Update 7 July 2022: Eos Energy Enterprises confirmed that the additional orders from Bridgelink will be for Texas projects.

The battery industry is at risk of falling into the trap of becoming too dependent on a single ingredient.

Zinc-air battery company e-Zinc has entered into a pilot project collaboration with Toyota Tsusho Canada (TTCI) to trial its energy storage system at a wind farm in Texas.

Pine Gate Renewables has signed a second long-term supply memorandum of understanding (MOU) targeting an alternative to lithium-ion this week, with nickel-hydrogen battery group EnerVenue.

Urban Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with developer Pine Gate Renewables to supply the latter up to 4,550MWh of its zinc batteries over the next five years.

Eos Energy Enterprises added 65MWh of production capacity in the first quarter of this year.

Zinc battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has secured a US$200 million investment commitment.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time from the USA.

e-Zinc, which claims its zinc metal-based battery technology could provide low-cost, long-duration energy storage has raised US$25 million. 

Zinc battery energy storage system provider Eos Energy Systems finished 2021 with an order backlog of US$148.7 million and a net loss for the year of US$124.2 million.