flow battery technology News
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October 29 ESTAP Webinar: Flow Battery Basics (Part 2)
On Wednesday, October 29, 2014 from 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET, Clean Energy State Alliance will host the second in a series of webinars on flow batteries. OE's Imre Gyuk, Energy Storage Program Manager, will present an introduction to flow battery technology, and Dan Borneo of Sandia National Laboratories will discuss flow battery testing and technological readiness. The webinar will also feature ...
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Honeywell Introduces New Energy Storage Flow Battery Technology
Honeywell this week announced a new flow battery technology that works with renewable generation sources such as wind and solar to meet the demand for sustainable energy storage. The new flow battery uses a safe, non-flammable electrolyte that converts chemical energy to electricity to store energy for later use while meeting the environmental, longevity and safety objectives of utilities. ...
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Vanadium Flow Battery Technology Available for Licensing from PNNL
Technology designed to bolster resilience of the electric grid and provide a way to store large amounts of energy from renewable sources is available, thanks to researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The research involves vanadium redox flow batteries—large batteries designed to store massive amounts of energy for long periods. These batteries hold the ...
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SDG&E Spurs Energy Storage Innovation With Flow Battery Technology
SDG&E recently unveiled a new vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery storage pilot project in coordination with Sumitomo Electric (SEI), which stemmed from a partnership between Japan's New Energy and Industrial Development Organization (NEDO) and the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). During the four-year demonstration project, SDG&E will be ...
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Ameresco Completes First Phase of Department of Defense-Funded Flow Battery Investigation
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, recently announced the completion of phase-one of a multi-stage investigation of how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Conducted in partnership with 2ndPath Energy, this research is funded by the Department of Defense's Environmental Security Technology Certification ...
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Ameresco Begins Second Phase of Department of Defense Funded Flow Battery Investigation
Ameresco, Inc., a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, this week announced that it has begun phase-two of a multi-stage investigation into how flow battery technology could support microgrids with the Department of Defense (DoD). Phase-one of the investigation was completed in April 2020 and primarily focused on evaluating the technical and economic ...
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ESS Inc. to Become a Publicly Listed Company through Merger with ACON S2 Acquisition Corp.
ESS Tech, Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, and ACON S2 Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that will result in ESS becoming a publicly listed company.ESS was founded in 2011 with a mission to ...
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5th Microgrid Global Innovation Forum to Focus on EMEA/Latin America/Asia Pacific
The 5th edition of the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum, September 4-6, 2017 in Barcelona, will focus on microgrid advances, case studies and applications in EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. The emphasis is on optimizing the business model for a range of microgrid deployments, maximizing the use of renewable and distributed energy resources, and sharing real-world case studies in both ...
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Groundbreaking Flow Battery Project Helping to Advance Clean Energy Microgrids
Two years after becoming the first battery of its kind to be connected to the California grid to help support reliability and maximize the use of clean energy, the vanadium redox flow (VRF) battery based at a San Diego Gas & Electric substation is again breaking new ground. This time, the emerging battery technology is being tested as a means to help achieve zero-emission microgrids - a tool ...
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Voltstorage: €6m In Funding for Further expansion
VoltStorage GmbH, founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl, develops and produces solar energy storage systems for private homes. VoltStorage is the world’s only home energy storage provider in the market relying on Vanadium Redox Flow (VRF) battery technology. The VoltStorage energy storage systems are free of rare raw materials, completely recyclable, 100 percent ...
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Juhl Wind, Inc. Announces Agreement With Zinc Air for Installation of a Mega Watt Scale Advanced Storage System at the Woodstock Hills, Minnesota Wind Farm
Juhl Wind Inc. (OTCBB: JUHL), the leader in Community Wind Power, today announced it recently signed a Letter of Intent with Zinc Air, Inc. for the installation of a 1 Megawatt advanced energy storage system developed by Zinc Air. Juhl Wind plans to install the system at its recently acquired Woodstock Hills wind farm located near the Company's headquarters in Woodstock, Minnesota. Zinc Air ...
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Juhl Wind, Inc. Announces Agreement With Zinc Air for Installation of a Mega Watt Scale Advanced Storage System at the Woodstock Hills, Minnesota Wind Farm
Juhl Wind Inc. (OTCBB: JUHL), the leader in Community Wind Power, today announced it recently signed a Letter of Intent with Zinc Air, Inc. for the installation of a 1 Megawatt advanced energy storage system developed by Zinc Air. Juhl Wind plans to install the system at its recently acquired Woodstock Hills wind farm located near the Company's headquarters in Woodstock, Minnesota. Zinc Air ...
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Lockheed Martin Selected to Provide GridStar Energy Storage for New ComEd Microgrid Project in Chicago
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) signed an agreement to supply a GridStar Lithium energy storage system to ComEd, Illinois' largest electric utility. The 2 MWh system will be integrated into ComEd's Bronzeville community microgrid project in Chicago. A microgrid is a small power grid with defined boundaries that can operate both when connected to the larger electrical grid and as an "island" when ...
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DOE Announces $24.5 Million for Manufacturing Innovation to Build a Clean, Resilient Electric Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy this week announced up to $24.5 million to support improvements in domestic manufacturing to build resilient, modern electricity infrastructure and address the climate emergency. The two funding opportunities will back research and development for the materials and technologies needed to expand the grid with new, clean-energy sources, deliver affordable electricity ...
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Voltstorage Revolutionizes Redox-Flow State of Charge Measurement
As part of a one-and-a-half-year development project, VoltStorage has succeeded in developing a high-precision method for measuring the state of charge (SoC) of Redox Flow batteries. VoltStorage is setting new standards in Redox Flow research, as an accurate and serial producible SoC measurement has been one of the main challenges so far. Challenge: Cost-effective Redox-Flow SoC measurement ...
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Pu Neng Wins Contract for the Largest Vanadium Flow Battery in China
Pu Neng, a leading provider of vanadium flow battery technology, has been awarded a contract for a 3-megawatt (MW) 12-megawatt-hour (MWh) VRB as Phase 1 of the Hubei Zaoyang 10MW 40MWh Storage Integration Demonstration Project. This first phase will be installed in Zaoyang, Hubei to integrate a large solar photovoltaic system into the grid. Following this 10MW 40MWh project, there will be a ...
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Department of energy awards $92 million for groundbreaking energy research projects
U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the Department of Energy"s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), today"s selections focus on accelerating innovation in green technology while ...
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Voltstorage Extends Department for Software Development
Munich, April 2, 2020 – With its eco-friendly Redox Flow energy storage systems, VoltStorage relies on battery solutions “Made in Germany”. This also includes all IT and software solutions required for the installation, operation and monitoring of the VoltStorage systems. One example is the VoltStorage App, which gives battery owners access to all important data ...
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VoltStorage extends Redox Flow research team
Munich, 27th March 2020 – After successful market entry of the world’s first low cost residential battery storage on the basis of the ecological Vanadium Redox Flow technology, VoltStorage focuses on the future. This is why the VoltStorage research department was extended already in summer 2019 to push ahead innovations. VoltStorage is expanding today again with two new and ...
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VoltStorage automates electrolyte filling process
As part of the increasing series production of eco-friendly Redox Flow energy storage systems, VoltStorage is focusing on the ongoing optimization of the entire production process. With the self-developed control system for filling the vanadium electrolyte liquid ready for shipment, VoltStorage is now able to semi-automate a very time consuming and resource intensive production step. ...
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