FlexBase Group will start construction on a data centre plus 800MW/1,600MWh flow battery in Switzerland the coming weeks, the firm claimed, explaining to Energy-Storage.news how and why.

Bills passed in Maryland and a recommendation from the Maine Governor’s Energy Office have called for increased energy storage development in the respective states.

Governor of Virginia, US, Glenn Youngkin, has vetoed legislation aimed at raising energy storage targets in the state.

We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, ‘organic’ chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion. 

Sumitomo Electric has followed up the US launch of its newest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, announcing a deal in Japan.

The development of global standards and specifications for the electrolyte used in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) is “crucial” for the technology’s prospects.

Largo has announced the successful closing of the previously announced transaction between its subsidiary, Largo Clean Energy Corp. and Stryten Critical E-Storage to establish joint venture Storion Energy.

Western Australia’s Premier Roger Cook of the Labor Party has pledged to invest AU$150 million (US$92.4 million) into a 500MWh 10-hour duration vanadium battery energy storage system (BESS) should it be re-elected in the upcoming state election.

China has reached well over 70GW of installed BESS capacity, while DC block prices appear to be ‘stable’, a local metals price agency said.