What Zinc8 Energy Solutions does

Zinc8 Energy Solutions, now commercially branded as ABOUND Energy, is a Canadian-incorporated, publicly listed developer of zinc-air long-duration energy storage technology targeting utilities, commercial and industrial energy users, microgrids, and renewable energy developers. The company's flagship product, Zaeras™, is a patented zinc-air battery system that uses zinc and air as fuel and is engineered to deliver 8+ hours of storage with no claimed energy capacity degradation, by decoupling power (kW) and energy (kWh) scaling and using a chemistry that does not exhibit thermal runaway. A secondary technology line, Novare™, is positioned as a resource recovery capability adjacent to the core storage platform.

The company is pre-revenue and pre-commercial: it has no paying customers disclosed, sells through an enterprise/quote-based motion (an "Application & Partner Request Form" on the corporate website), and funds operations through equity financings and government grants rather than product sales. Its most material commercial counterparty is the New York Power Authority (NYPA), under a 2020 cooperation agreement to deploy the Zaeras™ system in New York State. The company also received up to CAD $500,000 in NRC IRAP funding in January 2023 for a 2-year R&D project targeting zinc-air battery component improvements, and has raised approximately CAD $17.3 million cumulatively through a 2021 financing, a 2022 warrant exercise (CAD $1.82M), and a 2022 non-brokered private placement (CAD $2.82M).

Zinc8/ABOUND is building a US manufacturing footprint through a wholly-owned subsidiary (Zinc8 USA) and announced plans for its first commercial production site in the United States, positioning to leverage US clean-tech manufacturing policy incentives. Headcount is 1–10 and the company operates from a single headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia. In June 2026 the company executed a 3-for-1 share consolidation alongside its rebrand to ABOUND Energy, consistent with capital-markets repositioning ahead of further commercialization and US market entry.

Name

Zinc8 Energy Solutions

Legal name

Zinc8 Energy Solutions Inc.

Website

https://zinc8energy.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Zinc8 Energy Solutions (ABOUND Energy) is a publicly listed Canadian developer of the Zaeras™ zinc-air long-duration energy storage system, targeting utilities, industrial users, microgrids, and renewable energy developers with 8+ hour, non-thermal-runaway storage. Pre-revenue and pre-commercial, with US manufacturing plans and an NYPA deployment partnership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Long-Duration Energy Storage

akta.pro primary industry

Energy Storage Systems (BESS, Flywheels, Batteries) (HDABAKAC)

Keywords

• Long-duration energy storage
• Zinc-air battery systems
• Grid-scale storage
• Renewable energy storage
• Resource recovery technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales (planned): Pre-commercialization; future revenue expected from sale/deployment of zinc-air long-duration energy storage systems (Zaeras™). Funds from 2022 capital raises earmarked for commercialization, R&D, working capital and operational expenses, and establishing a US commercial production facility.
2. Capital Markets Financing (Pre-Revenue): Pre-revenue; company funds operations via private placements and warrant exercises (e.g., $2,824,700 private placement at $0.20/unit; $1,818,806 from warrant exercises). Not an operating revenue stream, but a current funding mechanism.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Zinc8 Energy Solutions (now ABOUND Energy) develops and plans to commercialize the Zaeras™ zinc-air long-duration energy storage system, which delivers 8+ hours of storage with no energy capacity degradation for utility, commercial/industrial, micro-grid, and renewable energy applications. The company's product line also includes the Novare™ resource recovery technology supporting the zinc-air battery value chain.

Product overview

ABOUND Energy (formerly Zinc8 Energy Solutions) operates a two-product portfolio centered on long-duration energy storage and adjacent resource recovery. The core platform is Zaeras™, a patented zinc-air battery system marketed for 8+ hour long-duration grid and industrial energy storage applications; it is the company's flagship offering and is reinforced by an NRC IRAP-supported R&D program aimed at improving system efficiency and competitiveness. Adjacent to this, Novare™ is the company's resource recovery technology, positioned as a complementary line in the portfolio. The company's go-to-market is supported by U.S. manufacturing plans, accelerator participation (Third Derivative, For ClimateTech), and recognition programs (NYC DOB 2020 Innovation Challenge, NYPA 2020 cooperation agreement, REBNY 2022 PropTech Challenge), rather than a multi-module software platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Zaeras™: ABOUND/Zinc8's zinc-air long-duration energy storage system using zinc and air as fuel, designed for 8+ hour storage with no energy capacity degradation.
• Novare™

Products and services

• Zaeras™ Zinc-Air Long-Duration Energy Storage System Patented zinc-air long-duration energy storage system that uses zinc and air as fuel to deliver 8+ hours of reliable storage with no energy capacity degradation. Built for utility/grid operators, commercial/industrial users, micro-grids, and renewable energy developers, with decoupled power and energy for scalability and chemistry that avoids thermal runaway.
• Novare™ Resource Recovery Technology Companion resource recovery technology within the company's portfolio, supporting the zinc-air battery value chain for utility/industrial energy storage customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8+ hours of storage with no energy capacity degradation
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• New York Power Authority (NYPA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation agreement to deploy Zinc8's zinc-air battery system in New York State, announced as a 2020 NY Power Authority winner/collaboration. Provides a flagship public-utility deployment channel for Zinc8's long-duration storage technology.
• Third Derivative (Rocky Mountain Institute)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerZinc8 selected to join the world-renowned Rocky Mountain Institute's Third Derivative (d3) accelerator program, providing ecosystem credibility, investor network access, and GTM acceleration.
• New York State Manufacturing Accelerator 'Scale for ClimateTech'coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSelected by the New York State Manufacturing Accelerator's Scale for ClimateTech program — provides ecosystem support, manufacturing/GTM mentorship, and positioning for US clean-tech deployment.
• NYC Department of BuildingsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWinner of NYC Department of Buildings' 2020 Innovation Challenge, providing visibility into the NYC built-environment / buildings innovation ecosystem.
• Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerNamed best-in-class solution in REBNY's 2022 PropTech Challenge, providing visibility into New York real estate / property technology ecosystem.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Fluence Energy: Fluence is a leading grid-scale energy storage integrator offering lithium-ion-based storage solutions and software. It competes with Zinc8 for utility-scale storage project awards and is a broad incumbent in the storage market Zinc8 targets.
• Antora Energy: Antora Energy builds thermal energy storage and conversion systems for industrial decarbonization. It competes for the same industrial and utility long-duration storage capital as Zinc8, albeit with a different storage modality.
• Hydrostor: Hydrostor develops compressed air energy storage (CAES) for long-duration grid applications. It is a non-battery long-duration competitor pursuing utility-scale projects that overlap with Zinc8's target market.
• Energy Vault: Energy Vault offers long-duration storage solutions using gravity, kinetic, and hybrid storage architectures. It competes with Zinc8 for the same long-duration utility procurement pipeline, but uses non-battery mechanisms.
• Tesla (Megapack / Industrial Storage): Tesla's Megapack and industrial storage line target the same utility and C&I long-duration procurement budgets as Zinc8, using lithium-ion chemistry and benefiting from Tesla's scale, brand, and project pipeline.

Emerging players

• Salient Energy: Salient Energy is an early-stage developer of zinc-air battery technology for stationary storage. It is a chemistry-overlap emerging peer to Zinc8, focused on a related but potentially lower-cost design point.
• Invinity Energy Systems: Invinity Energy Systems manufactures vanadium-flow batteries for long-duration commercial and utility storage. It is a flow-chemistry emerging peer pursuing similar multi-hour storage opportunities as Zinc8.

Direct peers

• Eos Energy Enterprises: Eos Energy produces zinc-based battery storage systems (zinc-air/cathode hybrid) for grid-scale applications. It is a direct zinc-chemistry peer to Zinc8, targeting similar utility and microgrid customers.
• ESS Inc. ESS Inc. manufactures iron-flow batteries for long-duration commercial and utility-scale storage. It competes with Zinc8 for the same long-duration storage procurement budgets at utilities and C&I customers.
• Form Energy: Form Energy develops iron-air battery systems for 100-hour long-duration grid storage. It is the most direct chemistry-and-application peer to Zinc8's zinc-air Zaeras™ system, targeting the same utility long-duration storage market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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