Speaker: Janos Toth, VP of Business Development, Gravient Subject: Scalable, Sustainable, Solvable: The Economics of Gravient Grid-Scale Gravity Energy Storage Abstract: As renewable energy adoption accelerates, the demand for reliable, long-duration storage grows ever more critical. This session explores the economic, environmental, and technical dimensions of gravity-based energy storage and its role in building a resilient power grid. Join us to examine how Gravient an innovative “lifted weight” system offer a scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable solution for balancing renewable supply and demand for a cleaner, more stable energy grid. This is part of the TALK series organized by Carl Zanon when he was Vancouver Section LMAG (now Thompson-Okanagan). Times are Vancouver, 9:45 AM PST is 12:45 PM EST. All Life Members and anyone else interested is welcome to attend. Registration is optional, but we want to know who to expect. TALK series talks are not recorded, but sometimes the speaker makes the powerpoint presentation available. Only registered participants may request presentation. Speaker(s): Dr. Janos Toth Agenda: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4912540253 9:45 AM PST (12:45 PM EST) Zoom opens 15 minutes of introductions, general discussion and computer help. 10:00 AM PST (1:00 PM EST) Welcome and speaker introduction 10:05 AM PST Speaker Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/533041