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The 2MW/8MWh VRFB Sumitomo Electric supplied for utility SDG&E in California. Image: Sumitomo / SDGE.

Sumitomo Electric makes long-duration flow battery sale for energy trading in Japan

August 30, 2023
Sumitomo Electric will supply an 8-hour duration vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) to a recently-established municipal power company in Niigata, Japan.
Schematic of the new JV business. Image: RENOVA Inc.

Japanese oil major Idemitsu’s energy storage JV launches with 15MW BESS project

August 3, 2023
Idemitsu Kosan, Japan’s biggest petroleum producer, has launched an energy storage business and announced its first lithium battery project.

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