A seven-year observation of a vanadium flow battery in California from Sumitomo Electric has been completed, while US lab PNNL has found an alternative, food-based electrolyte which it said boosted capacity and longevity.

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Samantha McGahan of Australian Vanadium on the electrolyte, which is the single most important material for making vanadium flow batteries.

The downstream arm of vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals and other industry sources have responded to yesterday’s article about flow battery technology’s suitability for a tender in South Africa.

Elcora is developing a vanadium pentoxide plant in Morocco to complement raw materials extraction.

Invinity and BASF have announced the first deployments of their non-lithium battery storage tech in Hungary and Australia respectively.

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

Long-duration energy storage was firmly on the agenda and among the talking points of attendees at Energy Storage Summit EU in London.

Suncor’s plan to recover vanadium from coke-fired boilers will receive CA$7 million (US$5.2 million) government funding.

South Africa could play a big role in the global battery value chain with the potential for 10-15GWh of domestic demand for battery energy storage by 2030, according to a report from the World Bank.