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"A multi-institutional team based at Imperial College in London and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China has been developing a new membrane for that deploy alternative electrolytes such as aqueous organic or zinc-iron formulas, which have the potential to combine low toxicity with high energy density and a long lifecycle."

cleantechnica.com/2024/12/26/n

CleanTechnica · This Flow Battery Aims To Kill Natural Gas, Not Just CoalA flow battery membrane makeover is expected to cut costs and improve the environmental footprint of long duration energy storage.

"There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export clean electricity..."
"#Hokkaido Electric Power Network is deploying flow batteries...that stores energy in hulking tanks of metallic liquid"
"Hokkaido’s flow battery farm was the biggest in the world when it opened in April 2022 – a record that lasted just a month before China built one that is 8 times bigger"
postguam.com/the_globe/world/t
#Japan #FlowBatteries #Renewables #WindPower

The Guam Daily PostThese batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas (FRIDAY)SAPPORO, Japan — Ocean winds whip across the beaches, hillsides and sprawling plains of Hokkaido. There’s enough wind energy here for Japan’s northernmost island to power itself and export clean

#FlowBatteries are a cool concept to store industrial amounts of electricity until demanded. The current utility-grade technology uses vanadium, which has supply chain isues.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_bat

Just ran across a company named #Elestor, which is working with a hydrogen & bromide chemisty: both plentiful and cheap. The goal is low price per MW storage.

Anyone know anything about them?

elestor.com/

en.wikipedia.orgFlow battery - Wikipedia