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Spain completes testing of Europe’s largest research vanadium BESS Spain’s Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (Ciuden), a government energy research foundation, has completed operational testing of a 1 MW/8 MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system at its Cubillos del Sil technology center, which it says is the largest vanadium flow battery in Europe dedicated to applied research.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 24, 2026

R&D

New cost-saving copper welding technique for battery cells revealed by Fraunhofer Resistance projection welding technique could unlock cost-effective copper interconnection potential. Described as a major opportunity for German battery manufacturers, the new approach to copper interconnections will now be used in commercial production.

Mar 20, 2026

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Panasonic claims world’s first trial of cybersecurity monitoring for grid-scale BESS A Japanese joint-pilot will test grid-scale BESS with a range of local and remote attack vectors, with cybersecurity monitoring to watch for indications of anomalies.

Mar 19, 2026

Technologies

Scientists demonstrate quantum battery prototype with rapid charging Scientists from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), RMIT University and the University of Melbourne have developed a quantum battery prototype that demonstrates rapid, scalable energy storage using collective quantum effects.

Mar 19, 2026

Technologies

Small 24/7 clean power commitments could cut costs for long-duration storage TU Berlin researchers say early demand for round-the-clock carbon-free electricity could help bring advanced energy technologies to market faster through technology learning effects. Grant funding for the research was provided by Google, which has since announced plans to build the world’s largest iron-air battery.

Mar 09, 2026

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BESS in Brazil: Feasibility of three strategic approaches Based on real data from the National Interconnected System between 2024 and 2025, the study evaluates the technical, economic, and regulatory performance of batteries operating as autonomous market agents, behind the meter for consumption shifting, or co-located with distributed solar generation.

Feb 20, 2026

R&D

Chinese Academy of Sciences unveils 101 MW compressor for compressed air energy storage The new compressor is described as the world’s most powerful single-unit compressed air energy storage (CAES) system, with a maximum discharge pressure of 10.1 MPa and an efficiency of 88.1%.

Emiliano Bellini

Feb 17, 2026

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Japan keeps lead in solid state battery development While China, South Korea, Europe, and the US are also engaged in active development of all solid state batteries, Japan is leading the charge offering generous subsidies to technology proponents.

Jan 10, 2025

R&D

Storing photovoltaic-thermal energy with volcanic tuff stones Scientists in China have used ground heat exchangers based on volcanic tuff stones to improve storage capabilities and efficiency of photovoltaic-thermal systems. Their experiments showed that the proposed combination effectively improves PV module cooling and thermal efficiency.

Emiliano Bellini

Jan 08, 2025

R&D

Offshore virtual power plant features battery and compressed air energy storage The proposed virtual power plant (VPP) integrates a platform-to-ship (P2S) setup to electrify anchored and bunkering ships while generating grid electricity. Battery and compressed-air systems would operate alongside floating PV and wind generators.

Jan 07, 2025

R&D

Australian redox flow water-based battery developer lands state grant Allegro Energy has secured a AUD 2.1 million ($1.3 million) grant from the New South Wales state government to develop an Australian-made, aqueous-based redox flow battery energy storage prototype capable of storing energy for more than 10 hours.

Dec 20, 2024

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R&D

SunTrain: Moving energy via batteries on railways SunTrain is hoping to ship renewable energy via battery-powered trains, charged from solar and wind, using rail networks.

Dec 17, 2024

Sodium-ion batteries

Peak Energy behind Colorado sodium-ion battery cell engineering center The company seeks to commercialize alternatives to utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage.

Michael Puttré

Dec 17, 2024

Technologies

EV charging microgrid project powered by lead batteries The developers of the first-of-its-kind lead battery-powered EV charging station, currently located in Missouri, say they plan to roll it out across the US.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 16, 2024

Markets

Brazil’s Klabin and ISI developing battery anode from paper processing byproduct Pulp processing byproduct Kraft lignin could be a promising alternative to China-dominated synthetic graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries.

Alessandra Neris

Dec 12, 2024

R&D

Inlyte reports zero loss over 700 cycles for its iron-sodium battery tech The startup is targeting commercial demonstration projects in 2025 and large-scale U.S. manufacturing by early 2027.

Dec 10, 2024

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