Aegis Critical Energy Defence is partnering with a slew of other firms to launch a collaborative product.
The energy technology company targets residential, commercial, and utility-scale energy storage with AI-driven solutions, and also offers quantum-level cybersecurity services.
Battery Energy Storage System innovation is being worked on by Vancouver-based Aegis alongside partners like Montreal’s Quantum eMotion, a deep-tech company developing quantum-safe cybersecurity solutions, and Taiwan’s SEETEL New Energy, a Taipei-based manufacturer and systems integrator specializing in high-performance lithium battery modules and energy-storage systems for global industrial and grid applications.
Founded in 2010, the publicly traded Aegis continues to advance its core offerings into critical infrastructure, defence, industrial, and AI data centre markets, according to a statement from the firm.
For example, Aegis executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Malahat Energy Systems and Ontario Tech University (which offers Canada’s only fully accredited undergraduate nuclear engineering program) to advance research and development of hybrid nuclear energy architectures that integrate Small Modular Reactors with Battery Energy Storage System and intelligent controls.
And, in a strategic extension of its product portfolio, Aegis announced the official formation of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Homeland Nuclear Energy, which is dedicated to the development and deployment of Micro Modular Reactors within hybrid energy systems.
The move follows a rising trend of nuclear projects and innovations in Canada.
Meanwhile, Aegis intends to integrate Quantum eMotion’s hardware-based Quantum Random Number Generator chips into the company’s energy storage systems.
The Canadian company is also expanding its offerings south of the border, noting its first operational installation in the US this month.
Most recently, Aegis tapped Ontario marketing firm Outside The Box Capital to provide “investor awareness services” such as strategic planning, social media and community engagement, and distribution of materials at a cost of US$250,000.
Moving forward, Aegis intends to continue launching BESS deployments, developing Nuclear-hybrid innovations, and establishing strategic partnerships, according to a statement from the firm.