More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

Californian investor-owned utility (IOU) San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is seeking tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for its upcoming energy storage projects, which it said would enable it to reduce electricity rates for its customers.

Zinc-bromine flow battery manufacturer Redflow’s CEO Tim Harris speaks with Energy-Storage.news about the company’s biggest-ever project.

Global PV inverter and energy storage solutions provider Sungrow will supply equipment to eight solar microgrid projects in Lebanon.

Redflow will supply a 20MWh zinc-bromine flow battery energy storage system to a large-scale solar microgrid project in California.

A ‘first of its kind’ microgrid will be installed at a California substation, where it will use a combination of lithium-ion batteries and green hydrogen to provide 48 hours of back up.

Utility Xcel Energy has launched a ‘no money down’ resiliency offering for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Minnesota.

DOE has opened a funding opportunity for work to address gaps or weaknesses in manufacturing of solid-state and flow battery technologies.

Developer Giga Storage has acquired a closed distribution grid in Groningen, the Netherlands, with the aim of deploying large-scale battery storage projects at the site.

CPUC approved rules of programme to offer US$200 million funding for microgrid projects in the service areas of investor-owned utilities.