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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
World’s Largest Aqueous Organic Flow Battery
Suqian Time Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., has commissioned the world’s largest aqueous organic flow battery energy storage system in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, per an announcement.
- With a 5 MW / 20 MWh capacity and over 20,000 charge/discharge cycles, the system just ran a successful 72-hour continuous operation test.
- Suqian subsidiary Jena Flow Batteries, which collaborated closely with Suqian on development, provides details and footage on LinkedIn.
Eos’ New OS
Eos US has released DawnOS™, the company’s new battery management system, software, controls, and analytics platform purpose-built for Eos’ battery technology. Details on LinkedIn
Inlyte’s Commercial-Scale Leadership Team
Iron-sodium battery manufacturer Inlyte Energy has appointed a trio of industry veterans to their leadership team.
- Sandor Hollo, former Chief Technology Officer of GE Energy Storage, joins as EVP of Product.
- Alison Armstrong, former manufacturing director from Tesla, joins as Head of Operations.
- Dilip Goswami, former CEO of Molekule and venture partner at At One Ventures, joins as President.
The new leadership joins as Inlyte transitions from technology development to commercial-scale production. Read the press release.
Hydrogen-Iron RFB Strategic Partnership Search
A Dutch hydrogen-iron redox flow battery firm is conducting a global search for a number of strategic partners. The technology’s key stats include:
- 8 – 150 hours of storage
- 3 megawatt-hour installation already in operation
- Development for a 250 megawatt-hour utility-scale system underway.
For more details and to see if your company might be a fit, read the post in Enterprise Europe Network.
Water-Based Deep Dives
Lithium Dominance?
“Form Energy has priced its 100-hour iron-air battery tech at $70-72/kWh, much cheaper than lithium-ion and inexpensive enough to attract utility customers.” Find valuable insights like these in a close look at Lithium’s LDES dominance, and ways emerging alternatives are challenging the status quo. Story in Energy Storage News.
Chromium Flow Takes Off
Redox One’s Vice President of Business Development, Jake Iverson, explains why the time has come for chromium flow batteries – and how the company is seizing the moment with a secure supply chain and sustainability throughout. Get the details on Redox One’s blog.
Mark Your Calendars
Three Chances to Meet Octet
Octet’s Founder and CEO Onas Bolton will participate in The Sun Company’s Clean Energy Roundtable during Clean Energy Week New York.
- The topic: How will market forces and new financial models drive the next phase of clean energy deployment to meet rising demand for energy security?
- The date: September 24th
Details on LinkedIn. Space is limited – request an invitation at events@tsc.energy
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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