The news has likely reached everyone: in 2024, vanadium flow batteries turn 40 years old. From left to right in the picture: Franz Grossmith, Maria Skyllas-Kazacos, Michael Kazacos, Miron Rychcik. It all began in 1984 with the first experiments conducted by Honours Thesis student Elaine Sum (who later completed her PhD in aluminium smelting) at the […]
The thirteenth edition of the IFBF showcased innovations in manufacturing, new battery chemistries, and industry standards for flow batteries. See you in Vienna on 23-26 June 2026 for the next edition! Image © Fraunhofer UMISCHT, used with permission. “Bipolar »burger« flow battery – The modern voltaic pile” Text written by Anthony Price, IFBF Director “We need to […]
On Monday 24 June, the IFBF holds its pre-conference workshop at the Hilton Glasgow Invinity Energy Systems, our host for this year’s International Flow Battery Forum, produces flow batteries for international markets. They will be leading our pre-conference workshop and briefing on flow batteries on Monday 24 June. This is an ideal opportunity for you to learn […]
I have just been sent a link to the International Energy Agency’s report on Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions. Forgive me, but my first instinct on reading any report on batteries is to search for references to flow batteries. The word flow is mentioned 22 times in the report, but a few of these refer […]
At last year’s IFBF conference we addressed several major questions about the future deployment of flow batteries. We all agreed on the demand for electrical energy storage, and so our debates focussed on the commercial, technical and regulatory framework for flow battery deployment. Long duration energy storage is discussed more and more frequently. Sometimes we don’t know […]
In June 2024, come to Glasgow to talk flow batteries with experts from all over the world! From 25 to 27 June 2024, the International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF) will hold its thirteenth in-person conference at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow, supported by Invinity Energy Systems and Flow Batteries Europe. Over three days the conference will […]
COP 28 revealed again the importance of controlling emissions if we are to meet our sustainability targets. One of the many side meetings at COP 28 drew attention to boosting stationary battery storage development and deployment: the need to reduce technology costs and build a transparent battery supply chain to promote grid stability, reliability, and […]
As 2023 comes to an end we wish you all a very joyful holiday season. In 2024 we hope to see many of you at our conference in Glasgow, Uk from 25 to 27 June. The first proposals for presentations have already arrived and we look forward to receiving many more. Please submit your proposal (there is […]
The International Flow Battery Forum brings together the worldwide community of everyone interested in the research, development, manufacturing, commercialisation, and deployment of flow batteries. Each year since 2010, we have discussed the latest developments in technology, heard about recent flow battery projects, and presented a showcase of this exciting and crucial energy storage technology. Following […]