World’s first gigawatt-hour-scale flow battery project goes into operation in China

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• •The world's first gigawatt-hour (GWh) scale flow battery energy storage project has officially begun operation in China.
• •The project was brought online by technology provider Dalian Rongke Power and infrastructure developer China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG).
• •This milestone demonstrates the practical viability of very large-scale, long-duration energy storage, offering enhanced grid stability and deeper integration of intermittent renewable energy sources.
• •For developers and large power consumers, this signals a significant step towards more reliable, dispatchable clean energy solutions, potentially influencing future power purchase agreement (PPA) structures and energy arbitrage strategies.

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