Voltavate has secured $3.55 million in grant funding from Australia’s renewable energy agency to advance a battery separator platform from laboratory development into pilot-scale manufacturing, a step that could reduce supply-chain dependence for battery makers if the technology proves out in cell testing.
Flint says its cellulose-based paper battery technology has entered production, moving the platform from lab-scale development to manufactured cells for pilot deployments and customer programs. The milestone is notable in a battery materials market still dominated by lithium-ion chemistries and the critical minerals they require.
Noon Energy says it has successfully operated a scaled-up long-duration energy storage system for thousands of hours, with some tests exceeding 200 hours. The milestone strengthens the case for multi-day storage as data centers and clean energy developers look for alternatives to short-duration batteries.
