Ben Lincoln, energy expert at intellectual property law firm Potter Clarkson, looks at patent filing activity in energy storage technologies outside the world of electrochemical batteries.
European gigafactory firm Northvolt has started producing battery energy storage systems (BESS) at its Northvolt Dwa facility in Poland, while also securing a US$1.2 billion convertible note.
The domestic manufacturing capabilities of US flow battery providers ESS Inc and Stryten Energy have been celebrated by senior state politicians in Oregon and Georgia respectively.
Since the Inflation Reduction Act, US$270 billion of US clean energy investment has been announced while downstream projects in development have hit 185GW – 80% and 92% higher than four months ago.
Kraftblock, a thermal energy storage startup based in Germany, and Australia’s MGA Thermal have secured funding to accelerate their technologies’ scale-up and commercialisation.
