FuturEnergy Ireland Portfolio Director Paul Blount took part in a panel session on the potential of LDES at the Energy Storage Ireland Conference 2024, which proved to be a good discussion on emerging technologies and the market mechanisms required for delivery.
He shared the news of the FuturEnergy Ireland battery storage portfolio, which recently launched. After months of research and modelling, we have chosen to collaborate with Form Energy and bring its pioneering iron-air battery storage technology to Ireland for the first time.
FuturEnergy Ireland is proposing to use an iron-air battery capable of storing energy for up to 100 hours at around one-tenth the cost of lithium ion across the portfolio. This form of multi-day storage is made from the safest, cheapest and most abundant materials on the planet: low-cost iron, water, and air.
This battery can provide reliability and resilience in a highly renewable grid, delivering energy at low cost when the grid needs it most: during extended periods of extreme weather, grid outages or low renewable generation.
An iron-air battery is inherently safe. There is no pathway for thermal runaway common to other battery technologies. The cells consist of non-toxic electrodes and iron anodes submerged in a water-based, non-flammable electrolyte, similar to what you find in AA batteries.
Find out more on our Battery Storage page
