US flow battery technology startup Quino Energy has teamed up with Germany’s Jena Flow Batteries GmbH to jointly develop flow battery energy storage systems (BESS) within the European Union.
The companies have signed a joint development agreement at a meeting in Frankfurt, they said on Thursday. Under the collaboration, Quino will contribute its organic electrolyte technology for integration into Jena’s flow battery manufacturing, a move that is seen to “translate innovative chemistry into application-ready, long-duration energy storage (LDES).”
Quino and Jena will optimise Jena’s flow battery hardware to maximise the performance with Quino’s organic electrolyte, with preparations for a pilot project already being in progress. “For future projects, Quino brings strong expertise in electrolyte development and we will contribute scalable system design and industrial manufacturing capabilities,” Jena Flow said.
California-based Quino develops water-based organic redox flow batteries using quinone-based electrolytes as a cost-effective alternative to vanadium or lithium-ion systems. Last year, it provided its technology for use in compatriot TerraFlow Energy’s long-duration flow battery solutions.
