Featured in Outlook Obscured – 03-2025

How to trump the flow battery doubters

While some clean energy executives are worried over the new US administration and its stance on the energy transition, others have been talking up the fossil fuel industry-friendly aspects of flow batteries that may be needed to power a boom in artificial intelligence-focused data centers.

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Max Hall

05 Mar 2025

Invinity installed the largest VFB in the United States, a 10 MWh project on tribal lands near Alpine, California. | Photo: Invinity Energy Systems

Renewables executives are trying to read the runes for the new US administration. Given the nature of events, it is perhaps not surprising to learn the chief executive of one US battery manufacturer has been emphasizing his company’s use of fossil fuel industry materials.“We use benzene and xylene, or you can get it from coal-tar …

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