Recently, utility Xcel Energy announced it would install 30GWh of US startup Form Energy’s iron-air batteries at a data centre in Pine Island, Minnesota, owned by tech giant Google.
Netherlands-based iron-air long-duration energy storage (LDES) startup Ore Energy has completed a grid-connected pilot of its 100-hour iron-air LDES system at EDF Lab les Renardières in France.
Energy storage developers are securing significant capital and strategic partnerships, with ESS Inc launching a 50MWh iron flow battery pilot, Energy Vault closing a US$300 million investment, and NineDot obtaining US$175 million in debt financing.
Emerging tech must prove it can outcompete the incumbent, writes Sightline Climate analyst Lukas Karapin-Springorum, outlining the state of play in LDES technology today.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy-owned utility PacifiCorp has filed its 2025 integrated resource plan (IRP) with the six state utility commissions in its service area.
International Electric Power is proposing a long-duration energy storage project on the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California utilising Eos Energy Enterprises’s zinc cathode battery technology.
Form Energy, the US startup behind a battery technology that aims to cost-effectively provide 100-hour duration energy storage, has closed a Series F funding round.
Work has begun on the first pilot project using Form Energy’s iron-air battery, designed to cost-effectively store and discharge energy over multiple days.
A disused paper mill in Maine, US, will host a ‘multi-day’ battery storage system as part of a major project to reinforce and upgrade the electricity grid in New England.
