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Vanadium flow and lithium-ion combine in world’s largest grid-forming hybrid storage plant in China China brings online 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming energy storage facility in Inner Mongolia, integrating lithium-ion and vanadium flow battery technologies.

Feb 27, 2026

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AVL partners with Sumitomo in bid for Western Australia’s 500 MWh vanadium battery project Perth-headquartered resources and technology company Australian Vanadium Limited’s subsidiary VSUN Energy will partner with Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Electric Industries in its bid to develop Western Australia’s planned 500 MWh Kalgoorlie vanadium battery project.

Feb 23, 2026

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CMBlu Energy to supply Uniper with 5 GWh of SolidFlow battery storage technology The ten-year agreement sees CMBlu Energy supply its SolidFlow battery technology to the German energy company from 2027. Uniper intends to deploy the battery systems in tranches of at least 100 MWh.

Sandra Enkhardt

Feb 03, 2026

Technologies

Dutch long-duration energy storage project targets sub-€50/kWh costs with innovative technologies The SLDBatt project brings together TRL 7 battery technologies – including molten sodium‑salt, saltwater acid–base flow, and hydrogen–iron flow batteries – to deliver an innovative and cost-effective long-duration energy storage solution.

Jan 14, 2026

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Cambridge startup claims its electrolytes can triple flow battery energy density A startup led by Cambridge University scientists and the former chair of Oxford PV is attempting to commercialize flow battery electrolytes with greater energy density than vanadium-based batteries. Kodiaq Technologies claims its electrolytes can be deployed as a drop-in solution for redox flow batteries.

Jan 07, 2026

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China connects world’s largest vanadium flow battery project Gigawatt-hour scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery installation is co-located with a PV plant.

Jan 07, 2026

Supply chain

What’s next for battery technology in 2026 Longer-duration storage, safety-driven procurement and Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance in the United States compliance are starting to push alternative chemistries closer to scale.

Jan 02, 2026

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Australian-made vanadium flow battery project could offer storage cost of $166/MWh Australian Vanadium Limited (AVL) has moved a vanadium flow battery (VFB) project to design phase with the aim of developing a modular, scalable, turnkey, utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).

Nov 06, 2024

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Gransolar puts its E22 vanadium battery business on hold The vanadium battery manufacturing division has reportedly been reintegrated into its parent until, 'it is time for vanadium.'

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Oct 31, 2024

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ESS uses iron flow battery deployments to adapt to new customer requirements Oregon-based company said iron flow batteries can be a “fast response” storage technology.

Michael Puttré

Oct 31, 2024

Industry

Sembcorp to expand Southeast Asia’s biggest battery storage site Built across two sites on Jurong Island, Sembcorp's lithium ion battery storage system will now be expanded to 311 MWh. Meanwhile, Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) has awarded grants to local sodium-ion and vanadium-flow specialists in a bid to enhance grid stability, also via underground system deployment.

Oct 24, 2024

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Amazon tests membrane-free redox flow battery from Swiss startup UP Unbound Potential (UP), part of the Amazon Sustainability Accelerator, wants to test its technology.

Sandra Enkhardt

Oct 21, 2024

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Flow Aluminum successfully tests aluminum-CO2 pouch cell A dozen tests at Indiana's Battery Innovation Center (BIC) included refinements of pouch cell architecture and assembly, in a crucial step toward commercialization.

Oct 16, 2024

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Australian grid-scale battery supplier gets $2m for electrolyte production Energy Storage Industries Asia Pacific has received a grant from the Queensland government to increase production of its iron flow battery electrolytes by 40 million litres per year.

Oct 14, 2024

VRB Energy

Manufacturing

VRB Energy plans 550 MW capacity across US, China via JV and restructuring VRB Energy, which has aimed to mainstream vanadium redox flow batteries, has formed a joint venture with Red Sun in China to build more factories, taking a 49% stake in the venture that is constructing two large-scale facilities.

Oct 02, 2024

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ESS Inc, ESI partner on 3.2 GWh iron flow battery manufaturing site in Australia Under construction long-duration storage manufacturing site secures AUD 65 million ($45 million) in public and private funds, including AUD 25 million from state government. ESS Inc confirms to ESS News it has ambitions to manufacture in Europe.

, Matthew Lynas

Sep 24, 2024

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