With the year halfway through, we at Octet wanted to take stock of how much we’ve accomplished so far – and how much the aqueous energy space has achieved in the past six months.
It’s a story of global expansion, technological diversity, and a widening pool of customers who trust us as their electrolyte partner to succeed in a booming market.
Read on for details.
Expanding Across Aqueous Technologies – and Across the Globe
Octet was founded to serve as a critical electrolyte partner for zinc battery developers. We soon realized our solutions to address issues like gassing, dendrites, and shape change were applicable across all aqueous chemistries – not just zinc tech alone. We’ve evolved our practice accordingly:
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Last year we forged major partnerships with leading iron-based battery players.
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This year, we’ve signed deals with multiple major lead-acid firms, supporting their innovation in markets from automotive to data center power.
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Also this year, we forged collaborations with multiple zinc powder providers representing a significant portion of the zinc powder supply across APAC, Europe, and the US.
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Separately, our first engagement with a Japanese manufacturer further expands our work supporting aqueous energy firms in APAC.
In more ways than one, a world of aqueous technology awaits.
Expanded Capabilities & IP
Much of what’s bringing those customers to us is our expanding crop of chemistries, methodologies, and IP that delivers ever-more-impactful results for our clients:
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We continue to develop our additive library, which hit 450 molecules this year.
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We’ve expanded capabilities to make industry caliber anodes — allowing us to align our testing more closely with customer systems and test for new parameters.
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Our two patent developments – one allowed US patent, and a new international patent in Australia (one of the hottest LDES markets) – gives us additional freedom to share our expertise even further as battery firms’ demand grows.
Serving More Clients, and our Clients More
This year we’re honored to serve battery firms across a variety of use cases, from grid to critical infrastructure to new data center projects.
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Over 65% of our 2026 clients are new.
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Repeat clients – already familiar with our ability to accelerate R&D – are turning to us for electrolyte guidance from day one on their own newest offerings.
As the demand for aqueous energy storage skyrockets (see below), we’re thrilled to be the electrolyte guide for an ever-growing portion of the field.
The Aqueous Industry is Booming
What makes all of our activity still more exciting is the aqueous energy industry we support – which is growing by leaps and bounds. There are so many industry milestones to point to, but for just a few examples of aqueous energy storage achievement this year consider these five highlights:
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Google’s $1B deal with Form Energy to provide a 300 megawatt / 30 GWh iron-air battery array.
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SoftBank Corp’s new line of zinc-halogen batteries, expected to deliver ¥100 billion ($637 million) in annual revenue by fiscal 2030.
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CMBlu Energy’s series C raise at unicorn valuation.
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Eos Energy’s partnership with Cerberus Capital to deliver 2 GWh in storage – a partnership that has already acquired 480 MWh in Texas-based projects.
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Vanadium flow is getting massive – with a 2 MW/8 MWh installation launched in China and UK-based Invinity recently tapped to provide a 2.1GWh system in Switzerland.
These are just a few examples of many. (Be sure to stay up on many more aqueous storage developments at Octet’s own Aqueous Battery Brief!)
Let Us Know: What Are Your 2H 2026 Goals?
2026 has been a spectacular year of growth for our aqueous battery field across all of its technologies, and we’re honored that so many in the industry have turned to Octet to push that growth even further.
And we’re here to help continue that acceleration into 2H and beyond. How do you want to unlock growth for your own technology in 2H? Let us know. Set up a time to talk with our team.