“From factories to data centers, energy is the bottleneck to industrial growth,” Andrew Ponec, co-founder and CEO of Antora, said in a news release. ​“Antora has shown we can help break that bottleneck — delivering energy fast, at massive scale, with American innovation.” Antora is also pioneering an electricity tariff, designed with the local utility Otter Tail Power, that rewards Antora for charging up during periods of surplus local renewable energy production. The idea is to improve the bottom line for thermal energy systems while also ensuring they benefit everyone on the grid. Antora said it’s working with utilities across the country to develop similar rate structures for future projects.