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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
ESI and Sharp’ Sign Strategic Zinc-Air Flow MoU
Queensland, Australia-based Energy Storage Industries-Asia Pacific (ESI) has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to co-develop next-generation zinc-air flow battery technology with Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corporation. Read the press release for details.
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Eos and Unico Enter Long-Term Deal
Leading multinational power electronics provider Unico has entered a five-year agreement to provide customized DC-to-DC converters integrated to Eos’s Z3/Znyth aqueous zinc battery systems. Read the announcement.
The deal is a mark of confidence in Eos’s readiness to deploy commercially viable technology at scale. The Motley Fool dives into reasons to be bullish on Eos.
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New ZincFive CEO
Nickel-Zinc battery firm ZincFive has appointed Tod Higinbotham as its new CEO to guide the company’s next phase of growth. Details on the ZincFive site.
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Alibaba’s Flow Storage
As part Alibaba’s larger commitment to AI growth backed by renewable generation + storage, the Chinese online marketplace hosts a 50 MWh liquid flow battery system to buffer intermittent renewables and secure power stability at its data center in Hangzhou. Story in Energy Storage News.
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Water-Based Deep Dives
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American Energy Needs Zinc-Air
Great roundup (and great sarcasm aimed at the naysayers) about the Zinc-Air’s readiness to tackle US energy storage in CleanTechnica.
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A Closer Look at Cap & Floor
Last week we shared how several aqueous LDES projects, including vanadium and zinc, made it through British utility Ofgem’s rigorous “Cap & Floor” assessment.
This week, we’re sharing two great analyses on why the success thus far signals aqueous energy’s strong emerging foothold against well-established lithium and pumped hydro. Read energy storage thought leader Marek Kubik on LinkedIn, and an earlier analysis (cited by Kubik) from Modo Energy’s Shaniyaa Holness-Mckenzie.
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McKinsey: $1T Climate Resilience / Adaptation Opportunity by 2030
The consulting firm finds that demand for technologies that support climate resilience and adaptation – including storage – could create a $1 trillion opportunity for private capital by 2030. Access the analysis.
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Mark Your Calendars
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Flow Batteries North America, October 27-29. | Register
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Three Chances to Meet Octet
On October 15th, hear Octet’s CEO Onas Bolton present at the Electrochemical Society (ECS)’s first-ever dedicated Aqueous Battery section at its 248th Meeting.
Additionally, Octet’s Chief Commercial Officer Emily Dickens will present in two events this fall:
- As a speaker in the International Zinc Association’s 2025 Zinc Metal Roundtable (Nov 5 – 7). Learn more
- As co-chair of the Zinc Battery Committee at NAATBatt’s Sodium-Zinc Battery Workshop (Nov 18-19). Details & Registration
We’ll see you there.
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