Your next battery might be made from coal tar, with Eugene Beh of Quino Energy

Eugene Beh is the founder of Quino Energy, where he’s commercializing organic flow batteries that are safer, cheaper, and more scalable than their vanadium and lithium-ion cousins. With a background in physics and chemistry from Harvard and Stanford, Eugene has traded academic labs for chemical plants—and he’s betting that petroleum byproducts might just be the unlikely hero of long-duration energy storage.In this episode we talked about: 🔋 Why Quino's aqueous organic flow batteries don’t catch fire, unlike lithium-ion 💰 How Eugene expects his electrolytes to undercut vanadium on cost—possibly this year 🏗️ Why reusing tank infrastructure could slash battery installation costs 🌍 What makes Quino’s batteries geopolitically boring, and why that’s a good thing 🏥 Why hospitals, factories, and AI-fueled data centers might be early adopters 🛢️ And how coal tar and clothing dye might save us from an electrified future dominated by flammable batteries #climatetech #energystorage #batterytech👨‍💻 Hiring developers? You need to look at Ukraine, where I've been hiring exclusively since 2018. Set up a no-stress needs assessment at wild.codes/climate. Podcast listeners get $1k off their first hire. 🧑‍💼 Growing your team across Europe? Grab a free consultation and hire without hassle: parakar.eu/climate