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Interview with ESS Inc CEO Drew Buckley ESS Inc President and CEO Drew Buckley tells ESS News the company has pivoted its strategy in 2026 around sodium-ion storage, citing nearly $1 billion in early-stage opportunities and a more measured approach to its iron flow technology amid tight liquidity.

Sep 04, 2026

Technologies

Allegro strikes deal to commercialize flow battery tech Australia's Allegro Energy has partnered with Germany-based flow battery manufacturer Jena Batteries to accelerate the commercial deployment of the former’s microemulsion electrolyte technology.

Aug 24, 2026

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US mining giant begins vanadium flow battery study in Australia Australian Vanadium Limited will partner with United States mining giant Alcoa to explore the potential rollout of vanadium flow battery energy storage technology at the miner’s alumina refinery operations in Western Australia.

Aug 12, 2026

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TerraFlow and Shoals target 5 GW vanadium flow deployment US companies sign agreement in a bid to boost flow battery deployment, with the data centers, industrial users and utilities seen as potential offtake partners.

Aug 07, 2026

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Idemitsu plans 864 MWh vanadium flow battery at Australian coal mine site Idemitsu Australia is proposing a 108 MW vanadium flow battery with eight hours of storage at a former coal mine site in New South Wales.

Jul 22, 2026

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Energy security push highlights need for long-duration storage Energy storage is essential to ensuring grid stability as demand grows for intermittent renewables, like solar PV. Different options are gaining traction, supported by international standards.

Adrian Pennington

Jun 09, 2026

Manufacturing

Invinity supplies large-scale vanadium flow storage for Flexbase project in Switzerland The Flexbase Group is currently building a large data center for artificial intelligence in Laufenburg, along with a flow battery with a capacity of 800 MW and 1600 MWh. This vanadium flow battery will be supplied by the British-Canadian company Invinity.

May 22, 2026

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Horizon Power starts vanadium battery trial in Australia Western Australia’s state-owned regional energy provider, Horizon Power, has officially launched the trial of a vanadium flow battery (VFB) in the northern part of the state as it investigates how to integrate long-duration energy storage into its network, microgrids, and other off-grid power systems.

Nov 29, 2024

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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

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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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