Clean Technica
Summary
A free new modeling tool is now available to help flow battery developers skim over time-consuming R&D steps, paving the way for a new generation of high-capacity, long-duration energy storage systems to help meet the demands of data centers and other power-hungry sectors
As for whether or not flow batteries are a good, better, or best energy storage solution for data centers, that remains to be seen. One project to keep an eye on is the new FlexBase Technology Center, where a 500-megawatt redox flow battery is to be installed along with an AI data center at a former Swissgrid facility in Laufenburg, in the Swiss canton of Aargau.
As reported by Data Center Dynamics, the flow battery is billed as the largest of its kind in the world. It is also part of an energy package that includes 86,000 square feet of solar panels and an opportunity for the local district heating network to harvest waste heat from the data center. So, maybe we don’t have to revive those old coal power plants after all. If you have any thoughts about that, drop a note in the comment thread.
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