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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
$1.62M Award to Supercharge Enzinc R&D
Zinc anode manufacturer Enzinc has been selected for a $1.62 million award from the California Energy Commission. The award will be applied toward R&D to advance Enzinc’s electrode platform for high-power and long-duration energy storage needs. The milestone follows the firm’s recent $8M Series A.
Enzinc is collaborating on this project with multiple partners:
- Octet Scientific will lead electrolyte development to enhance battery performance for grid-specific applications.
- The Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) at UC Riverside for system-level design and testing for microgrid applications.
- Factor will support project administration.
- Through Community Resources for Science (CRS) and Richmond Promise, this project also helps develop the next generation of energy professionals.
Read the announcement on LinkedIn.
Texas-Size VRFB
Long-duration energy storage developer TerraFlow Energy has announced a 9.6MW/48MWh vanadium redox flow battery energy storage system project in Bellville, Texas – which, per the company, will be one of the largest LDES deployments of its kind in the state. Energy Storage News has the story.
Hydrogen Gets Flowing
Dutch-based Flow Battery developer / manufacturer Elestor has developed a hydrogen-iron flow battery enabling eight to 150 hours of electricity storage with an inherently modular and scalable design. Read more in the Innovation News Network.
Aqueous – Based Resilience
Listen: Resilience as Service
On the Connect into Podcast from sustainable investments firm Pantokrator, e-Zinc CEO James Larsen sits down for a wide-ranging conversation on the new world of zinc-based LDES. Topics including e-Zinc’s collaborations with Toyota and the California Energy Commission, and the new investor appetite for “resilience as a service.” Catch the episode.
Aqueous Energy Security
Tom Sisto, CEO and Co-founder of organic flow battery company XL Batteries, makes the case for why investment in lithium-alternative LDES is critical for U.S. domestic security and resiliency. Argument in Energy Storage News.
Mark Your Calendars
The Volta Foundation’s Women in Batteries Conference (July 30 – 31) will feature speakers including Octet’s Chief Commercial Officer, Emily Dickens.
Dickens will also participate as co-chair of the Zinc Battery Committee at NAATBatt International’s Sodium-Zinc Battery Workshop (Nov 18-19). Details & Registration
Plus: don’t miss the Center for Energy Initiatives’ 7th Battery and Energy Storage Conference (September, 24-25 2025). Register here.
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