ESS Inc. has received UL1973 certification for the battery modules in its utility and industrial flow battery energy storage systems.

Australian Vanadium has secured a site and progressed the design and development of a flow battery electrolyte facility in Western Australia.

Sumitomo Electric will step up its VRFB business in the US, with plans to invest in local production and installation capabilities.

US Senator Joe Manchin and fellow bipartisan colleagues have urged the Biden Administration to invest more in non-lithium energy storage technologies, while DOE Loan Programs Office head Jigar Shah expects companies developing the latter to broadly secure 1GWh orders this year.

CMBlu Energy, the designer and maker of a proprietary organic flow battery, has won its first deal in the US since the company’s expansion into the market.

Zinc-air flow battery company Zinc8 Energy Solutions has won US$9 million in state tax credits for its new manufacturing facility in Ulster County, New York.

The European Union has resolved a glaring omission in the design of its forthcoming Battery Passport, according to Flow Batteries Europe.

A demonstration facility to prove out Australia’s capabilities in critical minerals processing will be built in North Queensland.

ASX-listed Altech Chemicals and research institute Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have progressed plans for a 100MWh plant in Germany to produce the latter’s energy storage-focused sodium solid state battery technology.