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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
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Gold Peak Leans in to Nickel-Zinc
Hong-Kong based battery giant Gold Peak Technology Group is planning a RM670 million (~ $160 million), 180-person nickel-zinc R&D facility in the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone. It’s part of the century-old firm’s vision to become a key provider of safe storage for the booming global data center market. Full story in leading Singaporean outlet The Straits Times.
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Strong News from ESS
ESS has signed on with Arizona utility Salt River Project for a 50 MWh pilot project. The leading iron-flow firm has also closed $40 million in financing via Yorkville Advisors Global. Details on both developments in Energy Storage News.
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Double-Congrats to Ore Energy
Iron-air innovator Ore Energy has been selected as a finalist for the 2025 Energy Storage Awards in two categories: LDES Company of the Year and Newcomer/Start-Up of the Year. Announcement on LinkedIn.
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Water-Based Deep Dives
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Upcycling Lithium into Redox
A team under Dr. Yosep Han at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) has developed a method to convert lithium manganese oxide from lithium-ion batteries into redox flow battery materials. More in Tech Briefs.
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Lead’s Leading Manufacturing Role
The U.S. lead battery industry supports 106,050 jobs across manufacturing, recycling, transportation and distribution, generates $35 billion in total business output, and has a predicted 2.8% compound annual growth for stationary storage through 2027. Learn more about these and other recent estimates in a post from Battery Council International (BCI) in celebration of the recent Manufacturing Day in the US. Read the post.
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Mark Your Calendars
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Flow Batteries North America, October 27-29. | Register
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Two 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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