About our Team
Terrament is a New York based clean-tech startup building long-duration energy storage with gravity batteries deployed deep underground.
We have been awarded one US Patent, and we have two more pending patent applications. We are grateful to have been accepted into the following programs:
- CEBIP accelerator program at Stony Brook University (since 2021).
- Founder Fellowship cohort at Newlab (in 2023, still active).
- Plug and Play Program (Japan - Energy focus, in 2024).
- Clean Tech Open Program (Northeast, in 2024).
Terrament Team
Eric Chaves, CEO/Founder
Eric Chaves is a technical entrepreneur with 20 years experience spanning Architecture, Industrial Design, and Software Engineering. Terrament is his third company. His former companies include a media-tech startup called Antenna, and a software and design studio called Syllable. He is a Founder Fellow at Newlab, and a member of the CEBIP accelerator at Stony Brook University. He has won a U.S. patent for Modular Underground Gravity Storage, and has a pending patent for Terrament's novel Linear Drive Conveyance System, a key enabler for gravity storage scale.
Advisory Support Team
With funding support from NY State, our advisor team provides broad expertise including Engineering, Finance, and Market Modeling.
Dr. Wei Li
Geo-scientist, Civil Engineer, PhD
Professor, Stony Brook
Kathryn Gardner
Mining Engineer, P.E., MBA, Esq.
Steven DeCarlo
Electrical Engineering, MBA
Grid Utilities + Pumped Hydro
Courtney Reich
Mechanical Engineering, M.S.
Battery Tech, Statistics
Rich Delmerico
Electrical/Industrial Engineering
Business M.S.
