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2 months ago | ess-news.com | Blathnaid O'Dea |Blathnaid O’Dea |Marija Maisch |Sandra Enkhardt

Swedish startup Cellfion is developing PFAS-free membranes for its LDES non-vanadium flow batteries, CEO and co-founder Liam Hardey has told ESS News. “Additionally, we are developing PFAS-free membranes for the hydrogen industry, including applications in fuel cells, fuel cell humidifiers, and electrolyzers,” said the chief executive.

2 months ago | ess-news.com | Blathnaid O'Dea |Blathnaid O’Dea |Marija Maisch |Tristan Rayner

In July 2024, the Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines said its next renewable energy auction would focus strongly on integrating renewable energy and energy storage systems (IRESS). Initially, the auction was to be held in the final quarter of 2024, but the DOE is only getting around to outlining the details of the Green Energy Auction, (GEA-4), now. The GEA-4 is the Philippines fourth renewable energy auction, but the first to focus on IRESS.

Mar 6, 2025 | ess-news.com | Blathnaid O'Dea |Blathnaid O’Dea |Marija Maisch |Sergio Matalucci

In a study published in the Journal of Power Sources, researchers at the University of the Basque Country in Spain (UPV/EHU) presented an energy storage system made using electrodes derived from wood biomass. The wood biomass they used comes from a variety of pine tree, and it is widely available as a waste product from sawmills, making it both a cost-effective and sustainable method according to the Solid State and Materials Research Group at the UPV/EHU.

Mar 5, 2025 | ess-news.com | Blathnaid O'Dea |Blathnaid O’Dea |Sergio Matalucci |Sandra Enkhardt

A pending ‘recipe’ developed by academics from the University of Leicester in the UK could shorten the long recycling loop associated with lithium-ion batteries, thereby making recycling these batteries more profitable. The scientists’ method allows lithium-ion battery black mass, a low-value mixture of anode and cathode and other materials, to be purified directly within minutes of operation at room temperature. Their research has been published in the journal RSC Sustainability.

Feb 26, 2025 | ess-news.com | Blathnaid O'Dea |Blathnaid O’Dea |Sandra Enkhardt |Max Hall

Scale Energy was only founded in January 2024, but its ambition quickly netted interest from high-profile investors. The fledgling startup’s mission, its CEO and co-founder Elias Aruna told ESS News, is all about accelerating the deployment of industrial battery storage and unlocking the “untapped potential of existing grid connections”. With fresh funding secured, it will proceed with its plan to build the biggest decentralized battery storage network in Europe.