After Redflow entered administration, Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks to Richard Hughes of Deloitte, appointed to evaluate the flow battery manufacturer’s options.

Delays in product development, high commodity prices and investors pulling out were behind some of the most recent bankruptcies in the ESS battery technology space, which include Nilar, AMTE and Ambri.

Ambri, the MIT-spinoff commercialising a liquid metal battery for stationary storage applications, looks set for a fresh start.

Here’s news in brief from around the world in energy storage with liquid metal battery maker Ambri, a German government-funded sodium-ion initiative, and ESS Inc’s iron flow battery project at Amsterdam.

Volvo Group has acquired the US battery pack company Proterra out of bankruptcy, while its power solutions arm Volvo Penta is providing its BESS sub-system for EV charging infrastructure solutions.

More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

Power shut-offs affecting millions in California, enacted by utilities Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Southern California Edison to prevent wildfires and their spreading, are a “draconian” measure and don’t address the real problems, SimpliPhi Power CEO Catherine Von Burg has said.

Assets are up for sale following the bankruptcy of EnSync, a networked smart home solutions provider from the US which has been using battery energy storage to aggregate connected systems for energy trading and other services.

Battery storage developer Camborne Energy Storage (CES) has been plunged into administration after failing to find buyers for prospective battery projects.

Alevo, a US energy storage provider which only started shipping its containerised solutions in January, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.