The flow battery is one of the more interesting ideas for grid energy storage – after all, how many batteries combine electron current with fluid current? If you’re interested in trying your hand at ...

Flow Aluminum earlier this month announced it reached a major milestone in its efforts to create new and more efficient batteries. Flow Aluminum, an Albuquerque-based startup, is working to create a ...

Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands is testing an unusual kind of battery that could prove to be a better, cheaper way to store wind and solar energy. Developed by US startup ESS, the device is known ...

Chinese researchers have unveiled a solar “battery” that does not just generate electricity, it stores it directly, reaching a solar-to-electricity efficiency of 4.2 percent in a single integrated ...

A firm in China has announced the successful completion of world’s largest vanadium flow battery project – a 175 megawatt (MW) / 700 megawatt-hour (MWh) energy storage system. The Xinhua Ushi ESS ...

As power utilities and industrial companies seek to use more renewable energy, the market for grid-scale batteries is expanding rapidly. Alternatives to lithium-ion technology may provide ...

Whether it’s to keep the lights on after a natural disaster or just to avoid peak energy rates, more people than ever are adding battery energy storage to their home solar systems. With some 45% of ...