{"id":285895,"date":"2025-08-09T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?p=285895"},"modified":"2025-08-06T21:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:54:09","slug":"ore-energy-activates-first-grid-connected-iron-air-battery-in-delft","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/ore-energy-activates-first-grid-connected-iron-air-battery-in-delft\/","title":{"rendered":"Ore Energy activates first grid-connected iron-air battery in Delft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ore Energy <strong>has successfully connected its iron-air battery system<\/strong>, the first of its kind in the world, <strong>to the grid<\/strong>. This pioneering device makes it possible to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/energy-storage-on-fossil-fuel-dependence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/almacenamiento-de-energia-combustible-fosil\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewable energy storage<\/a><\/strong> for several days, with a modular design based on 40-foot containers and materials of exclusively European origin. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operation and development of the iron-air battery in Europe<\/h2>\n\n<p>The installation is located at The Green Village, the test campus of Delft University of Technology (TU Delft). There, the system is charged by electricity that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oreenergy.com\/our-tech\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oreenergy.com\/our-tech\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transforms iron oxide into metallic iron<\/a><\/strong>. Then, during discharge, it reacts with oxygen in the air. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/articulo\/what-are-pyrophoric-materials-properties\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/articulo\/que-son-materiales-piroforicos-propiedades\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">oxygen in the air<\/a><\/strong>releasing electrical energy. The process allows a storage duration of up to 100 hours.   <\/p>\n\n<p>Developed entirely in the European Union, Ore Energy&#8217;s system represents a model of energy infrastructure without dependence on external supply chains. The company, founded in 2023 as a spin-off from TU Delft, plans to reach GWh-scale production by 2030. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Real validation to accelerate adoption<\/h2>\n\n<p>The system is already collecting data under real operating conditions, and is expected to function as a validation platform for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/spherical-energy-storage-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/sistema-almacenamiento-de-energia-esferico\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">storage technologies<\/a><\/strong> storage technologies. Among its benefits are the reduction of grid constraints, the elimination of fossil backup, and the efficient integration of wind and solar power. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/egypt-to-repower-zafarana-with-3-gw-wind-solar-hybrid-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/parque-eolico-zafarana-sera-eolico-solar\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wind and solar energy<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Thanks to its low environmental impact and optimized design, this technology could solve one of the biggest challenges of the energy transition: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/develop-energy-storage-chipre\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/desarrollan-almacenamiento-de-energia-chipre\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">storing energy safely, affordably and consistently for days at a time without resorting to polluting sources.<\/a><\/strong>affordable and constant energy for days at a time without resorting to polluting sources.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/news\/ore-energy-makes-history-with-first-grid-connected-iron-air-battery-22616863\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/news\/ore-energy-makes-history-with-first-grid-connected-iron-air-battery-22616863\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ore Energy via News Wire<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stores clean energy for 100 hours using only iron, air and water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":285021,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-285895","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/285895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/285895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=285895"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=285895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}