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Work begins on 2 GWh lithium ion-redox flow battery hub in China A state-backed consortium has broken ground on a 1 GW/2 GWh energy storage system in Yantai, Shandong, advancing the province’s renewable integration and grid flexibility goals.

Mar 10, 2025

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Vanadium flow battery maker preps for UK long-duration storage tender Investor and renewables developer Frontier Power Ltd has said it is planning to lodge 'multiple' vanadium flow battery (VFB)-related bids in a long-duration energy storage (LDES) tender expected before July.

Mar 07, 2025

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Sumitomo Electric launches vanadium redox flow battery with 30-year lifespan The new system comes in three versions, providing up to 10 hours of storage. It achieves improvements in output and energy density, through component enhancements, thereby reducing cost and physical footprint.

Mar 03, 2025

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Record 13.6 GWh of battery energy storage capacity added in January Rho Motion noted big projects in Saudi Arabia and Hubei, China, and reported the only non-lithium-ion sites were three Chinese vanadium flow batteries.

Feb 17, 2025

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Australian redox flow battery maker Allegro secures fresh cash to scale to mass production The New South Wales (NSW)-based startup wants to enter mass production with products featuring a microemulsion electrolyte made of cheap, easily available and recyclable, non-toxic, and non-flammable materials.

Feb 14, 2025

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Go with the flow (batteries) There is a gap in the market for long-duration energy storage (LDES), according to US-based manufacturer ESS Inc. – one which can’t be plugged with lithium-ion chemistry. Hugh McDermott, of ESS Inc. tells pv magazine how he thinks iron flow batteries fit into the energy system of the future, as the company pursues global expansion.

Feb 14, 2025

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Redox recap: New flow battery JV in US, Japanese utility adds 12.5MWh flow battery A new joint venture (JV) aims to establish domestic vanadium electrolyte production for flow batteries, while a new Japanese redox flow project has been announced in a remote location.

Feb 05, 2025

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Chinese researchers develop high power density vanadium flow battery stack Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) in China have developed a 70 kW-level vanadium flow battery stack. The newly designed stack comes in 40% below current 30 kW-level stacks in terms of costs, due to its volume power density of 130 kW/m3.

Jan 24, 2024

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