The Swiss just built a giant underground REDOX FLOW Battery. Why??

Switzerland is building one of the world’s largest vanadium redox flow battery installations — a giant underground energy storage system designed to help stabilise the renewable electricity grid. But why choose a huge flow battery instead of the lithium-ion systems now dominating global energy storage?

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Interview with Kate O'Neill - CEO of NESO
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Invinity website
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ESS website
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