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With Climate Week in full swing, tons of speeches, meetings and presentations are taking place in New York, with an eye toward how the energy transition will continue to evolve. One key technology that will continue to play a huge role in that evolution is batteries. Roger Miksad, the president and executive director of Battery Council International, stops by the show to explain how batteries of various chemistries are advancing to power things like data centers, EVs and microgrids. Roger also touches on a few policies that the battery sector is watching closely, like the USA Batteries Act. And with more and more batteries coming to the market, Roger outlines the hard work BCI and its members have put in over the years to advance recycling and develop a circular economy for raw materials and components.

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Key highlights
The importance of Climate Week - (2:57)
What Roger hopes to see from this year's Climate Week - (3:59)
The expanding role of batteries in the energy landscape - (4:30)
Specific areas batteries are powering the energy transition - (6:04)
The impact the Inflation Reduction Act is having on battery manufacturing - (7:53)
Other policies that are crucial for the battery industry - (10:31)
The role batteries play in powering data centers - (14:41)
Advancements in battery recycling and the circular economy - (16:42)
Roger's bold predictions - (19:58)

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