Moment Energy and its shipping containers packed with old EV batteries

Then, after two tornadoes tore through parts of Ottawa in 2018, taking hospitals and cell towers offline—and putting the now-CEO through his first full-scale power outage—the foursome sensed an opportunity. The team began disassembling Nissan Leaf batteries in a garage in British Columbia and repackaging them to deliver backup systems to homes and businesses. The battery business was growing quickly: in 2019, just as Moment Energy launched, battery storage capacity was expected to balloon 40 times by 2040.

Today, their…