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Adoption, Deals, and Tech
Global Data Center Consortium Taps Phinergy
The Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers — a global consortium of data center players including Danfoss, Data4, Google, Microsoft, Vertiv, and Schneider Electric — has selected Phinergy’s aluminum-air tech as a partner in its mission “to speed up the large-scale adoption of clean alternatives to diesel backup generators.”
- Phinergy’s solution was chosen from over 70 proposals submitted in response to the Hub’s RFI aimed at identifying clean and scalable backup energy systems for data centers.
- Phinergy and the Hub will now collaborate towards the execution of a funded project for scaling aluminum-air backup systems to the MW level and deploying them in live environments at hub member data centers.
Read the announcement on LinkedIn.
Inlyte’s $4.1M for Fire Resiliency
Inlyte Energy has been awarded $4.1M form the US Department of Energy to deploy its iron-sodium battery at a high fire risk zone in Sonoma County, CA.
Invinity’s Supply Chain Plays and More
Matt Harper, CEO of vanadium redox flow battery Invinity Energy Systems, sits down for a convo on topics including the firm’s move to lower supply chain costs through its new partnership with Guangxi United Energy Storage New Materials Technology, a Chinese battery materials and manufacturing specialist.
Read the write-up in Energy Storage News.
Water-Based Deep Dives
During the slow summer months, why not catch up on your aqueous battery reading? A few helpful resources below.
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The Long Duration Energy Storage Council’s most recent annual report. Of particular note: Slide 26 features planned eight-hour-plus storage LDES deployments from Eos, ESS, e-Zinc, Form, and Stryten.
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For a wider view of battery technologies – aqueous chemistries included – catch Volta Foundation’s 2024 Battery Report from early this year.
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Battery Council International (BCI) has excellent high-levels on the lead and flow batteries industries and more. Check out their site.
Mark Your Calendars
The Volta Foundation’s Women in Batteries Conference (July 30 – 31) will feature speakers including Octet’s Chief Commercial Officer, Emily Dickens.
Dickens will also participate as co-chair of the Zinc Battery Committee at two upcoming NAATBatt International events:
- The committee’s next Virtual Meeting (August 20th). Submit Details for Info
- The fall’s Sodium-Zinc Battery Workshop (Nov 18-19). Details & Registration
Finally, don’t miss the Center for Energy Initiatives’ 7th Battery and Energy Storage Conference (September, 24-25 2025). Register here.
We’ll see you soon.
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