Elestor claims its hydrogen-iron flow battery delivers 75%+ round-trip efficiency, a 20-25 year lifespan, and 15€/kWh capex for long-duration storage. 

Independent power producer (IPP) ContourGlobal has begun construction of its fourth large-scale solar PV and battery storage hybrid project in Chile.

Flow battery company Invinity Energy Systems has sold 43MWh of battery systems to utility Dairyland Power Cooperative for deployment across long duration energy storage (LDES) projects in the US Midwest.

July was a busy month for large-scale battery storage activity in the UK, with Engie commissioning a system, Masdar and Fidra hitting financial close on projects, Eku Energy buying one, project consents for Aura Power and Starlight Energy, and more.

Japanese utility Tokyo Gas has entered into a long-term offtake agreement for a 49.7MW/202.1MWh battery storage project in Fukushima Prefecture.

AMPYR Australia has received a 5.3.4 letter from AEMO for the 270MW Northern Battery near Port Augusta in South Australia.

The largest grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Czech Republic has gone online, supplied by a company invested in by lithium-ion OEM CATL. 

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Mike Nagus, CEO of LiNova Energy, about the company’s recently launched “metal-free polymer cathode” battery.

Massachusetts’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 1,000MW of energy storage in the US state.

IPP Prosalia has commissioned a 15MW/60MWh battery storage system at a solar PV plant in Portugal, while power group EDP has added one to a hybrid wind and solar project in Spain.