flow battery technology News

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 ...

Oct. 29, 2014

By US Department of Energy

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 ...

Mar. 17, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

May 5, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Apr. 8, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

Community and residential energy storage systems investment to soar

Situated at the edge of the power grid, either at the distribution transformer or at the customer premise, community and residential energy storage (CRES) systems are typically much smaller than utility-scale or bulk energy storage systems. Currently, utilities, vendors, and governments are testing CRES systems for the purposes of smoothing peaks in electricity demand, enabling ...

Feb. 29, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

Jul. 20, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Jan. 25, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Jul. 22, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

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 ...

Jul. 25, 2011

By Juhl Energy, Inc.

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 ...

May 22, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

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 ...

Jul. 26, 2011

By Juhl Energy, Inc.

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 ...

May 16, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Mar. 18, 2021

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Nov. 2, 2017

By Smart Grid Observer

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 ...

Jul. 12, 2010

By US Department of Energy

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 ...

Mar. 27, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

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 ...

Apr. 2, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

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. ...

May 28, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

Renewable Energy in the Mining Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Renewable Energy in the Mining Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0863837/Renewable-Energy-in-the-Mining-Industry.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable Utilization of Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro and Hydrokinetic, Biomass and Biofuels, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, ...

Jul. 30, 2012

By ReportLinker

Redox Flow Development at VoltStorage

Since 2018, VoltStorage offers the world’s first cost efficient residential storage system based on the ecological Redox Flow technology. Thanks to patent pending production automation and technological developments, VoltStorage succeeded in making a storage technology available to the mass market, that was successfully deployed in large storage systems, for the first time. To ...

Feb. 4, 2020

By VoltStorage GmbH

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