Scott Nicholas
Lockheed Martin‘s energy unit seeks development and manufacturing partners from the solar industry who can help develop the company’s flow battery technology, PV Tech reported Tuesday.
John Battaglini, director of business development at Lockheed Martin Energy, said the company sees four primary applications for its future long-duration energy storage offering including wind, transmission and distribution, solar shifting and microgrids.
“We’re targeting wind and solar developers directly but we also want to talk to solar and wind manufacturers, we’re seeing a lot more hybrid systems coming into the market.”
The company has a long-established lithium-ion business which developed energy storage systems such as the GridStar platform designed to cut power consumption and carbon emissions in addition to providing energy for the New York Independent System Operator.
