Welcome to the Aqueous Battery Brief. In this week’s roundup: Ore’s $43M Series A, Eos’ new microgrid move, and Terraflow signs a tie-up for critical infrastructure. • Not yet a subscriber? Join here.
Latest News
Ore Energy Lands $43M Series A
Dutch iron-air battery startup Ore Energy has raised a $43 million Series A to commercialize its 100-hour storage tech. The funding brings the company’s total amount raised to $61M.
Details in Energy Storage News.
Eos Deploys Z3 Battery in Nebraska Capital Microgrid
Electric utility provider Lincoln Electric System (LES) will deploy an Eos Energy Enterprises Z3 zinc-based battery into its 30-MW microgrid in Lincoln, Nebraska’s state capital. A key drawing point: “this thing is essentially non-flammable, which is important because it’s built to go in a dense urban environment,” an LES representative said.
Read more in Utility Dive and LES’s announcement.
TerraFlow + Shoals Technologies’ VRFB / Infrastructure Tie-Up
LDES manufacturer TerraFlow Energy and electrical infrastructure firm Shoals Technologies Group, Inc. have signed an MOU to integrate TerraFlow’s VRFB tech directly into critical power infrastructure. The companies are also exploring opportunities to integrate Shoals’ AirLink™ data center power distribution solution within TerraFlow’s customer demonstration facilities.
Read the announcement on TerraFlow’s site.
Aqueous Deep Dives
Why Vanadium Beats Lithium for Data Centers
TerraFlow CEO Jon Parrella provides his answer on Jigar Shah’s Energy Empire podcast.
Changing Batteries for Evolving AI
Understand how battery infrastructure is rapidly evolving to meet new needs across hyperscale, colocation, and NeoCloud environments in a recorded session from AI Week featuring Brandon Smith, vice president of global sales and product at ZincFive.
Data Center Batteries: Not Just One Thing
What type of battery do you need for your data center? Wrong question, explains energy storage expert Christos Iraklis. Understand which data center function calls for what kind of battery in his post on LinkedIn.
Setting the Zinc Record Straight
Thermal runaway and ground faults are not the same thing – and if you think nickel-zinc batteries take long to recharge, think again. Read why in ZincFive’s latest article, which sets the story straight on four common nickel-zinc battery misconceptions.
Rusty on Rust? Watch This.
How do rust batteries work, exactly? Get the answer with this high-level explainer video on “The Weirdest New Battery.”
At 250, the U.S. Needs Aqueous Storage
As the U.S. hits this milestone year, the country faces new urgency to secure energy independence, global AI leadership, and military dominance.
Fostering aqueous energy storage is critical to the country achieving all three.
Read why in the latest opinion piece from Octet CEO & Founder, Onas Bolton.
Mark Your Calendars
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Clean Energy Group‘s webinar will spotlight iron-air giant Form Energy. Hear from Sarah Jackson, Form’s Director of Government Affairs. Time: August 6th 2026 @ 1PM ET. Details & Registration
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Volta Foundation’s Battery Forum features two tracks: Next-Gen Chemistry and Cost Reduction. August 26, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET. Virtual Conference. Details & Registration
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Flow Batteries North America, the second annual flow battery-dedicated event in North America. October 19-22, Phoenix, Arizona. Details & Registration
📆 Get ahead of your planning with the Aqueous Energy Events Calendar in our December 29th Aqueous Battery Brief.
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