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  • Flow Battery Sector Powers Ahead at IFBF 2025 in Vienna

    Flow Battery Sector Powers Ahead at IFBF 2025 in Vienna

    The International Flow Battery Forum (IFBF) concluded its 15th edition in Vienna, Austria, bringing together 350 delegates interested in energy storage from all over the world. The event marked a powerful return to the city where the Forum began in 2010, while the next edition will take place in June 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. IFBF…

  • The global flow battery community is gathering, and we’re sold out! Join online!

    The global flow battery community is gathering, and we’re sold out! Join online!

    The IFBF is just around the corner and we are glad to share that on-site tickets have completely sold out! This incredible response reflects the growing momentum behind flow battery technology and its role in shaping the future of long-duration energy storage. We’re grateful to see such strong engagement from across the globe — from researchers and policymakers…

  • One Month to Go – See You Soon at IFBF 2025!

    One Month to Go – See You Soon at IFBF 2025!

    Get your tickets now! The countdown begins—we’re just one month away from the IFBF 2025, taking place 24–26 June at the Intercontinental Hotel in Vienna. As the leading global event dedicated to flow battery innovation, IFBF continues to be the go-to forum for cutting-edge developments, collaboration, and discussion within the long-duration energy storage sector. We…

  • Energy Security and the Importance of Storage

    Energy Security and the Importance of Storage

    The global energy landscape is shifting, with many seeking to reduce dependency on fossil fuels to drive sustainability and decarbonisation. However, renewable energy sources like solar and wind are inherently intermittent, creating a need for stable, long-duration energy storage solutions. Flow batteries provide a viable, long-term answer, allowing the storage of excess energy during peak…

  • What a week! Technology, markets and international business in flow batteries!

    What a week! Technology, markets and international business in flow batteries!

    This year, we return to Vienna for the IFBF, and we will be hosting by Cellcube. Christoph Stelzer, their COO will welcome us and introduce Cellcube’s flow battery strategy. This week’s changes will, of course, be heavy on our minds. But the world still needs energy storage. So we are very pleased to announce that Commissioner…

  • IFBF 2025 – Submit your proposal!

    IFBF 2025 – Submit your proposal!

    We are excited to invite you to submit your proposals for presentations, panel discussions, posters, and papers for IFBF 2025. Please help us create an interesting and varied agenda. The closing date for submissions is 31 January 2025. Click here for further information and submission form. The International Flow Battery Forum brings together the worldwide community of everyone…

  • Happy Birthday Vanadium Flow Batteries!

    Happy Birthday Vanadium Flow Batteries!

    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…

  • Flow Batteries, Bipolar Hamburgers, and the Future of Energy Storage

    Flow Batteries, Bipolar Hamburgers, and the Future of Energy Storage

    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…

  • Flow batteries at an industrial scale. Pre-conference activities at the IFBF 2024 

    Flow batteries at an industrial scale. Pre-conference activities at the IFBF 2024 

    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…

  • Flow Batteries: The Next Generation

    Flow Batteries: The Next Generation

    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…

  • The Big And Small Of Flow Batteries

    The Big And Small Of Flow Batteries

    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…

  • Secure your spot at the International Flow Battery Forum!

    Secure your spot at the International Flow Battery Forum!

    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…

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