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Iron flow batteries turn negative pricing into positive returns 

Iron Flow Batteries Turn Negative Pricing into Positive Returns 

Today’s energy grid was built to transmit power from large, centralized generating stations (usually powered by coal or nuclear) to distant load centers. The dynamics of the grid are evolving rapidly as more intermittent renewable electricity is added, creating economic and operational challenges and opportunities across the system.

Iron flow batteries turn negative pricing into positive returns 

Iron Flow Batteries Turn Negative Pricing into Positive Returns 

Today’s energy grid was built to transmit power from large, centralized generating stations (usually powered by coal or nuclear) to distant load centers. The dynamics of the grid are evolving rapidly as more intermittent renewable electricity is added, creating economic and operational challenges and opportunities across the system.

Winter grid resiliency needs long-duration energy storage

Winter Grid Resiliency Needs Long-Duration Energy Storage

By Hugh McDermott | Power outages due to extreme weather are not new. However, our aging grid combined with an increasingly unstable climate have caused power outages related to extreme weather to double over the past 20 years.

2023: a breakthrough year for clean energy 

2023: A Breakthrough Year for Clean Energy 

By Eric Dresselhuys, CEO | As 2023 draws to a close, it is shaping up to be the warmest year on record complete with, now routine, climate disasters including unprecedented wildfires in Canada and extreme atmospheric rivers which buried California with 237% of normal snowpack and led to significant flooding, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.

Long-duration energy storage beats the heat 

Long-duration Energy Storage Beats the Heat 

By Hugh McDermott, Senior VP of Business Development and Sales | As temperatures have skyrocketed around the globe this summer the threat of climate change has felt more present than ever. Heat waves have become synonymous with power shortages and outages, especially in arid states like California, where there have been multiple high-profile instances in recent years. Long-duration energy storage will be key to reducing emissions and preventing power outages.

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