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31 October 2024: Over 120 participants attended the Flow Batteries Europe (FBE) webinar on 30 October 2024 celebrating the 40th anniversary of vanadium flow batteries (VFB). The webinar featured an exclusive interview with Emeritus Professor Maria Skyllas-Kazacos AM (University of New South Wales), the initial developer of the first vanadium flow battery. FBE’s Secretary General, […]
Read more24 October 2024: Yesterday, the European Commission selected 85 innovative net-zero projects to receive €4.8 billion in grants from the Innovation Fund, supporting the implementation of cutting-edge clean technologies across Europe. Among these is a project featuring a hybrid energy storage system that combines lithium-ion and vanadium flow batteries, directly linked to a large-scale solar […]
Read more18 October 2024: This week, the FBE team had the opportunity to attend the 7th annual Energy Storage Global Conference (ESGC), organised by the European Association for Storage of Energy (EASE) in Brussels. The event brought together over 300 delegates from across the energy storage sector. The first day focused on policies and the regulatory […]
Read more12 September 2024: The European Commission’s long-awaited report on the Future of EU Competitiveness by Mario Draghi was released this week and sets the role in the shaping of the new European Commission’s strategic direction. The report outlines the challenges Europe faces, such as slower productivity growth compared to the U.S. and China and the […]
Read more2 September 2024: The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is calling on industry experts to share their insights on battery performance, durability, and lifespan. This information will help shape the ongoing implementation of the EU’s Batteries Regulation, ensuring fair and balanced legal obligations across the sector. As of 18 August 2024, the Regulation requires […]
Read more22 August 2024:The recent report by the U.S. Department of Energy highlights the potential of flow battery technology in making low-cost, long-duration energy storage a reality. Flow batteries are positioned as a key competitor in the evolving energy storage landscape, offering unique advantages such as scalability and the ability to decouple energy and power capacity. […]
Read more8 August 2024: Batteries Regulation imposes an obligation that every flow battery placed on the European market should have a Carbon Footprint Declaration, yet there is currently no common calculation methodology available. In light of this, Flow Batteries Europe (FBE) proposes to establish a working group on the development of a carbon footprint calculation methodology […]
Read more17 July 2024: The German Federal Government will support long-duration energy storage (LDES) of 500 MW under its Power Plant Safety Act. The Act, coordinated with the European Commission, is part of Germany’s economic growth package and aims to: Precisely, next to the 500 MW LDES that will be supported under the mechanism, 5 GW […]
Read more4 July 2024: Horizon 2020 supported the development of a smart European electricity grid, funding projects that focus on automation, energy storage integration and the adoption of renewable energy sources to aid the transition to a more sustainable energy system. This is a priority area for Europe and investment in energy storage technologies and integration […]
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