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Research facility and observatory, within the Arctic Circle on the North Slope of Alaska. Image: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

US Defense innovators working on battery microgrid for ‘brutal Arctic conditions’

November 17, 2022
A consortium led by the US Department of Defense is developing microgrid capable of withstanding harsh extreme cold weather conditions.
Artist rendering of the Fort Carson project. Image: Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin putting long-duration flow battery at US Army’s Fort Carson

June 15, 2022
‘Innovative long-duration storage technology’ from Lockheed Martin will be deployed at the US Army’s Fort Carson in Colorado.
Zinc fuel cell module at Zinc8's facilities in North America. Image: Zinc8.

Progress in US initiatives to demonstrate and investigate long-duration energy storage tech

April 12, 2021
A zinc-air energy storage system (ZESS) offering 10 hours of storage is being trialled in a New York Power Authority (NYPA) project, while a US Department of Defense-funded investigation into flow batteries has moved into a physical validation and evaluation phase in Colorado.
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Ameresco guarantees that US Navy shipyard’s US$173m microgrid upgrade will pay off

February 8, 2021
A US Navy shipyard is getting an upgrade to its microgrid system from Ameresco that guarantees reliability and considerable energy savings over the lifetime of the project.

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