Grid-Scale Storage Batteries Use Many Different Chemistries
Energy storage batteries are using many technologies that are not appropriate for use in automobiles and trucks.
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Mercedes Orders CMBlu Energy Flow Battery For Its Plant In Rastatt, Germany
Mercedes-Benz AG recently ordered a CMBlu 11 MWh Organic Solidflow battery for its Rastatt, Germany plant. The battery utilizes recyclable materials and non-flammable aqueous electrolytes. It will be used to store electricity generated by the plant’s own PV solar panels. The Rastatt plant has approximately 6,100 employees and produces a … [continued]
Vanadium Flow Batteries Are Coming For Your Gas Power Plant
The US Department of Energy has tapped six sites to host new vanadium flow batteries, aiming to replace fossil energy with renewables.
Energy Storage Innovators Plumb Iron Age For New Coal-Killing Batteries
The Iron Age is rising again, as energy storage innovators search for new technologies that can outperform lithium-ion batteries on cost and duration.
Texas Scores Another Clean Tech Point, Flow Battery Edition
The inventors of an inexpensive new flow battery chemistry are bringing their manufacturing line from New York To Texas for scaleup.
New Flow Battery Electric Car To Be Made In The USA
The race to develop a flow battery electric car is heating up in the US, thanks in part to the Inflation Reduction Act.
New Flow Battery To Be Tested At 1970s Gas Station Rehabbed For EV Charging
A new flow battery aims to relieve EV fast-charging bottlenecks and free up more critical materials for EV batteries, too.
Building A Scalable Water-Based Flow Battery
Non-toxic and scalable water-based flow batteries would be a good solution for storing renewable energy in urban areas — if it weren’t for their very low energy density. Empa researcher David Reber wants to remedy the situation with clever materials design. Two colored liquids bubbling through tubes: Is this what … [continued]
Exxon Knew All About Zinc Bromine Flow Batteries
New zinc bromine flow batteries take center stage in the long duration energy storage field, while adding to the list of things that Exxon knew about.
The Flow Battery Code Is Starting To Crack: Red State Edition
A new flow battery is just the latest sign that Georgia is gearing up to leading the energy transition, ESG or no ESG.
