 17 2025 = Holiday Cards.
@ElsonBankoff @Swastij00
at @Harvard & @ColumbiaSIPA
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@DER_Task_Force
Baby’s first DERVOS. @DER_Task_Force nailed this one. Gang’s all here!! Also excited to be on Energy X (LinkedIn is tweakville). This is going to be fun— I have a lot to say💃
